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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.

In late 2014, the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) was awarded a federal Preschool Expansion Grant (PEG) to expand high-quality early childhood education to more than 800 4-year-old children per year in five underserved…

USAID’s Abt-led Local Health System Sustainability (LHSS) project built a Colombian non-governmental organization (NGO)’s capacity to help migrants get health care.

This study of Health Profession Opportunity Grants 2.0 documents how non-tribal grantees implemented programs and participant characteristics and engagement.

USAID’s Abt-led Strengthening Systems for Better Health Activity helped Nepal cope with COVID-19 through the Health Emergency Response program.

PMI VectorLInk’s heightened engagement with community leaders has led to higher acceptance of insecticide spraying and a 50 percent drop in malaria deaths.

This article showcases behavioral health crisis program, GRAND Model, which was found to be effective in reducing inpatient hospitalizations in Oklahoma.