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Current State of School Meals & Snacks: School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study IV

Tracy Fox, Jay Hirschman, Mary Kay Fox and Mary Kay Crepinsek

Health Workforce Strategies for California: A Review of the Evidence (Infographic)

Tiffany Olszuk, Sarah Vienneau, Diane Rittenhouse, Janice Genevro and Alexandra Ament

What Works to Help Job Seekers? Rigorous Evaluation Found Individualized Staff Assistance Effective, But Training Needs Improvement (Study Brief)

Kenneth Fortson, Dana Rotz, Paul Burkander, Annalisa Mastri, Peter Schochet, Linda Rosenberg, Sheena McConnell and Ronald D'Amico

Who Enrolls in a Program for Parents of Publicly Insured Children?: Evidence from Alameda County, California, Highlights the Promise of a Program to Insure Low-Income Working Parents

Erin Fries Taylor, Jeffrey T. Kullgren and Catherine G. McLaughlin

Health Insurance Partnership Board Studies: Enrollment, Cost, and Implementation of a Preliminary Expanded Partnership

Deborah Chollet, Jeffrey Ballou, Thomas Bell, James Matthisen, Amy Lischko, Vicki Wilson, Karen Pollitz and Kevin Lucia

Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness Review: Executive Summary

Diane Paulsell, Sarah Avellar, Emily Sama Martin and Patricia Del Grosso

Monte Carlo Study on the Successive Difference Replication Method for Non-Linear Statistics

Amang S. Sukasih and Donsig Jang

Changes in Medicaid Telehealth Policies Due to COVID-19: Catalog Overview and Findings

Jenna Libersky, Elena Soyer, Télyse Masaoay, Margaret Coit and Rebecca Edelberg

Implications of State Program Features for Attaining MFP Transition Goals

Debra J. Lipson and Susan R. Williams

The Effectiveness of Secondary Math Teachers from Teach For America and the Teaching Fellows Programs

Melissa A. Clark, Hanley S. Chiang, Tim Silva, Sheena McConnell, Kathy Sonnenfeld, Anastasia Erbe and Michael Puma

School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study III, Volume II: Student Participation and Dietary Intakes

Anne Gordon, Mary Kay Fox, Melissa Clark, Renée Nogales, Elizabeth Condon, Philip Gleason and Ankur Sarin

Ewing Marion Kauffman School Evaluation Impact Report Year 4

Matthew Johnson, Alicia Demers, Cleo Jacobs Johnson and Claudia Gentile

Evaluation of Inferential Performance Through Confidence Bounds for Power Curves

Amang Sukasih and John L. Eltinge

What Role Could Greater Price Transparency Play in Lowering Health Care Costs?

Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Jeff Ballou and Timothy Lake

Demonstrations to Improve the Coordination of Medicare and Medicaid for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries

Rivka Weiser and Marsha Gold

Reaching Those in Need: Estimates of State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates in 2014 (Brief)

Karen Cunnyngham

Does Job Corps Work? Impact Findings from the National Job Corps Study

Peter Z. Schochet, John Burghardt and Sheena McConnell

Outliving Grant Funding: A Review of State CKF Projects and Coalitions and the Roles of Funding and In-Kind Support in Their Survival

Sheila Hoag and Beth Stevens

Leveraging Electronic Health Record (EHR)-Sourced Measures to Improve Care Communication and Coordination

Various Authors

Effects of Medicaid Expansion on Access, Treatment, and Outcomes for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Erica M. Valdovinos, Matthew J. Niedzwiecki, Joanna Guo and Renee Y. Hsia

Medicare+Choice Withdrawals: Understanding Key Factors

Timothy K. Lake and Randall Brown

The Potential of Wastewater Testing for Rapid Assessment of Opioid Abuse (Research Brief)

Aparna Keshaviah, Ross Gitlin, Lindsay Cattell, William Reeves, Jennifer de Vallance and Craig Thornton

Survey and Research Instruments that Address the Health Effects of Caregiving

Robert Weathers, Allison Hedley Dodd and Krista Harrison

Online Charter Schools' Operational and Instructional Practices: Highlights of Findings (In Focus Brief)

Mathematica Policy Research

National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (NSSATS): 2005, Data on Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

Using Work-Oriented Sanctions to Increase TANF Program Participation

Jacqueline Kauff, Michelle K. Derr, LaDonna Pavetti and Emily Sama Martin

New Evidence on Incentives for Providers to Use Electronic Health Records in Medicare: Findings from a Demonstration

Lorenzo Moreno, Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Stacy Dale, Robert Berenson and Mat Kendall

Highlights of the Fifth Ticket to Work Evaluation Report

Gina Livermore and David Stapleton

Effects of Employment on Marriage: Evidence from a Randomized Study of the Job Corps Program

Arif A. Mamun

Human Services for Low-Income and At-Risk LGBT Populations: Research Recommendations on Child Welfare Programs

Andrew Burwick, Scott Baumgartner and Gary Gates

Using MSIS Data to Analyze Medicaid Eligibility and Managed Care Enrollment Patterns in 1999

Marilyn Ellwood and Megan Kell

Patients and Clinicians as Stakeholders in Comparative Effectiveness Research: Multiple Perspectives and Evolving Roles

Sunyna S. Williams, Dominick Esposito and Eugene C. Rich

Medicaid Managed Care: Lessons from Five States

M. Gold, M. Sparer and K. Chu

Assessing the Need for a National Disability Survey: Final Report

Gina Livermore, Denise Whalen and David C. Stapleton

Evaluation of Medicare Disease Management Programs: LifeMasters Final Report of Findings

Dominick Esposito, Kate A. Stewart and Randall Brown

Findings from an Analysis of Publicly Available Reports on Medicaid and CHIP Performance Measures

Brenda Natzke, Maggie Colby and Erin Taylor

Youth Offender Demonstration Project Evaluation: Final Report, Volume One

Stephen S. Jenks, Lois MacGillivray and Karen Needels

Medicaid Long Term Services and Supports Annual Expenditures Report: Federal Fiscal Year 2019

Caitlin Murray, Alena Tourtellotte, Debra Lipson and Andrea Wysocki

Evaluations at a Glance

Lauren Murphy and Jean Knab

Regional Partnership Grant Cross-Site Evaluation: Annual Report for October 2020 Through September 2021

Sarah Avellar, Angela D'Angelo and Elizabeth Weigensberg

Evaluation of the Million Hearts® Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model: Third Annual Report

Laura Blue, Gregory Peterson, Keith Kranker, Tessa Huffman, Alli Steiner, Amanda Markovitz, Malcolm Williams, Kate Stewart, Julia Rollison, Jia Pu, Thomas Concannon, Liisa Hiatt, Nabeel Qureshi, Precious Ogbuefi, David Magid, Leslie Conwell, Nancy McCall, Michael Barna, Linda Barterian, Elizabeth Holland, Dan Kinber, Sandi Nelson, Lei Rao, Carol Razafindrakoto and Danielle Whicher

Supplying Disadvantaged Schools with Effective Teachers: Experimental Evidence on Secondary Math Teachers from Teach For America

Hanley S. Chiang, Melissa A. Clark and Sheena McConnell

Beyond Fair Hearings: How Five States Help Medicaid Managed Care Beneficiaries Resolve Disputes with Health Plans

Beth Stevens, Nancy Archibald and Leslie Foster

Managed Care and Low-Income Populations in Florida: 1996-1998 Update

Anna Aizer, Marsha Gold and Catherine M. DesRoches

Oakland Unite 2016–2020 Comprehensive Evaluation

Naihobe Gonzalez, Natalie Larkin, Alicia Demers and Anthony D'Agostino

Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) Model: Evaluation of the Fourth Year (2020) Findings at a Glance

Kaylyn Swankoski, Ann O'Malley, Ha Tu, Dana Petersen, Pragya Singh, Kristin Geonnotti, Rosalind Keith, Stacy Dale, Nikkilyn Morrison, Deborah Peikes, Nancy McCall, Nancy Duda, Amanda Markovitz, Shannon Heitkamp, Katie Lee-Morrison, Victoria Peebles, Rumin Sarwar, Eunhae Shin, Ning Fu, Jessica Laird, Sean Orzol, Arkadipta Ghosh, Genna Cohen, Jasmine Little, Katharine Bradley, Mario Gruszczynski, Tim Lake, Kristie Liao, Melanie Au, Margaret Coit, Jan Genevro, Stefanie Pietras, Asta Sorensen, Laura Hanson, Laurie Felland, Dana Jean-Baptiste, Brianna Sullivan, Sheila Hoag, Arnold Chen, Lianlian Lei, Eric Dehus, Marlena Luhr and Randall Brown

508 Compliance: Preparing Presentations, Excel Files, Websites, and Multimedia Products

Joanne Pfleiderer

Estimated Distributions of Usual Physical Activity During Recess

Nicholas Beyler, Susanne James-Burdumy, Martha Bleeker, Jane Fortson and Max Benjamin

Advancing the Dissemination of Innovations in Pediatric Health Care Delivery

Kristin N. Ray, Joseph Zickafoose and Arvin Garg

Re: Characteristics of a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Sample Recruited Using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk

Danielle Shapiro and Jesse Chandler

Impact Evaluation of Burkina Faso's BRIGHT Program

Dan Levy, Matt Sloan, Leigh Linden and Harounan Kazianga

Final Impacts of the AIM 4 Teen Moms Program

Reginald D. Covington, Dara Lee Luca, Jennifer Manlove and Kate Welti

Implementation and Impacts of the Substantial Gainful Activity Project Demonstration in Minnesota

Matthew Kehn and Todd Honeycutt

Impacts of Five Expeditionary Learning Middle Schools on Academic Achievement

Ira Nichols-Barrer and Joshua Haimson

Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer for Children (SEBTC) Demonstration: Summary Report

Ann M. Collins, Ronette Briefel, Jacob Alex Klerman, Anne Wolf, Gretchen Rowe, Chris Logan, Ayesha Enver, Syeda Fatima, Anne Gordon and Julia Lyskawa

Evaluation of a Text Message–Based COVID-19 Vaccine Outreach Program Among Older Patients: Cross-Sectional Study

Naheed Ahmed, Christian Boxley, Ram Dixit, Seth Krevat, Allan Fong, Raj M. Ratwani and Deliya Banda Wesley

An Evaluation of Financial Incentive Policies for Organ Donations in the United States

Alison J. Wellington and Edward Sayre

Money Follows the Person 2010 Annual Evaluation Report

Carol Irvin, Debra Lipson, Audra Wenzlow, Samuel Simon, Alex Bohl, Matthew Hodges and John Schurrer

E. D. TABS Academic Libraries: 1996

Margaret W. Cahalan and Natalie Justh

School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study: Study Design, Sampling, and Data Collection (Summary)

Eric Zeidman, Nicholas Beyler, Elizabeth Gearan, Nikkilyn Morrison, Katherine Niland, Liana Washburn, Barbara Carlson, David Judkins, Lindsey LeClair, Michele Mendelson, Tara Wommack, Justin Carnagey, Maureen Murphy and Andre Williamson

Overcoming Challenges to Teamwork in Patient-Centered Medical Homes: A Qualitative Study

Ann S. O'Malley, Rebecca Gourevitch, Kevin Draper, Amelia Bond and Manasi A. Tirodkar

Parents' Preferences for Enhanced Access to the Pediatric Medical Home: A Qualitative Study

Joseph S. Zickafoose, Lisa R. DeCamp, Dana J. Sambuco and Lisa A. Prosser

Transfer Incentives for High-Performing Teachers: Final Results from a Multisite Randomized Experiment

Steven Glazerman, Ali Protik, Bing-ru Teh, Julie Bruch and Jeffrey Max

Centering Fathers in Human Services Programming to Increase Participation

Danielle DeLisle and Rebekah Selekman

Adapting Work Readiness Training for People in Recovery

Colleen Staatz

Experiences of Virginia Time Limit Families After Case Closure: 18-Month Followup with Cases Closed in Early 1998, 1999, and 2000

Nancy Wemmerus, Carole Kuhns and Renee Loeffler

The Impact of Spinal Cord Injury on the Employment of Family Caregivers

Phyllis S. Ellenbogen, Michelle A. Meade, M. Njeri Jackson and Kirsten Barrett

Adapting an Evidence-Based Curriculum in a Rural Setting: Implementing Reducing the Risk in Kentucky

Rachel Shapiro and Robert G. Wood

Overcoming the Educational Disadvantages of Poor Children: How Much do Teacher Preparation, Workload, and Expectations Matter

Oscar A. Barbarin and Nikki Aikens

Moving On Up? Program Quality Ratings Under Race to the Top—Early Learning Challenge

Gretchen Kirby, Mariesa Herrmann, Clare Wolfendale and Andrea Mraz Esposito

Determinants of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Entry and Exit in the Mid-2000s (Summary)

James Mabli, Thomas Godfrey, Laura Castner, Stephen Tordella and Priscilla Foran

The Space Between School Desegregation Court Orders and Outcomes: The Struggle to Challenge White Privilege

Amy Stuart Wells, Anita Tijerina Revilla, Jennifer Jellison Holme and Awo Korantemaa Atanda

Ingredients of a Successful Summer Learning Program: A Case Study of the Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL) Accelerated Learning Summer Program

Jeffrey Capizzano, Kendra Bischoff, Nicola Woodroffe and Duncan Chaplin

National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS): Questionnaire

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

Pneumonia, 1992-2002

Robert Schmitz

Funding Special Education by Total District Enrollment: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Policy Considerations

Elizabeth Dhuey and Stephen Lipscomb

Temporal Trends in Anti-Diabetes Drug Use in TRICARE Following Safety Warnings in 2007 About Rosiglitazone

Kate A. Stewart, Brenda M. Natzke, Thomas V. Williams, Elder Granger, S. Ward Casscells and Thomas W. Croghan

Factors Contributing to Variation in Nonmedical Use of Prescription Pain Relievers Among U.S. Workers: 2004–2014

Wenjia Zhu, Marisa Shenk, Yonatan Ben-Shalom and William Shaw

Health Information Exchange Among US Hospitals

Julia Adler-Milstein, Catherine M. DesRoches and Ashish K. Jha

Building Strong Families: Testing Marriage and Relationship Skills Education for Unmarried Couples

Alan M. Hershey

The CenVaNet Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program After One Year

Nancy Archibald, Jennifer Schore, Randall Brown, Deborah Peikes and Sean Orzol

Tables Describing the Asset and Vehicle Holdings of Low-Income Households in 1996

Lisa Fowler, Daisy Ewell and Nancy Wemmerus

The Economic Security of American Workers: Trends in the Labor Market, Savings Behavior, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States

Jody Schimmel

Learning What Works: A Guide to Opportunistic Experiments for Human Services Agencies

Jonathan McCay, Alicia Meckstroth, Lauren Akers, Alexandra Resch, Michelle Derr and Jillian Berk

Responding to Disability Onset in the Late Working Years: What do Older Workers do?

Jody Schimmel Hyde, April Yanyuan Wu and Gina Livermore

Descriptive Study of Three Disability Competent Managed Care Plans for Medicaid Enrollees

Vanessa Oddo, Angela Gerolamo, David R. Mann and Catherine DesRoches

Opioid Misuse as a Coping Behavior for Unmet Mental Health Needs Among U.S. Adults

Gracelyn Cruden and Ruchir Karmali

Determinants of Students' Success: The Role of Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment Programs

Cecilia Speroni

Long-Term Care Insurance, Informal Care, and Medical Expenditures

Hyuncheol Bryant Kim and Wilfredo Lim

Learning As We Go: A First Snapshot of Early Head Start Programs, Staff, Families, and Children. Volume II: Technical Appendices

Cheri A. Vogel, Kimberly Boller, Yange Xue, Randall Blair, Nikki Aikens, Andrew Burwick, Yevgeny Shrago, Barbara Lepidus Carlson, Laura Kalb, Linda Mendenko, Judith Cannon, Sean Harrington and Jillian Stein

Removing Barriers to Survey Participation for Persons with Disabilities

Susan Mitchell, Anne Ciemnecki, Karen CyBulski and Jason Markesich

Larger Training Awards and Counseling Improve Cost Effectiveness: Long-Term Outcomes of Individual Training Accounts

Various Authors

National Job Corps Study: Assessing Program Effects on Earnings for Students Achieving Key Program Milestones

R. Mark Gritz and Terry Johnson

Supporting Quality in Home-Based Child Care Initiative: Design and Evaluation Options

Diane Paulsell, Toni Porter, Gretchen Kirby, Kimberly Boller, Emily Sama Martin, Andrew Burwick, Christine Ross and Carol Begnoche

The Effects of Cash and Counseling on Medicaid Costs

Randall Brown and Stacy Dale

The Role of Assistant Principals: Evidence and Insights for Advancing School Leadership

Ellen Goldring, Mollie Rubin and Mariesa Herrmann

Project Evaluation Activity in Support of Partnership for Patients: Interim Evaluation Report, Appendices

Robert Fornango, Gina M. Tignini, Cindy Strickland, Rochelle Malinoff, Michael Lichter, Ravee Nithianandam, Nikhil Nagaraj, Bin Gu, Jason Martindale, Sunny Bateman, Julia Lewis, Malissa Mojica, Brian Starr, Valerie Cheh, Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Jelena Zurovac, Keith Kranker, Jessica Heeringa, Lori Timmins, Andrea Wysocki, Javier Rodriguez, Linda Barterian, Mariel Finucane, Arnold Chen, Catherine McLaughlin, Kirsten Barrett, Tyler Fisher, Lauren Vollmer, Alex Bryce and Boriana Pratt

Supplemental Security Income and the Transition to Adulthood in the United States: State Variations in Outcomes Following the Age-18 Redetermination

Jeffrey Hemmeter, David R. Mann and David C. Wittenburg

State Variation in the Delivery of Comprehensive Services for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

Jonathan D. Brown, Allison Barrett, Kerianne Hourihan, Emily Caffery and Henry T. Ireys

An Analysis of Private Long-Term Disability Insurance Access, Cost, and Policy Options Using the National Compensation Survey

Priyanka Anand and David Wittenburg