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Abt Leads USAID’s Integrated Health Program in the DRC
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Despite progress in health indicators, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains among the lowest-ranked countries in health outcomes such as maternal and neonatal mortality and vaccination coverage. Root causes include fiscal and capacity…
Spotlight On: Disability Policy & Research
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Abt helps clients improve their policies and programs with objective research and implementation support in the areas of employment, income supports, education, housing and health.
Evaluating Data on School Turnaround AmeriCorps Efforts
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School Turnaround AmeriCorps is a grant program to increase high school graduation, college readiness, and educational attainment for students in our nation’s persistently lowest-achieving schools, designated as School‐Improvement Grant (SIG) or Priority…
Building Evidence on Employment Strategies (BEES)
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Many Americans struggle in the labor market even when overall economic conditions are good. Unemployment is persistently high for some demographic groups and in certain geographic areas, and a large proportion of working-age adults – about one in five in…
Closing the Gap: Surveying LA Renters to Improve Housing Access
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Abt helped HACLA collect and analyze current Los Angeles rental data, showing rents were about 12% higher than federal estimates and providing evidence to support voucher subsidy levels that better reflect local housing costs and improve access to stable housing.
How TANF and Refugee Cash Assistance Serve Refugees
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The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) oversees federal efforts to resettle refugees and help them become self-sufficient. ORR administers the Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) program, which…
Evaluating Prize Competitions Around the World
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The AgResults initiative was created by five donors after the 2010 G20 summit. The donors recognized that their resources alone could not significantly reduce poverty in the world’s poorest countries. They created AgResults to test whether pay-for…
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…
Spotlight On: Abt’s Digital Solutions in Public Health
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Abt brings strong digital expertise to many public health initiatives; dive into some of our examples here!