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America's Aging Electric Grid Suggests Blackouts Could Spread Nationwide
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Mapping New Hampshire’s Early Childhood System
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Abt Global conducted analyses of services for families and young children across the state of New Hampshire to inform the development of enhanced supports.
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…
Cold-Chain Technology to Help Small Farmers
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Post-harvest losses, produce quality, and shelf life have long been chronic problems for smallholder farmers in warm climates.
Promoting Persistence in Community College Students
Project
To help community college students obtain the skills required to earn their degrees, the Robin Hood Foundation—New York’s largest poverty-fighting organization—designed the Robin Hood College Success Prize. The goal of the competition is to find scalable…
Young Entrepreneurs in the Food Processing Industry
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USAID’s Abt-led Harvest II program helps young entrepreneurs develop their products and capacity, creating linkages with new business partners and markets.
LIFT: Implementation Findings from the Evaluation of Employment Coaching
Publication
A report by Abt and Mathematica on the LIFT coaching intervention found it was implemented as designed and created trusting relations with participants.
Scaling Success in Workforce Training Programs
Project
Abt, in partnership with US Department of Labor(DOL) is leading a 5-year evaluation of sector training programs, identifying effective scalable workforce strategies to increase accessibility to high-quality employment.
Diabetes Health Card Increases Risk Awareness
Project
Changing behavior requires reaching people at the right time: when they are open to making a change. One indication of that willingness in the diabetes context is if they are searching for diabetes-related information online. The challenge is how to take…