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Under federal law enacted in the 1990s, a limited number of public housing agencies (PHAs) have received demonstration authority under which they may experiment with alternatives to the standard rules under which the Housing Choice Voucher and public…

Adults with low skills or limited English proficiency face poor employment and earnings prospects. Postsecondary training is one way to improve job opportunities if the training aligns with industries’ local demand for skilled workers. Access to training…

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…

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…

The Service Design Studio (the Studio) is a novel approach to enhancing the capacity of New York City (NYC) municipal staff to adopt service design—sometimes referred to as human-centered design or design thinking—as a strategy to improve city services,…

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…

This study found no association between asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 cases among pregnant individuals and infant neurodevelopment.

Roca, Inc., a non-profit organization, aims to foster behavior change and improve outcomes for high-risk young adults. Recently, Roca has expanded its program throughout Massachusetts and to Baltimore, MD, and introduced a behavior change curriculum to…