September 2023

What We're Talking About

SAMHSA Awards Abt Team Behavioral Health Equity Contract

Abt is set to help combat inequities in behavioral health! Through this SAMHSA initiative, Abt and its partners will help design policies, programs, and assessments with under-resourced communities that bear a large share of the nation’s behavioral health challenges. Learn more about what we hope to accomplish with this work.  Read on >>

Why We Should Be Talking about Rapid Re-housing When We Talk About Guaranteed Income

Guaranteed Income and Rapid Re-Housing programs are essential services that both support low-income families. Abt experts dive into the design of these programs and the research findings behind their successes, addressing how each can borrow ideas from the other to improve outcomes. 

Learn more about both initiatives >>

New Wins to Help Advance Policy and Practice in Education and Workforce

Abt is a global authority on using systematic evidence reviews to identify, synthesize, and summarize research findings for researchers and practitioners. Abt is partnering with the What Works Clearinghouse to identify best practices and deliver actionable recommendations and resources that educators can apply to improve the literacy skills of students in grades K–3. We were also selected to operate the next generation of the Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse, designed to help job seekers with low incomes succeed in the labor market.

We Want to Meet You This Conference Season!

Our Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RME) experts are hitting this road this Fall! From public policy analysis to research for educational effectiveness, our staff are excited to discuss and present on current hot topics in the RME world. Our recruiters will also be on standby to answer all questions on Abt’s mission, the hiring process, and more. Learn more about Abt’s presentations below! 

Achieving Health Equity Takes More Than Data

Health equity isn’t just about data, policy, or DEIA goals. It’s about combining solutions to health, housing, nutrition, climate, and more with people at its center. ZeAmma Brathwaite and Morris Hamilton detail findings and next steps formed by Abt’s evaluations across sectors and share how we take an equity-centered approach to our work.  Explore findings >>

Spotlight On: Digital and Data Services for Research, Monitoring and Evaluation

From evaluating technology solutions to robust data visualization, our teams are skilled to understand tech supporting all aspects of policy research, monitoring, and program evaluation. Learn more about our expertise and project work!  Read on >>

Sound Evidence

The Evolution of Systematic Evidence Reviews: Past and Future Developments and Their Implications for Policy Analysis

Benefit Offset National Demonstration (BOND) Special Topics Papers

Children's absenteeism from pre-K to kindergarten: A focus on children receiving child care subsidies

Interested in A Career at Abt?

Learn more about why you should consider Abt for your next career move here!

Staff Spotlight

Meet Abt’s RME Solution Strategists!

Meet Dr. Eric Hedberg and Dr. Hannah Thomas! Both with more than 20 years of experience, our Solution Strategists are helping lead Abt’s RME practice with their specialties in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research and design.

Dr. Hedberg’s primary research focuses on enhancing outcomes for youth, creating rigorous and resource-efficient data analysis products to meet client needs.

Dr. Thomas specializes in qualitative and mixed methods research related to housing and economic inequality. She collaborates with various federal and non-profit clients to implement research and offer methodological solutions that serve program and policy end users. Learn more about their expertise by reading their full bios! 

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