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The Department of Justice's PREA standards outline requirements for preventing, detecting, and responding to sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement facilities. Each year, hundreds of confinement facilities must be audited for compliance with…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) faced discontinuation of support for legacy Lotus Notes databases, which had previously hosted archives of reporting guidance materials that were inaccessible to the public. The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)…

In 2012, New York state (NYS) generated over 17.8 million tons of municipal solid waste. An assessment of the options for reducing landfilled waste and emissions through the use of advanced waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies was needed, as was an…

The Promise Neighborhood program is a place-based initiative designed to improve the educational outcomes of children through linked, holistic and evidence-based cradle-to-career interventions.  The program’s grantees provide a menu of services to the…

State agencies oversee and review Local Educational Authorities (LEAs) that demonstrate a high level of, or a high risk for, administrative error and must adopt a robust and unified accountability system. To help state agencies, the Food and Nutrition…

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs typically provide job search assistance (JSA) in addition to their income-support role. JSA strategies can include group, one-on-one, or self-directed activities. While there is evidence JSA…

The World Health Organization estimates that about 608,000 people died from malaria in 2022, a slight decrease from the prior year, but still higher than before the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Young children and pregnant women are among the…

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…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plays a key role in connecting homeless families to benefits, employment and other services needed to help them find housing and work toward self-sufficiency. The Homeless Families Research Briefs…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been collecting greenhouse gas emissions data through the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) from approximately 8,000 emitters—including power plants, oil and gas producers, and manufacturers—since 2010…