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Assessing the Family and Medical Leave Act

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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…
Collecting Infectious Disease Data in Nursing Homes

Collecting Infectious Disease Data in Nursing Homes

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Infectious diseases can spread quickly through nursing homes, leading to high morbidity and mortality in this vulnerable population. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored this, causing over 1.7 million SARS-CoV-2 cases and almost 168,000 deaths among nursing…
Abt Applies Buyer-led, Market Systems Approach in Cambodia

Abt’s Buyer-led, Market Systems Approach to Cambodian Horticulture

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Millions of Cambodians have risen from poverty, yet many still live in vulnerable conditions. The government of Cambodia recognized that accelerating the growth of the horticulture sector would bring new opportunities, enabling farmers to benefit from…
Evaluation of 2019-2022 Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Program

Evaluating Summer Nutrition Assistance for Children

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The Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) pilots have operated since 2011 to provide grocery assistance to households with eligible children during summer months when millions of U.S. children lose access to free or reduced-price school lunches. Abt…
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Evaluation of Advanced Waste-to-Energy Technologies in New York State

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In 2012, New York state (NYS) generated over 17.8 million tons of municipal solid waste. An assessment of the options for reducing landfilled waste and emissions through the use of advanced waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies was needed, as was an…
Better Connected: Moving Abt’s Survey Platform to the Cloud

Better Connected: Moving Abt’s Survey Platform to the Cloud

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Many organizations are struggling to take advantage of cloud computing without interrupting their core business and mission. Two years ago, Abt was facing that challenge.
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Evaluation of the ACO REACH Model

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As part of a team with NORC, Abt conducted a mixed methods evaluation of the CMS ACO REACH Model and found savings and quality improvements.
Enterprise Data Analytics Management and Maturing Execution

Enterprise Data Analytics Management and Maturing Execution

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As the single largest payer for health care in the United States, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) collects massive amounts of data. CMS has over 6,000 employees nationwide responsible for programs that provide insurance coverage to…
Evaluating REL Pacific’s Secondary Writing Toolkit

Evaluating REL Pacific’s Secondary Writing Toolkit

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Literacy—including writing—is closely tied to student success throughout K–12 education, impacting high school graduation and, ultimately, income after graduation. But students across the United States perform poorly on assessments of writing and,…
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Spotlight On: Climate Finance

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Abt Global can help public-and private-sector actors take decisive action to finance climate mitigation and adaptation strategies.