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In 2002 through 2003, Abt Global conducted a study for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development of HOPE VI redevelopment projects' effects on their surrounding neighborhoods. Abt Global conducted case studies of HOPE VI grants in five cities…

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) funded Manhattan Strategy Group and Abt Global to conduct the Advancing Innovation in Adult Education project.

A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study confirms that mask use, vaccinations, and boosters reduce the risk of COVID-19 reinfection.

Three nonexperimental approaches returned poor estimates of the impact of emergency assistance on educational progress for job trainees.

I-BEST didn’t impact receipt of credentials requiring a year or more of college study or on quarterly earnings, but did improve obtaining some college credit.

This report is the second in a series funded by Casey Family Programs that provides a roadmap for a child and family well-being system focused on children from prenatal to age 3.

"We don’t have any food. They are going to take my kids! Can you help me?" The desperate plea of a mother came through my voicemail. It was dinner time; I had already left the office for the day. I had been working with this family for months to address several safety risk factors. It was a tough case, and my job as a Prevention Specialist with the Department of Social Services (DSS) was to keep this family safely intact. I felt the weight of this responsibility every day. I knew if I did not intervene, foster care would be imminent for the children. However, the call came during the few hours I slept between jobs. I made less than $30,000 per year at DSS and, to make ends meet, worked a second full-time job at a residential program for youth aging out of foster care.

The study found that indoor residual spraying was effective, and the findings can help guide Tanzania’s vector control strategy.