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Evaluating an Innovative Job Corps Pilot Program

Evaluating an Innovative Job Corps Pilot Program

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Abt Global and its partner, MDRC, evaluated a Job Corps pilot program, the Cascades Job Corps College and Career Academy (CCCA), for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The Cascades pilot was an ambitious and evidence-based attempt to increase education…
Identifying Core Components of Effective Youth Programs

Evidence for Program Improvement: Core Components of Effective Youth Programs

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Evidence for Program Improvement was established by The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) to develop evidence-based practice guidelines for youth programs (e.g., community, mental health, public health, child welfare settings,…
Engaging the Private Sector to Prevent HIV in Namibia

Engaging the Private Sector to Prevent HIV in Namibia

Impact Brief
The private sector can help prevent HIV transmission in Namibia by sharing messages that encourage healthy behavior and enhancing access to quality services.
Evaluating the HomeStart Eviction Prevention Program

Evaluating the HomeStart Eviction Prevention Program

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HomeStart is a Boston-based nonprofit organization with a goal of eliminating homelessness due to eviction for non-payment, notably for families with subsidies and the working poor in Massachusetts. Eviction is costly not only for tenants but for…
doctor and elderly patient

Improving Patient Choice: Meaningful Measures of Home Health and Hospice Care Quality

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To help patients and their families find high quality home health and hospice care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires support for developing and maintaining patient assessment tools and quality measures for its Home Health and…
EvidenceNOW Dissemination and Planning

EvidenceNOW Dissemination and Planning

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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) 2015 EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health initiative funded regional cooperatives that help small primary care practices integrate evidence-based approaches for cardiovascular care. The initiative…
Community Influencers Help Improve Tuberculosis Screening

Community Influencers Help Improve Tuberculosis Screening

Impact Brief
Influencers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are helping increase detection and treatment of tuberculosis.
Support to Modernize CMS’s Quality Measures Implementation and Reporting (QMIR) Program

Support to Modernize CMS’s Quality Measures Implementation and Reporting (QMIR) Program

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Providing quality care to the more than 100 million Americans served under Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) requires robust data collection and analysis of key measures and indicators. As technology has evolved, data…
Older adults jogging in the park

BRFSS Data Gets the Jump on Chronic Health Challenges

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With health departments at the state and local level, the United States need consistent data to identify trends, track benchmarks and implement solutions at national, state and local scales. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a…