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Using TAACCCT Grants to Develop and Expand Innovative Training
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Through the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) program, the U.S. Department of Labor provided four rounds of grants to community colleges and other eligible institutions of higher education to expand and improve…
Infectious & Vector-Borne Diseases
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Understanding the intricate dynamics of pathogens and vectors is crucial to furthering effective disease research. Infectious and vector-borne diseases like COVID-19, influenza, malaria, dengue, tuberculosis, and HIV present daily challenges to health systems and community resilience around the world. Abt Global counters these threats to our shared global health security through evidence-based prevention and containment, groundbreaking disease detection and surveillance, and total health-system surge and recovery response stewarded by local government and community leaders. Through a One Health approach, we aim to help our partners build resilient, secure, and sustainable health systems that will allow their communities to thrive for generations.
Evaluating HUD’s Community Choice Demonstration
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More than 2.3 million households participate in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Housing Choice Voucher program, and almost a million of these households are comprised of families with children. With these vouchers, families…
Mortgage Journeys: Identifying New Homebuyer Challenges
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Fannie Mae had conducted extensive research with various groups of consumers (e.g., renters, young adults, delinquent borrowers, homeowners, refinancers, etc.), including several survey research projects to examine how consumers shop for mortgages. To…
Assessing the Family and Medical Leave Act
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The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) guarantees eligible U.S. employees of covered employers job-protected unpaid leave to attend to their or their family’s eligible medical issues. Employees may have access to pay while on leave through other means…
Messaging Campaign to Reduce Orphanage Use in Cambodia Provides Mixed Results
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Some Cambodian parents fear they can’t give their kids food, clothes, and education – a future. So these desperate parents hand their children over to orphanages, though they aren’t orphans. The children often face poor care and family separation at best…
Abt’s Evaluations of Compass Working Capital’s Innovative Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program
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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…
Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), Housing Instability, and Housing Options for Recovery
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More than six in 10 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. involve an opioid, and an estimated 91 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the homeless who survive an opioid overdose and…
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