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Pathways to Healthcare Boosts College Entry, Training Hours and Credentials

Project
Adults with low skills or limited English proficiency face poor employment and earnings prospects. Postsecondary training is one way to improve job opportunities if the training aligns with industries’ local demand for skilled workers. Access to training…
How Do the Impacts of Healthcare Training Vary with Credential Length? Evidence from the Health Profession Opportunity Grants Program

How Do the Impacts of Healthcare Training Vary with Credential Length? Evidence from the Health Profession Opportunity Grants Program

Publication
Our analysis of HPOG subgroups defined by program experiences found weak evidence that long-term credentials led to meaningfully larger earnings impacts.
Updating the Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s Strategic Plan

Supporting Organizational Transformation at HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Project
MCHB is in a critical moment of growth and change. The Bureau has received numerous Congressional appropriations  and developed new programs in the last several years to meet the health needs of women, children, and families. The result is a rapid…
Approaches to Assisting Families Experiencing or At Risk of Homelessness with TANF Funds

Approaches to Assisting Families Experiencing or At Risk of Homelessness with TANF Funds

Publication
On behalf of OPRE, Abt assessed the use of TANF funding by state agencies to supporting housing for families experiencing homelessness.
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Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) Evaluation

Project
Abt supports HRSA’s rural opioid response by evaluating RCORP grants, strengthening reporting quality, and guiding targeted support for communities.
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Evaluation of Youth Substance Use Prevention

Project
In 2013, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation initiated a five-year Youth Substance Use Prevention and Early Intervention Strategic Initiative to promote early detection and intervention for substance use among youth age 15-22. The initiative called for use…
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Mozambique Agribusiness and Trade Competitiveness Program (AgriFUTURO)

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In 2011, roughly 80 percent of Mozambicans earning their living from subsistence farming; more than 44 percent suffered from chronic malnutrition, and 34 percent faced perpetual hunger. Farm productivity was among the lowest in the world. Farmers used…
Three Tips for Supporting Family Planning and the Private Sector

Three Tips for Supporting Family Planning and the Private Sector

Impact Brief
Data analysis fueled a health financing model from USAID’s Abt-led SHOPS Plus, which demonstrates how pharmacies and drug shops can support family planning.
Transform: Primary Health Care Project

Transform: Primary Health Care Project

Project
Achieving the Ethiopian Ministry of Health’s ambitious targets to reduce maternal, neonatal, and infant mortality by more than half requires substantial investments at the woreda (district) level. The ministry’s challenges include insufficient government…
LIFT: Implementation Findings from the Evaluation of Employment Coaching

LIFT: Implementation Findings from the Evaluation of Employment Coaching

Publication
A report by Abt and Mathematica on the LIFT coaching intervention found it was implemented as designed and created trusting relations with participants.