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Madison Area Technical College’s Patient Care Pathway Program – Three-Year Impact Report
Publication
The Patient Care Pathway Program had little impact on the two confirmatory outcomes: increasing receipt of a college credential and average quarterly earnings.
The Impact of Leaking Underground Storage Tanks on Property Values
Project
Underground storage tanks (USTs) containing petroleum and other hazardous substances are everywhere. Accidental releases of the substances from leaking USTs (LUSTs) pose serious health, economic, and environmental risks to local residents. Abt helped the…
Study of Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants
Project
As the U.S. Department of Education seeks to provide better and more equitable education to all students, assessing the implementation and effectiveness of funded programs is a necessary component of its efforts. That’s why the agency is conducting a…
Messaging Campaign to Reduce Orphanage Use in Cambodia Provides Mixed Results
Project
Some Cambodian parents fear they can’t give their kids food, clothes, and education – a future. So these desperate parents hand their children over to orphanages, though they aren’t orphans. The children often face poor care and family separation at best…
Innovative Strategies for Increasing Self-Sufficiency Career Pathways Profile: Des Moines Area Community College WTA Connect Program
Publication
Children's absenteeism from pre-K to kindergarten: A focus on children receiving child care subsidies
Publication
This article reveals absenteeism is high among children receiving child care subsidies during pre-K and pre-K absenteeism predicts kindergarten absenteeism.
CREST and QCS System Re-entry Service Provision
Project
Re‐entry services help those released from detention avoid re‐offending, succeed on parole, and remain out of custody. To achieve this, reintegration programs must be responsive to the multiple factors that can influence behaviour change. These services…
Integrated Team Care Program
Project
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have high rates of risk factors associated with chronic illness and have much higher rates of chronic disease than non-Indigenous Australians. These higher rates affect overall life expectancy and mortality…
What Works Clearinghouse Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Preparation, and Evidence Reporting (WWC-PEPPER) Intervention Reports
Publication
Abt developed several reports for the What Works Clearinghouse Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Preparation, and Evidence Reporting (WWC-PEPPER) project.
Developing LocalHousingSolutions.org
Project
Households around the U.S. face growing housing affordability challenges. While there are important roles for the federal and state governments to play in addressing this problem, many of the most critical policy solutions can only be adopted at the…