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Migrant Seasonal Head Start Study
Project
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) provides early childhood education, social and support services to culturally and linguistically diverse migrant and seasonal farmworker families and their children. Since the last nationally representative study of…
Research Partnership Supports Effective Educators in Massachusetts
Project
From 2012 to 2015, the research team including Abt Global and SRI International studied the implementation of a new system to improve educator effectiveness in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The research was conducted for the Massachusetts Department…
Malaria Vector Species Composition and Entomological Indices Following Indoor Residual Spraying in Regions Bordering Lake Victoria, Tanzania
Publication
The study found that indoor residual spraying was effective, and the findings can help guide Tanzania’s vector control strategy.
Evaluating Maternal Opioid Misuse Initiative
Project
The prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) among pregnant women and the incidence of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) due to in-utero exposure to opioids have soared over the past two decades. The prevalence of NOWS among infants enrolled in…
Data Analysis and Web Communications Support for the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis
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Abt Global is responsible for the data analysis and design of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis. The TRI National Analysis is EPA’s annual interpretation of the trends and stories based on…
How to Make Federal Justice Data More User Friendly
Blog
Abt is making federal justice data more user friendly through better visualization and filtering capabilities.
A State Playbook to Transform America’s Rural Health Workforce
Blog
An informative playbook to build, retain, and support the rural health workforce through GYO pipelines, pathways, residencies, telehealth, and team-based care.
First Nationally Representative Study of Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Programs in 20 Years Offers a Treasure Trove of Data
News
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) programs provide early childhood education, social and support services to culturally and linguistically diverse migrant and seasonal farmworker families and their children. Since the last nationally representative study of MSHS was conducted almost 20 years ago, there’s an urgent need for an update on MSHS programs and centers, and the farmworker families they serve. Changes in migration patterns, immigration policies and climate conditions may be affecting these children and families in as yet unknown ways, and the MSHS program may have to adapt to their changing needs.
Evaluating REL Pacific’s Secondary Writing Toolkit
Project
Literacy—including writing—is closely tied to student success throughout K–12 education, impacting high school graduation and, ultimately, income after graduation. But students across the United States perform poorly on assessments of writing and,…
Community Awareness Leads to Citizen Engagement in Tanzania
Impact Brief