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Research to Address Homelessness in California
Project
As affordable housing shrinks and poverty persists—particularly in the wake of COVID-19—California continues to face a complex homelessness crisis. To get a true understanding of the scope and nature of the challenge, the California Legislature passed a…
Antiretroviral HIV Treatment in Mozambique
Impact Brief
Abt helps to improve the quality of HIV services in Mozambique and expand access for more people.
Compendium of Innovative Practices: Secondary Credentialing Programs for Adults
Publication
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) funded Manhattan Strategy Group and Abt Global to conduct the Advancing Innovation in Adult Education project.
Modernizing NIH’s Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD)
Project
The majority of American adults take dietary supplements, and the market for these products continues to grow. In the U.S., dietary supplements are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as food, not as drugs, and do not require approval or…
Diabetes Health Card Increases Risk Awareness
Project
Changing behavior requires reaching people at the right time: when they are open to making a change. One indication of that willingness in the diabetes context is if they are searching for diabetes-related information online. The challenge is how to take…
In a Complex Country, What’s Working for Better Health
Impact Brief
The statistics are head-turning: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has an estimated $24 trillion in untapped mineral deposits, yet the sixth highest poverty rate in the world. Its health outcomes are similarly out of line with its wealth.
Financing and Governance Strengthen Ethiopia’s Health System
Impact Brief
“One step at a time.” This well-known axiom applies broadly to individual endeavors, such as learning to play a musical instrument or building a home. It also applies to grand aspirations of governments, such as providing citizens access to affordable, quality health care.
Which Program Characteristics Are Linked to Program Impacts? Lessons from the HPOG 1.0 Evaluation
Publication
Evaluating the Workforce Innovation Fund
Project
The Workforce Innovation Fund (WIF), funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, was an initiative to develop and test new services and strategies in the public workforce system. WIF required that the 43 grantees each demonstrate how their proposed…