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Minnesota’s Department of Human Services wanted to leverage existing state data to develop measures to help monitor access to Medicaid-funded home and community-based services (HCBS). To build on our prior work evaluating critical access to the state’s…

New research validates self-reporting of vaccination status by healthcare personnel, a priority group for annual influenza vaccination, over five years.

The Cambridge Housing Authority and Compass Working Capital collaborated to test the effects of automatically enrolling families in an asset-building program within two public housing developments. The goal was to answer two questions: How could asset…

An Abt evaluation found marketing OSHA’s safety consultation service via brochure was effective but incorporating behavioral nudges didn’t increase uptake.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is a key component in supporting self-sufficiency among families, including those experiencing or at-risk of homelessness. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Children…

The Section 811 program expands the housing supply for poor people with disabilities. Traditionally, HUD funded nonprofits to develop group homes and small rental developments exclusively for the disabled. Changes in Section 811 provide rental assistance…

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative was launched to reduce carbon pollution in 10 states in the Northeast: Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, Delaware, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey.

In 2013, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation initiated a five-year Youth Substance Use Prevention and Early Intervention Strategic Initiative to promote early detection and intervention for substance use among youth age 15-22. The initiative called for use…

As the opioid crisis and misuse of prescription drugs continue, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) wants to ensure its investments in states, tribes, and their grantees created effective prevention programming to…

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…