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Success Boston: Evaluating Transition Coaching for College Success
Project
A 2008 report showed only 35 percent of Boston public school graduates who had enrolled in college had completed a postsecondary credential within seven years of graduation. To improve completion rates, the Boston Foundation, the city of Boston, Boston…
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…
Strengthening Health Systems by Integrating Financing Programs
Impact Brief
Health systems strengthening efforts increasingly focus on integrating fragmented initiatives financed by donors into country-led and financed programs.
Abt-led Namibia Project Exceeds Goal for Male Circumcisions
Project
VMMC is an integral component of the Government of the Republic of Namibia’s prevention approach to ending HIV and AIDS. Despite significant effort, VMMC coverage remains low. The population-based self-reported circumcision rate is 36.4 percent among…
Estimating Costs for Nitrate and Perchlorate Treatment for Small Drinking Water Systems
Publication
A new paper from Abt and EPA identifies the costs of different processes for removing nitrate and percholate for small drinking water systems.
New Hampshire Preschool Development Grant Program Performance Evaluation
Project
In 2019, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) awarded the state of New Hampshire (NH) a three-year Preschool Development Grant (PDG) Birth through Age 5 (B-5) to continue supporting a comprehensive and coordinated early childhood care and…
Reimagining Crisis Response Systems
Publication
This paper summarizes information on emergency responses to crises and suggests new research to fill information gaps to help inform decision-making.