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Lake Superior Manoomin and Ecosystem Characterization Study
Project
A variety of environmental factors threaten manoomin (wild rice) in the Lake Superior Basin. Given that, as part of the Lake Superior Wild Rice Initiative, Lake Superior Basin Anishinaabe communities, NOAA, and state agencies sought to document and…
SPECIATE: EPA's Repository of Volatile Organic Gas and Particulate Matter Speciation Profiles of Air Pollution Sources
Project
The SPECIATE database is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) repository of volatile organic gas and particulate matter (PM) speciation profiles of air pollution sources. The data are used to guide regulatory analysis and need to be kept up…
Beyond COVID-19: What Global Health Security Will Look Like
Blog
As leaders focus on pandemics and global health security, they should look at three related items: other diseases, social determinants of health, and logistics.
Expanding V-safe COVID-19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry
Project
COVID-19 may put pregnant women at risk for severe illness or death, but data are limited on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines for them. To monitor potential safety issues, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created the v-safe COVID-19…
Assessing the Family and Medical Leave Act
Project
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) guarantees eligible U.S. employees of covered employers job-protected unpaid leave to attend to their or their family’s eligible medical issues. Employees may have access to pay while on leave through other means…
How TANF and Refugee Cash Assistance Serve Refugees
Project
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) oversees federal efforts to resettle refugees and help them become self-sufficient. ORR administers the Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) program, which…
Improving Literacy Through Experience
Project
The AARP Foundation’s Experience Corps (EC) is an evidence-based literacy tutoring program that targets schools within high-need communities where a significant portion of K-3 students are below grade level in reading. EC provides highly-trained,…
Spotlight On: Primary Care
Spotlight On
Abt’s experts partner with federal agencies, states, and other organizations to advance evidence-based primary care in the U.S.
Overcoming Undermatching in Postsecondary Education
Project
Where students go to college is key to their educational attainment and later economic success. However, 41 percent of students nationally and about half of those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds undermatch—meaning they don’t attend college or they…