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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…
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Setting a Health-Based Benchmark for Lead in Drinking Water

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Abt Global provided technical assistance to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water to support the development of a draft report outlining potential approaches to inform a health-based benchmark for lead…
Supporting the Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse

Supporting the Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse

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Improving outcomes for job seekers with low incomes remains a critical task for U.S. social policy. Over the past three decades, significant strides have been made to build evidence on programs to improve the economic stability of those with low incomes…
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Learning for Land: Supporting Sustainable Land Governance Worldwide

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The DSU is the learning partner of the Land Facility, facilitating knowledge production and exchange within and beyond the programme to support adaptive decision making.
Studying National Trends in Homelessness

Studying National Trends in Homelessness

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To successfully address homelessness in the U.S., we need to understand the extent of the challenge at local, state levels.
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eGRID: Estimating Air Pollution Emission Rates for Power Generation in the United States

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The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) is the preeminent source of data on the environmental characteristics of electric power generated in the United States. It’s based on available plant…
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Health Careers for All Increased Healthcare Training Enrollment

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Healthcare jobs are projected to be the fastest-growing occupations in the next decade. Almost all jobs in healthcare require postsecondary education or training, whether for  entry-level employment or for advancement to higher-paying positions. But many…
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Support for the Mathematics and Science Program (MSP)

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The goal of the U.S. Department of Education’s Mathematics and Science Partnership (MSP) program is to boost students’ academic achievement in math and science. The approach for doing that is to augment classroom teachers’ science, technology,…
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Understanding Encampments of People Experiencing Homelessness and the Related Costs

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Homeless encampments have not been as visible on the American landscape since the Great Depression. Today’s encampments appear to reflect a complex set of factors, including increasing numbers of people living in deep poverty, underinvestment in new…
The Jordan USAID Health Service Delivery Project

The Jordan USAID Health Service Delivery Project

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USAID and the Government of Jordan (GOJ) want to expand access to—and the availability of—quality integrated essential health services at the national and sub-national levels and increase the government’s capacity to deliver these improved services…