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Rent-to-Save Pilot in Cambridge, MA
Project
The Cambridge Housing Authority and Compass Working Capital collaborated to test the effects of automatically enrolling families in an asset-building program within two public housing developments. The goal was to answer two questions: How could asset…
Replication of Recovery and Reunification Interventions for Families-Impact Study (R3-Impact)
Project
In the last 20 years, parental substance use disorder (SUD) has become an increasingly prevalent reason for children to enter foster care. Recovery coaching is a promising strategy to support parents’ recovery and help keep families safe and together…
Sustainable Systems Strengthening: “There Are No Cookie Cutter Solutions”
Blog
Midori de Habich is technical director of the Abt-led Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS), USAID’s global flagship activity in health systems strengthening.
Responding to the Challenges of 2020: JPMorgan Chase’s AdvancingCities and PRO Neighborhoods Grantees Adjust
Publication
These briefs from Abt describe how grantees of JP Morgan Chase’s PRO Neighborhoods and AdvancingCities responded to COVID-19 and systemic racism in 2020.
Monitoring Medicare’s Home Health, Hospice, and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Benefits
Project
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) home health, hospice, home infusion therapy, home IVIG, and IRF benefits require constant monitoring of payment policy—and revisions, as needed—to ensure they are working as intended. This enables…
Welfare to Work Voucher Evaluation
Project
An important knowledge gap exists with respect to the role that housing assistance plays in promoting economic self-sufficiency among welfare recipients. To fill this gap, Congress appropriated funds for Section 8 tenant-based assistance to help…
Namibia MCC Tourism Project Evaluation
Project
Etosha National Park, one of Namibia’s primary attractions, covers 8,600 square miles of wilderness, including the massive Etosha salt pan and savanna woodlands. Visitors stay in lodges within the park and visit watering holes to watch zebras, giraffes,…
Spotlight On: Protecting Children and Promoting Healthy Families
Spotlight On
Reducing infant mortality. Supporting child welfare agencies. Preventing abuse and neglect. Abt’s work helps support the backbone of policies and programs that protect those who are most vulnerable.
Closing the Gap: Surveying LA Renters to Improve Housing Access
Impact Brief
Abt helped HACLA collect and analyze current Los Angeles rental data, showing rents were about 12% higher than federal estimates and providing evidence to support voucher subsidy levels that better reflect local housing costs and improve access to stable housing.