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The Impact of Leaking Underground Storage Tanks on Property Values
Project
Underground storage tanks (USTs) containing petroleum and other hazardous substances are everywhere. Accidental releases of the substances from leaking USTs (LUSTs) pose serious health, economic, and environmental risks to local residents. Abt helped the…
Racing Against Time: The CDC's Campaign to Prevent Zika Transmission
Project
The pictures from Brazil showed babies born with small heads or distended limbs. They were victims of Zika, the first mosquito-transmitted virus to cause devastating birth defects. Brazil and Puerto Rico reported growing numbers of Zika-related cases in…
Hazardous Substances Spill Mitigation Analysis
Project
In 2019, the Natural Resource Defense Council and other organizations filed suit against the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alleging violations of the Clean Water Act’s (CWA) statutes regarding discharge of hazardous substances. EPA and the…
Logistics Management Tool Brings New Strength to Vietnam’s Fight Against TB
Impact Brief
The Abt-led USAID Local Health System Sustainability Project created a logistics management information system for TB drugs in Vietnam.
CommentCounts™ Manages Complex Public Comment Processes
Project
Federal laws often do not specify every detail of how agencies should implement them. Agencies must use the rulemaking process to do so and seek public comments on the rules. They also seek public comments for other policy and rule changes. Some attract…
Mobile Crisis Response: Considerations for State Medicaid Agencies
Publication
This paper from Abt explains how state Medicaid agencies can set up mobile crisis response (MCR) systems to help people with acute behavioral health needs.
Supporting the Development of the National Emissions Inventory
Project
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Emission Inventory and Analysis Group (EIAG) produces the National Emission Inventory (NEI), a comprehensive estimate of air pollutant emissions. States need these data to evaluate emissions trends and to…
Evaluating the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Model
Project
CMS launched the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Model to address the gap between clinical care and community services in the health care system. The AHC Model is based on emerging evidence that addressing health-related social needs can improve…
Evaluating REL Pacific’s Secondary Writing Toolkit
Project
Literacy—including writing—is closely tied to student success throughout K–12 education, impacting high school graduation and, ultimately, income after graduation. But students across the United States perform poorly on assessments of writing and,…
How State-Based Co-Ops Can Improve Primary Care Quality
Publication
A new AHRQ guide shares information and guidance for multi-organization groups to provide quality improvement programs for primary healthcare providers.