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The Australian Government recently awarded Abt Global a contract to manage a $90 million umbrella program covering half of Australia’s development assistance to Fiji.

This paper summarizes information on emergency responses to crises and suggests new research to fill information gaps to help inform decision-making.

"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.

CMS’s Oncology Care Model did not deliver enough savings to offset costs, but the cost reductions it achieved may point the way for future models. 

This report from Abt and Anlar finds correlations between meeting with a high school counselor, FAFSA completion, and receipt of need-based grants for college.

A study of essential workers found that COVID-19 vaccine knowledge, attitudes, and practices responses predict vaccine uptake, which can improve over time.