Filter
361 - 370 of 816 results
Results for
Deeper Insights on Americans’ Financial Well-Being
Project
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) works to help consumers enhance their financial well-being, a holistic metric that goes beyond income and credit score to capture individuals’ perceptions of their financial security and ability to make…
Building a Knowledge Base to Teach Adults to Decode
Project
Decoding is an essential skill to read words that a person may only have heard spoken. It is not just important for children. Millions of U.S. adults are non-literate or can perform only simple, literacy tasks. They need decoding skills, too—although…
Providing Technical Assistance through the NHSC Pipeline Readiness Initiative
Project
The demand for healthcare services in the United States is outpacing the number of care providers, and projections show that trend continuing into the future, exacerbating an already overstretched healthcare system.
Understanding Rapid Re-housing
Project
Individuals and families experiencing homelessness may spend a long time in an emergency shelter or transitional housing while they try to save money or arrange for a new place to live. Rapid re-housing (RRH) focuses on moving individuals and families…
Evaluating NYC’s Service Design Studio
Project
The Service Design Studio (the Studio) is a novel approach to enhancing the capacity of New York City (NYC) municipal staff to adopt service design—sometimes referred to as human-centered design or design thinking—as a strategy to improve city services,…
Impacts of Two Technology Interventions on Associate’s Degree Completion or Equivalent Transfer
Publication
Abt’s assessment of the College Success Prize competition found that neither app affected the outcomes of students who tested into remediation at college entry.
Supporting Low-Income Veteran Households Experiencing—or At-Risk of Experiencing—Homelessness
Project
Supportive Services for Veterans Families (SSVF) is a Veterans Affairs program that provides grants to more than 250 private, non-profit organizations (grantees) and consumer cooperatives that rapidly re-house low-income Veteran households.
Improving Health Services and Outcomes in Remote Areas of Papua New Guinea
Project
National and provincial health plans in remote communities in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea have mandatory goals for reducing child mortality, improving maternal health and combating HIV and AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases.
Integrating Employment Services with Substance Use Treatment and Recovery: The Experiences of Five Programs
Publication
An Abt-led report reviews five programs that combine SUD treatment and recovery services with employment services and makes recommendations for practitioners.