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Evaluating the Benefits of Additional College Loan Counseling
Project
Roughly two-thirds of students take loans to pay for college, and many have difficulty repaying them; more than 500,000 students default on their loans each year. To reduce repayment challenges and in response to a presidential directive to help…
$50 Billion for Rural Health: What CMS and States Must Get Right
Blog
Congress committed $50B to rural health. Success now depends on disciplined execution, clear oversight, and practical implementation.
Career Pathways: What We Know So Far and Options for Closing Gaps in Knowledge
Project
Career pathways strategies offer articulated education and training steps between occupations in an industry sector, combined with support services, to enable individuals to enter and exit at various levels and to advance over time to higher skills,…
Serving Unemployment Insurance Claimants During a Public Health Crisis: The Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) Program and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Publication
This brief explores COVID-19 challenges to Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment program operations and state strategies to address them.
Impact of Ready to Work Partnership Grants
Project
The Ready to Work (RTW) Partnership Grant program, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) following the 2008-2009 recession, was designed to prepare middle- to high-skilled individuals who had experienced long-term unemployment for occupations in…
Supporting Development, Dissemination and Implementation of the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline
Project
Nearly 50,000 persons died of opioid overdoses in 2017, which contributed to the first-ever decline in working-age Americans’ life expectancy. A 2012 Abt Global study found wide geographic variation in opioid prescribing in the United States, indicating…
Child Care Provider Appreciation Day: Valuing Our Providers
Blog
Child care providers provide vital, professional services that have a real impact on families; this blog explains why we need to compensate them accordingly.
Engaging Nepal’s Private Health Sector to Improve Health Outcomes
Impact Brief
Public-private collaboration and strengthening the private sector can help Nepal achieve health goals—and opportunities to do more are emerging.
New Joint Venture, Sandhill Global Partners, Combines 8(a) Agility with Proven Federal IT Expertise
News
Miami Technical Services and TSPi, a Division of Abt, Launch Sandhill Global Partners to Deliver Modernization Solutions to the Federal Government