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Summer EBT for Children: A Way to Fight Low Food Security
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Millions of U.S. children receive free or reduced-price lunches each school day, but that number drops greatly during summer. In 2014, summer nutrition programs reached only about 16 percent of the children who received food assistance during the year…
Strategies to Promote Health System Strengthening and Global Health Security at the Subnational Level in a World Changed by COVID-19
Publication
Achieving strong, resilient health systems that can handle both health crises and basic needs requires a unified approach for health systems.
Teacher Preparation Experiences and Early Teaching Effectiveness
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Teachers can make a real difference in students’ outcomes. However, teacher quality varies greatly. New teachers, who frequently begin their careers in high-need schools where students are in greatest need of effective instruction, have been shown to be…
Abt’s Evaluations of Compass Working Capital’s Innovative Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program
Project
Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program designed to help housing assistance recipients increase their earnings and build savings to make progress toward economic security. The standard FSS program…
Spotlight On: Transitioning Local Organizations to Self-Sufficiency
Spotlight On
As a provider of technical assistance (TA), Abt recognizes that the measure of our success ultimately is the ability of TA recipients to operate on their own.
Family Options: Finding the Best Interventions to End Homelessness for Families
Project
More than 150,000 families experience homelessness each year and are forced to seek emergency shelter or face life on the street. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development wanted to understand the most effective options to help these families.
Evaluating the Section 811 Rental Assistance Program
Project
The Section 811 program expands the housing supply for poor people with disabilities. Traditionally, HUD funded nonprofits to develop group homes and small rental developments exclusively for the disabled. Changes in Section 811 provide rental assistance…
Assessing and Addressing Burnout in Primary Care
Publication
Burnout among primary care clinicians and staff is a serious and growing concern but administrators and practice leaders can address it using organization-wide approaches.
Improving Diagnostic Pathways for Rare Diseases in Australia
Project
Abt recommended a variety of ways to improve the diagnostic journey for Tasmanians with a rare disease through a rare disease diagnostic care pathway.
Most Kids in Child Care Facilities Aren’t Getting Enough Exercise, New Study Finds
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