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Spotlight On: Boosting Skills and Earnings
Spotlight On
For more than 30 years, Abt Global has conducted research on workforce development programs and their effectiveness raising participants’ skills to meet employers’ workforce needs and to increase employment and earnings prospects for workers.
$50 Billion for Rural Health: What CMS and States Must Get Right
Blog
Congress committed $50B to rural health. Success now depends on disciplined execution, clear oversight, and practical implementation.
The Impact of Leaking Underground Storage Tanks on Property Values
Project
Underground storage tanks (USTs) containing petroleum and other hazardous substances are everywhere. Accidental releases of the substances from leaking USTs (LUSTs) pose serious health, economic, and environmental risks to local residents. Abt helped the…
USAID Health Financing Improvement Program
Project
Ethiopia has made much progress in the design and implementation of health care financing (HCF) reforms. These reforms address growing needs for health services, health sector resource constraints, quality of care concerns, and financial barriers to…
Public-Private Partnerships for Family Planning: Case Studies on Local Participation
Publication
Assessing Oral Health Services in Victoria’s Schools
Project
Abt evaluated the impact and outcomes of the Smile Squad initiative that provides oral health care in schools.
Ensuring Making Health Care Safer III Lives up to Its Name
Project
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Making Health Care Safer (MHCS) reports have had an important role in reducing harm and improving the safety and quality of care for patients.
Lessons Learned from Private Sector Engagement Across Sectors
Blog
Sarah Kozyn’s and Sean Callahan’s Marketlinks blog details how engaging the private sector has helped health systems, renewable energy, and more across sectors.
From Policy to Action: Broadening Health Services in Rwanda
Impact Brief
Through SHOPS Plus, Abt helped Rwanda increase access to DMPA oral contraceptive by helping to create a regulatory and logistical enabling environment.
Evaluating ACOs and Rural Healthcare for CMS
Project
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed the ACO Investment Model (AIM) to improve health care delivery in rural and underserved areas. AIM provided up-front payments to ACOs participating in Medicare’s Shared Savings Program (SSP)…