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"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.

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

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

Abt helped the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) develop a handbook to support coaches using Health IT for quality improvement in primary care.

Funding for the Full Service Community Schools Program has doubled, so we’re offering three tips to make the most of this approach to support the whole child.

How do we defeat tuberculosis? With sustainable solutions. With support from the private sector. With data.

This report documents the findings from a study of the Transitional Living Program Special Population Demonstration Project funded by HHS.

The Abt-led Study of Nutrition and Activity in Child Care Settings suggests room to improve provision of opportunities for physical activity during child care.

The need for governments at all levels to connect with citizens they serve and the means for doing so have evolved over the past decade.