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Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators Project
Project
To streamline emissions data, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) is a modelling tool that helps policy makers, researchers, and communities explore data on releases of toxic substances from…
Evaluation of Advanced Waste-to-Energy Technologies in New York State
Project
In 2012, New York state (NYS) generated over 17.8 million tons of municipal solid waste. An assessment of the options for reducing landfilled waste and emissions through the use of advanced waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies was needed, as was an…
Preparing New Teachers for Day One
Project
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Candidate Assessment of Performance (CAP) is designed to assess the overall readiness of teacher candidates. The state wants to identify best practices, tailor guidelines and…
Building a 21st Century Road Map to Child Welfare Transformation
Project
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…
Managing Opioid Use and Misuse in Older Adults
Project
Older adults are twice as likely as the general population to have pain, and clinicians often rely on opioid treatment. As a result, opioid use, misuse, and opioid use disorder have increased among older adults, who are vulnerable to adverse reactions…
Abt’s Evaluations of Compass Working Capital’s Innovative Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program
Project
Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program designed to help housing assistance recipients increase their earnings and build savings to make progress toward economic security. The standard FSS program…
VOSViewer: A Network Mapping Tool for Analyzing Topics with a Substantive Knowledge Base
Publication
This brief by Abt Global discusses a preferred tools for processing large amounts of information in 21st century knowledge curation.
From Crisis to Control: Sustained Impact of U.S. HIV Investments in Mozambique
Impact Brief
In Mozambique, the largest transition to locally led HIV program in the world is underway.
Analyzing the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009
Project
The Institute of Education Sciences’ National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is conducting the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), a national study of more than 23,000 students who were in ninth grade in 2009. Students answered…