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USAID Empowers First Woman “Reporter Farmer”
Impact Brief
Bat’a Ibrahim is shares what she’s learned from the Feed the Future Egypt Rural Agribusiness Strengthening Project, a USAID-funded project implemented by Abt.
Building the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse
Project
The Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse was established by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Families First Prevention Services Act to systematically review…
Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward Bound: Impacts on Where and How Long Students Attend College
Publication
Abt’s Find the Fit study found the enhancements to the Department of Education’s Upward Bound program did not help students avoid undermatching.
Developing Best Practices for Postsecondary Education
Project
Millions of students need to prepare for and stay in postsecondary educational programs. Numerous programs seek to help the students achieve their educational goals. There is research that evaluates these programs, but there was previously little…
Helping Get the Kinks out of Home Health Prospective Payments
Project
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…
3 Questions To Promote Head Start Attendance
Blog
This blog asks how we can promote attendance in Head Start, which expands access to early care and education for children from low-income households.
Vector competence of Aedes aegypti, Culex tarsalis, and Culex quinquefasciatus from California for Zika virus
Publication
Improving Literacy Through Experience
Project
The AARP Foundation’s Experience Corps (EC) is an evidence-based literacy tutoring program that targets schools within high-need communities where a significant portion of K-3 students are below grade level in reading. EC provides highly-trained,…
Welfare to Work Voucher Evaluation
Project
An important knowledge gap exists with respect to the role that housing assistance plays in promoting economic self-sufficiency among welfare recipients. To fill this gap, Congress appropriated funds for Section 8 tenant-based assistance to help…