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In 2012, New York state (NYS) generated over 17.8 million tons of municipal solid waste. An assessment of the options for reducing landfilled waste and emissions through the use of advanced waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies was needed, as was an…

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…

A 2008 report showed only 35 percent of Boston public school graduates who had enrolled in college had completed a postsecondary credential within seven years of graduation. To improve completion rates, the Boston Foundation, the city of Boston, Boston…

“Space weather” isn’t the next blockbuster movie franchise; it refers to conditions created by the sun, solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere and thermosphere near Earth’s space environment that impact our planet. The effects of space weather can…

Following the 2010 reauthorization of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) created a Farm to School Program to distribute grant funding, provide training and technical assistance for improving access…

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…

Abt’s quasi-experimental evaluations of Compass FSS programs show positive impacts for participants and cost-effectiveness for the program.