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Spotlight On: The Intersection of Health and the Environment
Spotlight On
Changes to our environment can have an enormous impact on health; Abt works with clients & communities at the intersection of health & environment.
Supporting Green Prosperity in Indonesia
Project
Indonesia needed to adopt environmentally sustainable, low-carbon economic growth for its 250 million people. Among other things, it needed better land-use planning. As part of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Green Prosperity (GP) Project, the…
How Florida’s E-Verify Law May Increase Labor Trafficking
Blog
Some features of Florida’s new E-Verify law could put workers at greater risk for labor trafficking and exploitation.
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…
Evaluation of MCCM Suggests Promise for Medicare Beneficiaries with Terminal Illness and Cost Savings for Medicare
Project
Typically, terminally ill Medicare beneficiaries must choose between enrolling in hospice or continuing to receive curative treatment. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM) gives beneficiaries the choice…
Abt Implements SSDI Benefit Offset Demonstration
Project
In 2015, Congress directed the Social Security Administration (SSA) to test mitigating the effects of ending Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits when earnings exceed the cutoff level. The test allowed beneficiaries to keep $1 in benefits…
Understanding Rapid Re-housing through Participants’ Experiences
Publication
This first-of-its-kind study of rapid re-housing offers insights into how the program is working for participants, and recommendations for future use.
