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UK Governance Assistance in the Pacific Region
Project
HMG wants a scoping and design exercise for a new governance programme in the Pacific to enhance regional security and prosperity. We are assessing the contribution that the Conflict, Security and Stability Fund could make toward these objectives. This…
Helping Get the Kinks out of Home Health Prospective Payments
Project
Changes in the complex prospective payment system (PPS) for home health agencies (HHAs) may have led to HHA behavior changes that thwarted the modifications’ goals. As a result, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wanted an assessment of…
Evaluating the Benefits of Additional College Loan Counseling
Project
Roughly two-thirds of students take loans to pay for college, and many have difficulty repaying them; more than 500,000 students default on their loans each year. To reduce repayment challenges and in response to a presidential directive to help…
PFAS Multi-Site Research Study
Project
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of man-made chemicals that are associated with health detriments. Given the large scope of a planned multi-site study (MSS) and the complexity of the data to be collected, the Agency for Toxic…
Overcoming Undermatching in Postsecondary Education
Project
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…
Improving Literacy Through Experience
Project
The AARP Foundation’s Experience Corps (EC) is an evidence-based literacy tutoring program that targets schools within high-need communities where a significant portion of K-3 students are below grade level in reading. EC provides highly-trained,…
Career Pathways: What We Know So Far and Options for Closing Gaps in Knowledge
Project
Career pathways strategies offer articulated education and training steps between occupations in an industry sector, combined with support services, to enable individuals to enter and exit at various levels and to advance over time to higher skills,…
Reducing the Harm from Malaria in Zimbabwe
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Malaria is the third most common cause of illness in Zimbabwe. Approximately 1 in 12 children die before their fifth birthday due to malaria, according to the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey. While the country had made progress in the last decade,…
Evaluating STI and HIV Surveillance Data Linkage
Project
Health departments collect surveillance data on individuals with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV. However, STI and HIV departments often have policies and practices impeding data sharing. Sharing and linking the data can help identify…
Evaluating the Employment Transition Model Demonstration
Project
Low-income youth and young adults with disabilities (Y&YAD) face a myriad of unique and challenging obstacles to improving their economic well-being, from experiencing homelessness to involvement in the foster care system...