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The blog explores the challenge of Head Start's teacher shortage amid the “back to school” season, and the need to address fair compensation for educators.

"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.

We consistently undervalue nature and its benefits; here are five ways we can address underlying governance issues to help ensure nature is better protected.

The Abt-led Local Health System Sustainability COVID-19 Response Activity played a key role in helping Uzbekistan combat COVID-19.

The USAID-funded, Abt-led Local Health System Sustainability Project gave Kyrgyz Republic health workers tools to fight COVID-19 vaccine misinformation.

Abt helps to improve the quality of HIV services in Mozambique and expand access for more people.

“One step at a time.” This well-known axiom applies broadly to individual endeavors, such as learning to play a musical instrument or building a home. It also applies to grand aspirations of governments, such as providing citizens access to affordable, quality health care.

The Abt-led USAID LHSS project helped strengthen the capacity of laboratory specialists in Tajikistan to perform high-quality COVID-19 tests.