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The USAID-funded, Abt-led Local Health System Sustainability Project gave Kyrgyz Republic health workers tools to fight COVID-19 vaccine misinformation.

Abt assessed the possibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial of transitional living programs for the Family and Youth Services Bureau

Findings from a study of nearly 5,000 recently pregnant women in Bangladesh underscore the importance of universal screening for diabetes and hypertension.

"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.

Grantees used AAI’s flexibility to implement activities based on the needs of their target populations and service area employers, learning valuable lessons.

This report describes the operation of an intensive job search assistance program for cash assistance recipients and provides lessons for key stakeholders.