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Protecting Children and Promoting Healthy Families

Spotlight On: Protecting Children and Promoting Healthy Families

Spotlight On
Reducing infant mortality. Supporting child welfare agencies. Preventing abuse and neglect. Abt’s work helps support the backbone of policies and programs that protect those who are most vulnerable.
Study of College Transition Messaging in GEAR UP

Study of College Transition Messaging in GEAR UP

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Many high school seniors who plan to attend college do not enroll, and others enroll but do not return for a second year. Low-income students are more likely than their higher-income peers to fall off track after high school ends. Text message-based…
COVID-19 Study of Hospitalized Older Adults

COVID-19 Study of Hospitalized Older Adults

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Older adults are at high risk for contracting novel coronavirus and for developing severe illnesses if infected. To inform policy starting early in the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC needed more data on medical care for hospitalized patients 50 or older in rural…
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Teen Pregnancy Prevention Study Finds Benefits

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) wanted to determine if teen pregnancy prevention programs with limited prior evidence of effectiveness can work when replicated with different populations and in different settings. HHS contracted with…
Lake Superior Manoomin and Ecosystem Characterization Study

Lake Superior Manoomin and Ecosystem Characterization Study

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A variety of environmental factors threaten manoomin (wild rice) in the Lake Superior Basin. Given that, as part of the Lake Superior Wild Rice Initiative,  Lake Superior Basin Anishinaabe communities, NOAA, and state agencies sought to document and…
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Designing an Innovative Study of Employment Services for Veterans

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Section 502 of the Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016 (P.L. 114-315) requires a “study of job counseling, training, and placement services” for veterans. Through a 15-month contract with the U.S…
VOSViewer: A Network Mapping Tool for Analyzing Topics with a Substantive Knowledge Base

VOSViewer: A Network Mapping Tool for Analyzing Topics with a Substantive Knowledge Base

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This brief by Abt Global discusses a preferred tools for processing large amounts of information in 21st century knowledge curation.
Career Pathways Design Study Findings in Brief

Career Pathways Design Study Findings in Brief

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The Head Start Impact Study Final Report

The Head Start Impact Study Final Report

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