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Abt’s evaluation of Medicare’s AIM found $381.5 million in savings, and raised questions about how those savings—and risks—are shared.

Abt’s qualitative studies of Compass FSS programs shed light on the experiences of participants and why some households don’t enroll.

Abt and MDRC evaluated the Cascades College and Career Academy Job Corps pilot demonstration, which provided academic and career technical training.

Grantees used AAI’s flexibility to implement activities based on the needs of their target populations and service area employers, learning valuable lessons.

"We don’t have any food. They are going to take my kids! Can you help me?" The desperate plea of a mother came through my voicemail. It was dinner time; I had already left the office for the day. I had been working with this family for months to address several safety risk factors. It was a tough case, and my job as a Prevention Specialist with the Department of Social Services (DSS) was to keep this family safely intact. I felt the weight of this responsibility every day. I knew if I did not intervene, foster care would be imminent for the children. However, the call came during the few hours I slept between jobs. I made less than $30,000 per year at DSS and, to make ends meet, worked a second full-time job at a residential program for youth aging out of foster care.

Abt knows the issues shaping military health IT now. 

Abt evaluated the MacArthur Foundation’s WOO Initiative and found investments in individual entities support affordable housing preservation and development.