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Toxicity Testing for the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment

Toxicity Testing for the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment

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The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) blowout released 3.19 million barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico over nearly three months. It exposed organisms to oil at various stages of processing, and the duration and size of the spill had the potential to harm many…
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Evaluation of Indigenous Family Wellbeing Services

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Abt’s evaluation found that FWS help reduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s entry into the child protection system.
TSPi Enhances the Efficiency of NOAA NMFS’s Consultation Process

Enhancing the Efficiency of NOAA NMFS’s Consultation Process

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TSPi designed, built, and implemented a central replacement case-management application, the Environmental Consultation Organizer (ECO), to handle submissions for consultations. The consultations can include the initial submission of project blueprints, feedback from NMFS, and more back-and-forth until final approval. 
PREA Audit System Provides Tool for Auditors to Conduct Sexual Safety Audits

PREA Audit System Provides Tool for Auditors to Conduct Sexual Safety Audits

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The Department of Justice's PREA standards outline requirements for preventing, detecting, and responding to sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement facilities. Each year, hundreds of confinement facilities must be audited for compliance with…
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Rent-to-Save Pilot in Cambridge, MA

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The Cambridge Housing Authority and Compass Working Capital collaborated to test the effects of automatically enrolling families in an asset-building program within two public housing developments. The goal was to answer two questions: How could asset…
Transform: Primary Health Care Project

Transform: Primary Health Care Project

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Achieving the Ethiopian Ministry of Health’s ambitious targets to reduce maternal, neonatal, and infant mortality by more than half requires substantial investments at the woreda (district) level. The ministry’s challenges include insufficient government…
COVID-19 Study of Hospitalized Older Adults

COVID-19 Study of Hospitalized Older Adults

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Older adults are at high risk for contracting novel coronavirus and for developing severe illnesses if infected. To inform policy starting early in the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC needed more data on medical care for hospitalized patients 50 or older in rural…
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Service Function Review of Palliative Care Services

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Abt's review of palliative care services for the Australian Capital Territory Government identified critical gaps in service capacity and coordination.