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In this podcast, Abt’s Ginger Pryor and Whitney Rostad explain how child welfare solutions can emerge from disaggregated data, community input, and silo-busting collaborations.

The Universal Nurse Model offers efficient use of nursing resources to help Kyrgyzstan’s healthcare system cope with COVID-19.

Most military spouses don’t engage in risky drinking, but one in five did, with about half having moved into the risky drinking category over time.

"We don’t have any food. They are going to take my kids! Can you help me?" The desperate plea of a mother came through my voicemail. It was dinner time; I had already left the office for the day. I had been working with this family for months to address several safety risk factors. It was a tough case, and my job as a Prevention Specialist with the Department of Social Services (DSS) was to keep this family safely intact. I felt the weight of this responsibility every day. I knew if I did not intervene, foster care would be imminent for the children. However, the call came during the few hours I slept between jobs. I made less than $30,000 per year at DSS and, to make ends meet, worked a second full-time job at a residential program for youth aging out of foster care.

In observance of World Youth Skills Day, Abt looks at best practices for youth employment, and identifies goals for making more progress.

Improving outcomes for job seekers with low incomes remains a critical task for U.S. social policy. Over the past three decades, significant strides have been made to build evidence on programs to improve the economic stability of those with low incomes…