Guaranteed Income (GI) programs combat systemic racial inequities by delivering no-strings-attached cash payments directly to those in need. During a recent webinar, Abt’s Henry Love and AshLee Smith discussed GI strategies with leading experts, including Mayor Melvin Carter of St. Paul, Minn. Watch now.
In this CityLab article, Abt’s Meghan Henry analyzes the findings in HUD’s Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress. As the report’s lead author, Henry explainsthe data collection process, and how COVID-19 affected attempts to collect data on homelessness.
Denver’s 9NBC turned to Abt’s Lauren Dunton, lead author of HUD/HHS’s first study of homeless encampments, to discuss an encampment ban in Aurora, Colo. Dunton explained that bans typically exacerbate the issue. Watch more.
A new brief by Abt’s Jeffrey Lubell reports that families in the Compass Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program experienced a 23-percent increase in annual income and a 39-percent decrease in public assistance due to their participation in the program. The brief's findingscome from an Abt evaluation of FSS programs run by the Boston-based Compass Working Capital.
Meet some of the new hires on Abt’s growing Housing, Communities, and Asset Building team who are bringing fresh perspectives and experience to our work.
Low-income families face the greatest hardships from the COVID-19 pandemic. In a new report from Abt and our partners MEF Associates, see how the Boulder County, Colo., TANF program quickly pivoted to help lessen the pandemic’s impact on families experiencing homelessness.
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