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Evaluating Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments

Evaluating Reemployment and Eligibility Assessments

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The  goals of the Department of Labor’s Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) program were to address the reemployment needs of Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants and prevent and detect improper payments. Abt Global conducted a study of 250…
Using TA to Help AHRQ Bring Patient-Centered Outcomes Research to Primary Care

Using TA to Help AHRQ Bring Patient-Centered Outcomes Research to Primary Care

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For the last decade, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) has been promoting the use of patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) evidence to inform news ways of delivering primary care (PC). AHRQ teamed with Abt Global and our…
Overcoming Undermatching in Postsecondary Education

Overcoming Undermatching in Postsecondary Education

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Where students go to college is key to their educational attainment and later economic success. However, 41 percent of students nationally and about half of those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds undermatch—meaning they don’t attend college or they…
Increasing Resilience Among HUD Grantees

Increasing Resilience Among HUD Grantees

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Extreme weather events and natural disasters are impacting communities across the United States, and Americans are already feeling its effects. While environmental hazards have devastating effects on all communities, low- and moderate-income communities, including…
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Study Reveals Long-Term Effects of Combat-Related PTSD in Vietnam Veterans

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The National Vietnam Veterans Longitudinal Study (NVVLS) from 2010-2013 sought to provide important information about the long-term effects of military service in Vietnam, including combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Green Jobs and Health Care Impact Evaluation

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The Green Jobs and Health Care Impact Evaluation (GJ-HC) is a rigorous evaluation of four career pathways programs funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. The programs – enacted in response to the 2008 recession – targeted unemployed workers and those…
Abt Evaluates Family and Early Childhood Workforce Needs for Rhode Island’s PDG B-5

Abt Evaluates Family and Early Childhood Workforce Needs for Rhode Island’s PDG B-5

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Rhode Island’s Preschool Development Grant – Birth through Age Five (PDG) grant is being used to implement a plan to ensure all children from birth through age 5 (B-5) are supported by services and programs that will prepare them for lifelong success. To…
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Population Health, Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) Program

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Abt and three Medicare locals-- Central Queensland, Wide Bay, and Sunshine Coast--formed a consortium to establish a primary health network (PHN).  To strengthen the partnership, Abt recruited a team of professionals and established the Population Health…
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Assessing the Massachusetts Education Evaluation Framework

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From 2012-2015, Abt helped assess the implementation of Massachusetts’s new educator evaluation framework. The purpose of the research was to provide the Commonwealth and districts with real-time, usable feedback to support implementation of the…
The Ethiopia Private Health Sector Project

The Ethiopia Private Health Sector Project

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The Ethiopian private health sector is growing in size and scope. Over one-third of Ethiopian health expenditures go to private providers but the quality and availability of private providers’ priority health services is uneven. The government’s plans…