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Evaluation of the Cascades Job Corps College and Career Academy (CCCA) Pilot: Implementation Analysis
Publication
Abt and MDRC evaluated the Cascades College and Career Academy Job Corps pilot demonstration, which provided academic and career technical training.
Still Bridging the Opportunity Divide for Low-Income Youth: Year Up’s Longer-Term Impacts
Publication
Abt’s evaluation of Year Up found that the training program for young adults increased earnings and generated benefits that exceeded costs.
Community Awareness Leads to Citizen Engagement in Tanzania
Impact Brief
Designing an Innovative Study of Employment Services for Veterans
Project
Section 502 of the Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016 (P.L. 114-315) requires a “study of job counseling, training, and placement services” for veterans. Through a 15-month contract with the U.S…
Overcoming Undermatching in Postsecondary Education
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Where students go to college is key to their educational attainment and later economic success. However, 41 percent of students nationally and about half of those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds undermatch—meaning they don’t attend college or they…
Engagement, Interest, and Efficacy in STEM
Project
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Aerospace Academy (SEMAA) project is a science enrichment program aimed at inspiring, engaging, and educating K–12 students in science, technology,…
Evaluating Summer Nutrition Assistance for Children
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The Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) pilots have operated since 2011 to provide grocery assistance to households with eligible children during summer months when millions of U.S. children lose access to free or reduced-price school lunches. Abt…
Spotlight On: Facilitating Actionable Insights to Address COVID-19 Impacts
Spotlight On
The COVID-19 pandemic is producing an unprecedented need for rapid short-term and longer-range actions on the part of government agencies, foundations, grantees, service providers, and other stakeholders.
Egyptian Agribusiness Study Tour Participants Visit United States
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The Feed the Future Egypt Rural Agribusiness Strengthening Project, a USAID-funded activity, organized a study tour to the U.S. for Egyptian food processors.