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Evaluation of the USDA Elderly Nutrition Demonstration, Volume II: Demonstration Summaries

Scott Cody and James Ohls

A National Survey of State Licensing, Regulating, and Monitoring of Residential Facilities for Children with Mental Illness

Judith L. Teich and Henry T. Ireys

Observed Quality and Psychometric Properties of the CLASS-T in the Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey

Eileen Bandel, Nikki Aikens, Cheri A. Vogel, Kimberly Boller and Lauren Murphy

State Requirements for Teacher Evaluation Policies Promoted by Race to the Top

Kristin Hallgren, Susanne James-Burdumy and Irma Perez-Johnson

The Labor Market Consequences of Receiving Disability Benefits During Childhood

Michael Levere

CHIPRA Mandated Evaluation of the Children's Health Insurance Program: Final Findings

Mary Harrington, Genevieve M. Kenney, Kimberly Smith, Lisa Clemans-Cope, Christopher Trenholm, Ian Hill, Sean Orzol, Stacey McMorrow, Sheila Hoag, Jennifer Haley, Joseph Zickafoose, Timothy Waidmann, Claire Dye, Sarah Benatar, Connie Qian, Matthew Buettgens, Tyler Fisher, Victoria Lynch, Lauren Hula, Nathanial Anderson and Kenneth Finegold

Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 1998

Laura Castner and Randy Rosso

Exhaustees of Extended Unemployment Benefits Programs: Coping with the Aftermath of the Great Recession

Karen Needels, Walter Nicholson, Joanne Lee and Heinrich Hock

Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS): A Gerber Initiative

Barbara Devaney, Paula Ziegler, Susan Pac, Vatsala Karwe and Susan Barr

Empirical Bayes Shrinkage Estimates of State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates in Fiscal Year 2010 to Fiscal Year 2012 for All Eligible People and the Working Poor

Karen Cunnyngham, Amang Sukasih and Laura Castner

The National School Lunch Program Direct Certification Improvement Study: Analysis of Unmatched Records (Summary)

Quinn Moore, Andrew Gothro, Kevin Conway and Brandon Kyler

Lessons from Local Access Initiatives: Contributions and Challenges

Karen Minyard, Deborah Chollet, Laurie Felland, Lindsey Lonergan, Chris Parker, Tina Anderson-Smith, Claudia Lacson and Jaclyn Wong

Experimenting with Caseworker Direction: Evidence from Voucher-Funded Job Training

Robert Santillano, Irma Perez-Johnson and Quinn Moore

Findings from a Randomized Experiment of Playworks: Selected Results from Cohort 1

Martha Bleeker, Susanne James-Burdumy, Nicholas Beyler, Allison Hedley Dodd, Rebecca A. London, Lisa Westrich, Katie Stokes-Guinan and Sebastian Castrechini

Administration of Mental Health Services by Medicaid Agencies

James Verdier, Allison Barrett and Sarah Davis

WIC Food Packages: Time for a Change

Committee to Review the WIC Food Packages of which Barbara L. Devaney is a Member

Addressing Literacy Needs at Work: Implementation and Impact of Workplace Literacy Programs

Mary T. Moore and David Myers

Authorship and Publication Practices: Evaluation of the Effect of Responsible Conduct of Research Instruction to Postdoctoral Trainees

Carolyn L. Funk, Kirsten A. Barrett and Francis L. Macrina

Case Study of an Approach for Preparing Individuals with Low Income for Work: Kentucky Targeted Assessment Program

Mary Farrell, Marisa Putnam and Liza Rodler

Building on an Evidence-Based Program Model to Improve the Education and Employment Outcomes of Court-Involved Youth

Jillian Berk

Adolescent Participants in the School Lunch Program Consume More Nutritious Lunches but Their 24-Hour Diets are Similar to Nonparticipants

Elizabeth Gearan, Kelley Monzella, Alice Ann Gola and Holly Figueroa

The Internal and External Validity of the Regression Discontinuity Design: A Meta-Analysis of 15 Within-Study Comparisons

Duncan D. Chaplin, Thomas D. Cook, Jelena Zurovac, Jared S. Coopersmith, Mariel M. Finucane, Lauren N. Vollmer and Rebecca E. Morris

Preparing for the 2000 Census: Interim Report II

National Research Council and Institute of Medicine Panel to review the National Childrens Study Research Plan

Identifying and Serving LGBTQ Youth: Case Studies of Runaway and Homeless Youth Program Grantees

Andrew Burwick, Vanessa Oddo, Laura Durso, Daniel Friend and Gary Gates

Impact of Early Intervention Programs for Working Adults with Potentially Disabling Conditions: Evidence from the National DMIE Evaluation

Gilbert Gimm, Henry Ireys, Boyd Gilman and Sarah Croake

MATH SIPP Users Guide 1992: MATH 92.10 SIPP

Kurt Greenstone, Ed Hoke, Julie Sykes and Carole Trippe

Transparency in the Reporting of Quality for Integrated Data: A Review of International Standards and Guidelines

John L. Czajka and Mathew Stange

Use of Quality Measures for Medicaid Behavioral Health Services by State Agencies: Implications for Health Care Reform

Julie Seibert, Suzanne Fields, Catherine Anne Fullerton, Tami L. Mark, Sabrina Malkani, Christine Walsh, Emily Ehrlich, Melina Imshaug and Maryam Tabrizi

Head Start Teachers’ Professional Development, Well†Being, Attitudes, and Practices: Understanding Changes Over Time and Predictive Associations

Jessica F. Harding, Maia C. Connors, Allison Friedman Krauss, Nikki Aikens, Lizabeth Malone and Louisa Tarullo

What Works for Whom? A Bayesian Approach to Channeling Big Data Streams for Public Program Evaluation

Mariel McKenzie Finucane, Ignacio Martinez and Scott Cody

Using Nonnaive Participants Can Reduce Effect Sizes

Jesse Chandler, Gabriele Paolacci, Eyal Peer, Pam Mueller and Kate A. Ratliff

A Longitudinal Survey of Unemployment Insurance Recipients in Two Regions in California

Joanne Lee, Karen Needels and Walter Nicholson

Peer Effects and Alcohol Use Among College Students

Michael Kremer and Dan M. Levy

Tracking Study Sample Members: Guidance for RPG Evaluations

Julia Alamillo, Bryce Onaran, Rebecca Kleinman and Bevin Mory

The Medicare Risk Program for HMOs: Final Summary Report on Findings from the Evaluation

Sarah Brown, Jeanette W. Bergeron, Dolores Gurnick Clement, Jerrold W. Hill and Sheldon M. Retchin

Syracuse Faces Rising Health Costs; Hospital Competition Grows

Sally Trude, Gloria Bazzoli, Jon Christianson, Jennifer Coughlan, Peter Cunningham and Andrea B. Staiti

Variation in Public Health Emergency Preparedness at the Local Level

Megan McHugh, Laurie Felland and Andrea Staiti

HHS/ASPE Webinar Series: Developing and Using Learning Agenda Approach to Evidence-building (Webinar 6 Slides: Administration for Children and Families)

Emily Schmitt, Amanda Cash and Jessica McNab

Examining the Consequences of Poor Neonatal Health on the Family

Dara Lee Luca and Purvi Sevak

Decomposing Differences in Impacts on Survey- and Administrative-Measured Earnings from a Job Training Voucher Experiment

Quinn Moore, Irma Perez-Johnson and Robert Santillano

Using Section 125 Premium-Only Plans to Expand Health Coverage

Lynn Quincy

Findings from an Evaluation of the Namibia Compact's Investments in the National Training Fund (Issue Brief)

Kristen Velyvis, Arif Mamun, Anca Dumitrescu and Ananya Khan

Blaise CATI at Mathematica

Leonard Hart and Linda Bandeh

Understanding Two Categories of TANF Spending: "Other" and "Authorized Under Prior Law"

Michelle K. Derr, Tara Anderson, LaDonna Pavetti and Elizabeth Scott

Quality Ratings and System Characteristics: Patterns in the Round 1 Race to the Top—Early Learning Challenge States

Mariesa Herrmann, Gretchen Kirby, Jonah Deutsch, Clare Wolfendale, Andrea Mraz Esposito, Pia Carmina Caronongan and Lisa Dragoset

Quality of Care for Children in Medicaid and CHIP: Findings from the 2015 Child Core Set (Chart Pack)

The program team is led by Mathematica Policy Research and in collaboration with the National Committee for Quality Assurance Center for Health Care Strategies.

Frequent Emergency Department Users: Focusing Solely on Medical Utilization Misses the Whole Person

Hemal K. Kanzaria, Matthew Niedzwiecki, Caroline L. Cawley, Carol Chapman, Sarah H. Sabbagh, Emily Riggs, Alice Hm Chen, Maria X. Martinez and Maria C. Raven

An Equity-Focused Evaluation Design for a Multipronged Intervention to Promote Planned Pregnancies

So O'Neil and Dana Rotz

Impacts of Transitional Employment on Mentally Retarded Young Adults: Results of the STETS Demonstration

Stuart Kerachsky, Craig Thornton, Anne Bloomenthal, Rebecca Maynard and Susan Stephens

Effects of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): A Review of Recent Research (Summary)

Silvie Colman, Ira P. Nichols-Barrer, Julie E. Redline, Barbara L. Devaney, Sara V. Ansell and Ted Joyce

Evaluation of Jamaica's PATH Program

Dan Levy and Jim Ohls

The Learn Phase: Creating Sustainable Change in Human Services Programs

Jonathan McCay, Michelle Derr and Ann Person

The Changing Composition of Minnesota's Social Safety Net

Weston Merrick, Robin Phinney, Colleen Heflin and Yumiko Aratani

Baseline Inequivalence and Matching

Russell Cole and Roberto Agodini

Including Relationship-Based Care Practices in Infant-Toddler Care: Implications for Practice and Policy

Laura Sosinsky, Karen Ruprecht, Diane Horm, Kerry Kriener-Althen, Cheri Vogel and Tamara Halle

Striking a Balance in Home Health Payment Reforms

Valerie Cheh and William Black

Roadmap for Effective School-Based Practices to Support Expectant and Parenting Youth: Lessons from the New Heights Program in Washington, DC

Subuhi Asheer, Susan Zief and Ruth Neild

Impacts of School Restructuring Initiatives

Mark Dynarski, Philip Gleason, Anu Rangarajan and Robert Wood

SAS Macros Useful in Imputing Missing Survey Data

Barbara Lepidus Carlson, Brenda G. Cox and Linda S. Bandeh

Keeping Pace: Strategies for Ensuring Equitable Continuity of Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Fact Sheet

Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic

Bridging the Gaps Between Medicare and Medicaid: The Case of QMBs and SLMBs

Margo L. Rosenbach and JoAnne Lamphere

The Impacts for Upward Bound: Final Report for Phase I of the National Evaluation

David Myers and Allen Schirm

Effects of Economic Conditions and Program Policy on State Food Stamp Program Caseloads, 2000 to 2006

James Mabli, Emily Sama Martin and Laura Castner

Evaluation of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Approaches: Design of the Impact Study (Executive Summary)

Kimberly Smith and Silvie Colman

The Status of Child-Only TANF Families: Evidence from New Jersey

Robert G. Wood and Debra A. Strong

Reducing Calories and Added Sugars by Improving Children's Beverage Choices

Ronette R. Briefel, Ander Wilson, Charlotte Cabili and Allison Hedley Dodd

Technical Methods Report: Estimation and Identification of the Complier Average Causal Effect Parameter in Education RCTs

Peter Z. Schochet and Hanley Chiang

Transforming Disability Policy for Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities

Bonnie O'Day and David Stapleton

Evaluation of Tanzania Energy Sector Project: Updated Design Report

Duncan Chaplin, Arif Mamun, Thomas Fraker, Kathy Buek, Minki Chatterji and Denzel Hankinson

Promising Antipoverty Strategies for Families

Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer and Deborah Reed

Implementation of the Talent Search Program Past and Present: Final Report from Phase I of the National Evaluation

Maggie Cahalan, Tim Silva, Justin Humphrey, Melissa Thomas and Kusuma Cunningham

Regional Partnership Grants Cross-Site Evaluation: Annual Report for October 2019 through September 2020

Sarah Avellar, Angela D'Angelo and Elizabeth Weigensberg

Child Disability, Maternal Labor Supply, and Household Well-Being

Dara Lee Luca and Purvi Sevak

Using Qualitative and Quantitative Methods to Evaluate Small-Scale Disease Management Pilot Programs

Dominick Esposito, Erin Fries Taylor and Marsha Gold

Does Consumer Direction Affect the Quality of Medicaid Personal Assistance in Arkansas

Leslie Foster, Randall Brown, Barbara Phillips, Jennifer Schore and Barbara Lepidus Carlson

Relation Between Father Connectedness and Child Outcomes

Cheri A. Vogel, Robert H. Bradley, Helen H. Raikes, Kimberly Boller and Jeffrey K. Shears

Ananya Baseline: Early Findings from Household Surveys (Presentation)

Anu Rangarajan

Measuring School Performance for Early Elementary Grades in Maryland

Lisa Dragoset, Cassandra Baxter, Dallas Dotter and Elias Walsh

Implementation and Outcomes of Competency-Based Education in Three Community Colleges: Findings from the Comprehensive Evaluation of a TAACCCT Grant (Executive Summary)

Ann E. Person, Jaime Thomas and Lisbeth Goble

Physician Service Use and Participation in Medicaid, 2009

David Baugh and Shinu Verghese

Self-Proxy Response Status and Quality of Cigarette-Related Information

Donna Eisenhower, John Hall and Randy Brown

A Summer Nutrition Benefit Pilot Program and Low-Income Children's Food Security

Ann M. Collins, Jacob A. Klerman, Ronette Briefel, Gretchen Rowe, Anne R. Gordon, Christopher W. Logan, Anne Wolf and Stephen H. Bell

Compendium of Measures and Indicators of Home-Based Child Care Quality

Elizabeth Doran, Ann Li, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Jasmine Forde, Jaimie Orland, Marina Ragonese-Barnes, Nathan Mix, Natalie Reid and Ashley Kopack Klein

An Examination of the Psychometric Properties of the Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ) in Spinal Cord Injury

Anna L. Kratz, Edmund Chadd, Mark P. Jensen, Matthew Kehn and Thilo Kroll

Progress Toward Meaningful Use: Hospitals' Adoption of Electronic Health Records

Ashish K. Jha, Matthew F. Burke, Catherine DesRoches, Maulik S. Joshi, Peter D. Kralovec, Eric G. Campbell and Melinda Buntin

Assessing the Feasibility of Implementing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Summary)

Anne Peterson, Brittany McGill, Betsy Thorn, Brian Estes, Carole Trippe, Bryan Johnson, Ellen Thompson, Errol Baker, Jonathan Ladinsky and Gretchen Rowe

Meeting the Needs of Businesses through the Workforce Investment Act Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs

Kate Dunham

Low-Income Household Spending Patterns and Measures of Poverty

Laura Castner and James Mabli

Learn, Innovate, Improve (LI²): Using Evidence for Continuous Program Improvement (Presentation)

Michelle Derr and Jonathan McCay

A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a Home-Delivered Food Box on Food Security in Chickasaw Nation

Ronette R. Briefel, Gregory Chojnacki, Vivian Gabor, Sarah Forrestal, Rebecca Kleinman, Charlotte Cabili and Philip Gleason

SNAP Congressional Testimony: Addressing Proposed Changes to SNAP Waiver Area Criteria

Karen Cunnyngham

Measure Twice, Cut Once, Part 3: Developing Performance Metrics to Monitor Pre-Employment Transition Services

Todd Honeycutt and Purvi Sevak

Innovative Methods to Improve the Measurement, Treatment, and Prevention of Opioid Misuse

Jonathan Brown

Youth Unemployment in the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hande Inanc

Early Head Start Programs Deliver a Variety of Quality Services to Families with Infants and Toddlers (In Focus Brief)

Cheri A. Vogel, Pia Caronongan, Jaime Thomas, Eileen Bandel, Yange Xue, Juliette Henke, Nikki Aikens, Kimberly Boller and Lauren Murphy

Reaching Those in Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 1998

Allen L. Schirm

The Relationship Between High School Vocational Education and Dropping Out

Roberto Agodini and John Deke

Encouraging Appropriate Use of Preventive Health Services

Jill Bernstein, Deborah Chollet and G. Gregory Peterson

Population Segmentation and Targeting of Health Care Resources: Findings from a Literature Review

Dana Jean-Baptiste, Ann O'Malley and Tanya Shah

Comparison of Hot Deck and Multiple Imputation Methods Using Simulations for HCSDB Data

Donsig Jang, Amang Sukasih, Xiaojing Lin and Thomas V. Williams