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Better Maps, More Investment: The Participatory Mapping and Planning (PMaP-1) Project
Project
Indonesia is an archipelago nation with more than 17,000 islands. Traditionally, communities have mapped their borders, relying on natural landmarks. However, the number of communities with accurate maps remains low. Resolving this uncertainty allows…
Family Self-Sufficiency Program Delivers Success
Project
For more than 25 years, the Family Self-Sufficiency program (FSS) has helped subsidized housing residents make progress toward economic security. The Department of Housing and Urban Development, which runs FSS, wanted to document some successes.
Helping Get the Kinks out of Home Health Prospective Payments
Project
Changes in the complex prospective payment system (PPS) for home health agencies (HHAs) may have led to HHA behavior changes that thwarted the modifications’ goals. As a result, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wanted an assessment of…
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.
Spotlight On: CDC COVID-19 Research
Spotlight On
CDC’s real-time surveillance of COVID-19 cases and analyses of surveillance data inform public health policies, communication about protective behaviors, and guidance to public health and healthcare providers, communities, businesses, and schools.
Stepped Care for Mental Health Program Evaluation
Project
One in three Australians will experience mental health issues in their lifetime, but accessing services has historically been difficult and stigmatized. As part of the National Mental Health reform, Primary Health Networks have commissioned locally…
Confidence in New Approach Methodologies for Risk Assessment
Blog
Abt is working to advance the science around chemical risk assessment to support confidence in the use of New Assessment Methodologies.
Investing Wisely to Improve Child Survival: Ethiopia’s Immunization Financing Outlook
Publication
Reimagining the Emergency Medical System in the Wake of COVID: A Conversation with Dr. Paul Biddinger
Blog
We sat down with Dr. Paul Biddinger of MGH to discuss how emergency services changed during the COVID-19 pandemic and lessons learned for EMS and ED providers.
Abt to Help Massachusetts Extract, Review and Analyze Opioid Overdose Data
Project
Identifying opioid overdose events in administrative records is not always straightforward. Not all people who overdose are taken to hospitals, and some overdoses are reversed by administering naloxone (Narcan), which can be done by first responders,…