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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,…
How TANF and Refugee Cash Assistance Serve Refugees
Project
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) oversees federal efforts to resettle refugees and help them become self-sufficient. ORR administers the Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) program, which…
Evaluating the Workforce Innovation Fund
Project
The Workforce Innovation Fund (WIF), funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, was an initiative to develop and test new services and strategies in the public workforce system. WIF required that the 43 grantees each demonstrate how their proposed…
Where Women Access Contraception in 36 Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Why It Matters
Publication
Relying on both the public and private sectors is key for meeting women’s contraceptive needs in low- and middle-income countries.
Examining Effects of Small Area Fair Market Rent on the Housing Choice Voucher Program
Project
Housing Choice Vouchers let residents choose housing units that meet rent and quality guidelines. Using a single metropolitan-wide standard to set the maximum subsidy for voucher holders can limit recipients’ access to neighborhoods with high-performing…
Developing the SafeWater CBX Benefit-Cost Model
Project
More than 140 unregulated chemicals contaminate public water supplies in 42 states. The risk to consumers is unclear because researchers haven’t figured out the threshold for when they cause harm. To weigh regulatory options, the Environmental Protection…
Supporting Litigation to Enforce the Clean Water Act
Project
Abt primarily has provided expert opinion regarding the relative permanence of waterways affected by industrial, agricultural, or petroleum-related spills into waterways throughout the U.S.
Redesigning the Runaway and Homeless Youth-Homeless Management Information System
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The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is required by Congress to develop and deploy a Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) for its Runaway & Homeless Youth Program (RHY). The agency wants to ensure it collects high data quality—and…
Unpacking Context in Realist Evaluations: Findings from a Comprehensive Review
Publication
This article examines how context is conceptualized in realist evaluations, based on the findings of a comprehensive review.
The Policy Maker’s Handbook for Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) in the Biogas Sector
Publication
On behalf of the Global Methane Initiative, Abt helped the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency develop a handbook to assist with accounting for methane emissions and emissions reduction.