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Des Moines Area Community College’s Workforce Training Academy Connect Program Three-year Impact Report
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The study of WTA Connect found an impact on exam-based credentials and confidence in career knowledge, but no detectable impacts on employment, earnings, or family economic well-being.
New Research Highlights Important Patient Safety Practices across the Healthcare Continuum
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AHRQ enlisted Abt Global and IMPAQ to develop MHCSIII to improve patient safety; four journal articles by Abt staff were generated by the project.
Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement (VIDA) Three-Year Impact Report
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VIDA had a positive effect on educational outcomes but had no detectable effect on earnings and few effects on employment or other economic outcomes.
In a Complex Country, What’s Working for Better Health
Impact Brief
The statistics are head-turning: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has an estimated $24 trillion in untapped mineral deposits, yet the sixth highest poverty rate in the world. Its health outcomes are similarly out of line with its wealth.
Improvement Testing in the Year Up Professional Training Corps Program: Final Grant Report
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Two small tests of a college-based version of the Year Up program found a general need for improvements and identified a strategy that may address this need.
Tracking Minnesotans' Access and Use of Home and Community-based Health Services
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Minnesota’s Department of Human Services wanted to leverage existing state data to develop measures to help monitor access to Medicaid-funded home and community-based services (HCBS). To build on our prior work evaluating critical access to the state’s…
Lessons Learned from the Pregnancy Assistance Fund (PAF) Program
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Early childbearing can have significant health, social, and economic impacts on young parents and their children. Finding ways to improve the circumstances of expectant and parenting young families and address their diverse needs has been a long-standing…
Sources for Sick Child Care in 24 USAID Priority Countries
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