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Engaging Employers to Register Apprenticeship Programs: Outcomes from the American Apprenticeship Initiative Employer Engagement Demonstration
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A study of an approach to recruit employers to register apprenticeship programs detected a statistically significant impact on adoption of such programs.
Capturing Methane From Wastewater in Developing Countries
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Municipal wastewater accounts for a substantial amount of methane emissions worldwide. Capturing and using methane from wastewater systems can help create economic resources and reduce waste, while providing a source of local clean energy. However, cities in developing…
COVID-19’s Impact on State, Federal Prisons
Publication
A new report documents a sharp decline in prison populations in the U.S. during the pandemic and the number of COVID-19 related infections and deaths.
Making the Most of a Preschool Expansion Grant (PEG)
Project
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…
Mortgage Journeys: Identifying New Homebuyer Challenges
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Fannie Mae had conducted extensive research with various groups of consumers (e.g., renters, young adults, delinquent borrowers, homeowners, refinancers, etc.), including several survey research projects to examine how consumers shop for mortgages. To…
Big Win for Children’s Nutrition: Summer EBT Fully Funded
Blog
Abt Global’s decade of evaluations of the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer for Children pilot can inform the national rollout of the pilot.
Evaluating Prize Competitions Around the World
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The AgResults initiative was created by five donors after the 2010 G20 summit. The donors recognized that their resources alone could not significantly reduce poverty in the world’s poorest countries. They created AgResults to test whether pay-for…
Building a Knowledge Base to Teach Adults to Decode
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Decoding is an essential skill to read words that a person may only have heard spoken. It is not just important for children. Millions of U.S. adults are non-literate or can perform only simple, literacy tasks. They need decoding skills, too—although…