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What should solving S.F.'s unsheltered homelessness cost?

What should solving S.F.'s unsheltered homelessness cost?

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As San Francisco debates how to best shelter people experiencing homelessness—with an emphasis on the cost to implement proposed solutions—the SF Examiner reached out to Abt for some insight.
Toxicity Testing for the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment

Toxicity Testing for the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment

Project
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…
Equipping Local Partners to Fight Malaria

Equipping Local Partners to Fight Malaria

Impact Brief
Abt-led PMI VectorLink project works with governments and local research institutes to study mosquito behavior and determine key entomological indicators.
Achieving 90% Adherence to ART in Mozambique

Achieving 90% Adherence to ART in Mozambique

Impact Brief
The Efficiencies for Clinical HIV Outcomes (ECHO) Project achieved over 90% ART retention, ensuring PLHIV in Mozambique receive the treatment they need.
Evaluating Child Welfare Community Collaborations

Evaluating Child Welfare Community Collaborations

Project
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is transforming the field of child welfare by supporting communities’ efforts to prevent child maltreatment, rather than only respond once it occurs. ACF funded two cohorts of grantees under the Child…
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Promoting Early Literacy Skills

Project
Abt Global was subcontracted by RMC Research to help the National Institute for Literacy promote the findings and recommendations of the National Early Literacy Panel. The Panel synthesized research on the teaching of literacy and literacy-related skills…
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Drinking Water Treatability Database Update Tackles PFAS

Project
EPA’s Office of Research and Development needed to expand its online, publicly available Drinking Water Treatability Database (TDB). The goal was to allow the database to better support decision making about emerging contaminants of concern.
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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…
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Supporting Development, Dissemination and Implementation of the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline

Project
Nearly 50,000 persons died of opioid overdoses in 2017, which contributed to the first-ever decline in working-age Americans’ life expectancy. A 2012 Abt Global study found wide geographic variation in opioid prescribing in the United States, indicating…
Beyond Zoning Reform: 4 Ways States Can Boost Their Housing Supply

Beyond Zoning Reform: 4 Ways States Can Boost Their Housing Supply

Blog
Here are four ways that state and local leaders can support more affordable housing that go beyond zoning reform.