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Building a 21st Century Road Map to Child Welfare Transformation

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For far too long, the child welfare system has been designed to be reactive, where caseworkers respond after child maltreatment and other adverse childhood experiences have occurred, with the primary intervention being removal from the home. For young…
Career Pathways Design Study Findings in Brief

Career Pathways Design Study Findings in Brief

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Design & Implementation Support for Maryland Value-Based Healthcare Programs

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Abt helped Maryland design and benchmark a statewide value based care model that saved $689 million and informed national health policy.
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Helping Get the Kinks out of Home Health Prospective Payments

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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…
Spotlight On: Disability Policy & Research

Spotlight On: Disability Policy & Research

Spotlight On
Abt helps clients improve their policies and programs with objective research and implementation support in the areas of employment, income supports, education, housing and health.
The Public Health Impact of Marijuana Legalization

The Public Health Impact of Marijuana Legalization

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This brief summarizes expert interviewee observations on marijuana legalzation’s public health effects and notes how they align with other study findings.
The Impact of 20 Years of Pollution Prevention Projects

The Impact of 20 Years of Pollution Prevention Projects

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Do pollution prevention projects reduce toxic releases? If so, by how much? Understanding their impact would provide valuable input to efforts to protect the nation’s environment. However, the sheer number — approximately 370,000 projects over 20 years —…