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Abt Implements SSDI Benefit Offset Demonstration

Abt Implements SSDI Benefit Offset Demonstration

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In 2015, Congress directed the Social Security Administration (SSA) to test mitigating the effects of ending Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits when earnings exceed the cutoff level. The test allowed beneficiaries to keep $1 in benefits…
Developing LocalHousingSolutions.org

Developing LocalHousingSolutions.org

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Households around the U.S. face growing housing affordability challenges. While there are important roles for the federal and state governments to play in addressing this problem, many of the most critical policy solutions can only be adopted at the…
Sudan

Food, Agribusiness and Rural Markets in South Sudan

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Abt Global led the USAID- and Feed the Future-funded Food, Agribusiness, and Rural Markets (FARM) projects, which established a strong foundation for agricultural development in South Sudan’s fertile Greenbelt region. The first FARM project, which ran…
Evaluating HUD’s Community Choice Demonstration

Evaluating HUD’s Community Choice Demonstration

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More than 2.3 million households participate in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Housing Choice Voucher program, and almost a million of these households are comprised of families with children. With these vouchers, families…
Health Effects from Exposure to Aerosolized Cyanobacterial Toxins

Health Effects from Exposure to Aerosolized Cyanobacterial Toxins

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Toxic cyanobacteria blooms, or cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs), are becoming increasingly problematic as a result of reduced oxygen levels in bodies of water around the globe; Florida has been significantly impacted. 
Eliminating Tuberculosis (TB) in Central Asia

Eliminating Tuberculosis (TB) in Central Asia

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Central Asia is a hotspot for DR-TB. TB services are outdated, unsustainable and expensive, and increasing financial pressure on governments means money to improve services is limited. TB has a large social impact on individuals as high levels of stigma…
Caring for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

Caring for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

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Studies indicate that dementia care in the United States is, generally, impersonal and fragmented. Massachusetts requires long-term care facilities to provide dementia care training to direct-care workers. The intention of the regulation was to address…
Student Outcomes and Charter Schools in New Mexico

Student Outcomes and Charter Schools in New Mexico

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Prior studies of charter schools have focused on different types of charter schools than those in New Mexico. For example, many prior research studies elsewhere have focused on charters in urban and suburban areas or on charters run by charter management…
Stepped Care for Mental Health Program Evaluation

Stepped Care for Mental Health Program Evaluation

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One in three Australians will experience mental health issues in their lifetime, but accessing services has historically been difficult and stigmatized. As part of the National Mental Health reform, Primary Health Networks have commissioned locally…