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Caring for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

Caring for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

Project
Studies indicate that dementia care in the United States is, generally, impersonal and fragmented. Massachusetts requires long-term care facilities to provide dementia care training to direct-care workers. The intention of the regulation was to address…
cocoa buyers talking over a table of cocoa in bougainville

Cocoa for Improved Livelihoods in Bougainville

Impact Brief
home & money.

Deeper Insights on Americans’ Financial Well-Being

Project
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) works to help consumers enhance their financial well-being, a holistic metric that goes beyond income and credit score to capture individuals’ perceptions of their financial security and ability to make…
Providing Employment Services to the Long-Term Unemployed: Implementation and Sustainability of the Programs in the Ready to Work Partnership Grant Evaluation

Providing Employment Services to the Long-Term Unemployed: Implementation and Sustainability of the Programs in the Ready to Work Partnership Grant Evaluation

Publication
Abt’s implementation study of the Ready to Work Partnership Grant program found that grantees used the program’s flexibility to address varying local needs.
Process Study of the U.S. Department of Labor’s “Pay for Success” Pilots

Process Study of the U.S. Department of Labor’s “Pay for Success” Pilots

Project
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) tested the use of a Pay for Success (PFS) approach for funding and evaluating employment services. Under the PFS model, private and philanthropic investors cover the up-front costs of delivering an intervention. Then…
Caught Between HIV+ and Climate Change: Mozambique’s Cyclone Victims Maintain Treatment Through Community Support

Mozambique’s Cyclone Victims Maintain HIV Treatment Through Community Support

Impact Brief
Abt supports displaced patients across Mozambique, reconnecting them with HIV treatment and providing counseling to families as they overcome natural disasters.
Female senior doctor welcoming / greeting special needs boy at hospital

Strengthening Intellectual Disability Health Awareness

Project
The Primary Care Enhancement Program pilot improved the capability of general practitioners to care for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Monitoring Evaluation and Operational Research (MEOR) component of the Nepal Health Sector Programme 3 (NHSP3)

Nepal’s MEOR Program Monitors Health Outcomes

Project
Despite its post-conflict legacy and the 2015 earthquake, Nepal continues to achieve substantial health progress. Critical health indicators are improving, including under-five and maternal mortality rates, but there are dramatically changing burden-of…
Mother and baby

Portrait of WIC Participants and Programs: Capturing Data through the Abt-Designed Automated Reporting System

Project
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides federal grants to states for supplemental foods, health-care referrals, and nutrition education. The beneficiaries:  nearly 8 million low-income pregnant,…