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Mitigating Pollution from Solid Waste
Project
Cities in developing countries often lack the technical capacity, financial resources and technologies to improve solid waste management. They are often paralyzed by the rapidly growing rates at which waste is generated and needs to be disposed, and…
Spotlight On: CDC COVID-19 Research
Spotlight On
CDC’s real-time surveillance of COVID-19 cases and analyses of surveillance data inform public health policies, communication about protective behaviors, and guidance to public health and healthcare providers, communities, businesses, and schools.
Evaluating JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Challenge and PRO Neighborhoods Competition
Project
Through the AdvancingCities Challenge and PRO Neighborhoods Competitions, JPMorgan Chase leverages a spectrum of solutions. Whether focused on neighborhood-level interventions or city-wide systems change, these initiatives encourage applicants to embody…
The 2019-2020 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress: Pt. 2
Publication
Part 2 of the AHAR showed that overall sheltered homelessness was down while introducing new elements to the data collection.
Is Affordable Housing Being Built in High-Opportunity Neighborhoods?
Impact Brief
Decades of Research Shapes Housing Assistance in the U.S.
Impact Brief
Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward Bound: Impacts on Where and How Long Students Attend College
Publication
Abt’s Find the Fit study found the enhancements to the Department of Education’s Upward Bound program did not help students avoid undermatching.
Exploring the Impacts of the HOPE VI Program on Surrounding Neighborhoods
Project
In 2002 through 2003, Abt Global conducted a study for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development of HOPE VI redevelopment projects' effects on their surrounding neighborhoods. Abt Global conducted case studies of HOPE VI grants in five cities…
Using TAACCCT Grants to Develop and Expand Innovative Training
Project
Through the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) program, the U.S. Department of Labor provided four rounds of grants to community colleges and other eligible institutions of higher education to expand and improve…
Assessing FMLA: Results from 2018 Surveys
Publication
56% of private workers are eligible for medical leave under the FMLA, and 95 percent of worksites reported positive or neutral perceptions of the law’s effects.