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March 2024

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Abt Associates is now Abt Global!

Abt Global

While our name has changed, our commitment to addressing the world’s most pressing problems with equity and agility remains the same. We still go by “Abt,” in honor of our founder, but changing our name underscores the scope of our continuing—and evolving—mission to improve the quality of life and economic well-being of people worldwide. Read more >> 

Evaluating CMS’s InCK Model for Kids with Complex Health Needs

What have we learned from awardees implementing the CMS Integrated Care for Kids (#InCK) Model? Abt is leading a mixed methods evaluation design to assess the model. Dive into our latest report to learn more about how communities are making progress to coordinate holistic, health-related services for children. Read more>>  

 CMS Integrated Care for Kids Model

 Feature Report/Video 

Follow Wesley Thomas’ compelling journey 

Addressing Soaring Homelessness in America Among Senior Citizens. What Can Reverse the Trend?

There is an alarming rise in older adults experiencing homelessness across the United States. Data are powerful in understanding homelessness, but there is a person, a family, a community behind every data point. In collaboration with Abt’s Community Connections partner Miriam’s Kitchen, we are proud to highlight a story of courage and resilience that takes us behind homelessness data. Follow Wesley Thomas’ compelling journey from experiencing homelessness in Washington, D.C., to becoming an advocate and partner who is helping others find and move to stable housing. Read more >> 

The Gateway to Inclusive Health Systems? Localization

Co-design, co-implementation, and co-monitoring practices aren’t new. However, evolving health systems needs and changing partner capacities demand a shift in our localization approaches. In this blog, Mariam Reda shares three of Abt’s proven approaches to move from older rhetoric to future results.

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The Gateway to Inclusive Health Systems? Localization

Helping CMS Determine Quality Standards for Home and Hospice Care

Helping CMS Determine Quality Standards for Home and Hospice Care

Millions of Americans rely on home care for support after an injury or illness, and on hospice care for end-of-life support. Abt is helping the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services improve quality of care for home health and hospice patients through quality reporting programs. Learn more about this new project >>   

Project Highlight

Replication of Recovery and Reunification Interventions for Families-Impact Study (R3-Impact)

Replication of Recovery and Reunification Interventions for Families-Impact Study (R3-Impact)

Better evidence is needed on whether interventions that use specialized peer recovery coaches improve outcomes for families involved with child welfare due to parental substance use. Abt is conducting a multi-site longitudinal evaluation to provide evidence about the effectiveness of two of these interventions. Learn more >>  

#SoundEvidence

My Kids Deserve the World: How Children in the Southeast Benefit from Guaranteed Income

How are guaranteed income pilot programs improving outcomes for parents and their children? As a part of Abt’s longer-term Mayors for a Guaranteed Income evaluation, this report provides early insights from interviews with parents participating in programs in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Louisiana. Learn more about our findings>> 

My Kids Deserve the World: How Children in the Southeast Benefit from Guaranteed Income

Check Out More of Abt’s Reports and Latest Publications:

  • How Can State Housing Finance Agencies Improve Energy Efficiency?

  • Heterogeneity in the household experiences of young children in head start and associations with absenteeism (Early Childhood Research Quarterly)

  • Exploring Patterns of Absenteeism from Prekindergarten Through Early Elementary School and Their Associations With Children’s Academic Outcomes (AERA Open Journals)

Conference

Connect With Us at EMPath 2024!

EMPath Conference

Abt’s Judy Geyer, Jill Khadduri, and Hannah Thomas will be speaking on novel approaches to disrupting poverty including housing assistance, guaranteed income and asset building programs at Economic Mobility Pathways' (EMPath) Disrupting Poverty Conference this week in Boston, MA!

Join us! Careers at Abt

Education Project Manager (Remote Flexible)

Senior Education-Focused Quantitative Researcher (Principal Associate)

MEL Director - Nepal FCDO Opportunity

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