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Synthesis of Findings from System Change Grant Programs

Carol V. Irvin and Rebecca SweetlLester

Work and Welfare Iowa Families Tell Their Stories

Merrile Sing, Jacqueline Kauff and Thomas Fraker

Re-Engineering SIPP: Some Thoughts from a Long Time User

John L/ Czajka

Medicare+Choice Plans Continue to Shift: More Costs to Enrollees

Lori Achman and Marsha Gold

A Closer Look: Informal Child Care Arrangements and Support in California (Issue Brief)

Cleo Jacobs Johnson, Kimberly Boller, Madeline Young, Jaime Thomas and Daisy Gonzalez

Promoting Physical Activity among Low-Income Children in Colorado: Family Perspectives on Barriers and Opportunities

Daniel Finkelstein, Dana Petersen, Lisa Schottenfeld, Lauren Hula and Molly McGlone

HMO Characteristics and the Experience of Medicaid Beneficiaries

Lorenzo Moreno and Sheila Hoag

Using Behavioral Insights to Strengthen Labor Programs: Lessons Learned

Jaclyn Lefkowitz, Matthew Darling, Gregory Chojnacki, Irma Perez-Johnson, Samia Amin and Mikia Manley

Promoting Opportunity Demonstration: Summary of the Final Findings

Sarah Croake, Monica Farid and David Wittenburg

The Social Security Administration's Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Profiles of the Random Assignment Projects

John Martinez, Michelle Manno, Peter Baird, Thomas Fraker, Todd Honeycutt, Arif A. Mamun, Bonnie 'ODay and Anu Rangarajan

USAID's Strategic Impact Evaluations: "LAC Reads" and E3/ED's "Reading and Access"

Nancy Murray

Creating a Trauma-Informed System of Care for Formerly Incarcerated Dads

Robin Dion, Melissa Azur, Michaella Morzuch and Lareina LaFlair

Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Return-to-Work Programs

Maura Bardos, Hannah Burak and Yonatan Ben-Shalom

Quality of Data on Connections to the National Electric Grid for Evaluation of Millennium Challenge Corporation's Energy Project in Mainland Tanzania (Memo)

Duncan Chaplin and Arif Mamun

Measure Specification Compilation: Medicare Quality Monitoring System (MQMS)

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

Catalog of Research: Programs for Low-Income Couples

Sarah Avellar, Andrew Clarkwest, M. Robin Dion, Subuhi Asheer, Kelley Borradaile, Megan Hague Angus, Timothy Novak, Julie Redline, Heather Zaveri and Marykate Zukiewicz

Quality Care for Special Kids: Profiles of Children with Chronic Conditions and Disabilities

Henry T. Ireys, Shanna Shulman and Stephanie Peterson

Recommendations for Successfully Recruiting and Retaining School Participation in a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Impact Evaluation

Melissa Thomas

The Current Dynamics of Food Stamp Program Participation Study: Design Report

Philip Gleason and Peter Schochet

Survey Shows That at Least Some Physicians Are Not Always Open or Honest with Patients

Lisa I. Iezzoni, Sowmya R. Rao, Catherine M. DesRoches, Christine Vogeli and Eric G. Campbell

Handbook of Procedures and Evidence Standards: Version 2

Emily Sama-Miller, Julieta Lugo-Gil, Jessica Harding, Lauren Akers and Rebecca Coughlin

Supporting Reentry Employment and Success: A Summary of the Evidence for Adults and Young Adults

Johanna Lacoe and Hannah Betesh

Learning Across Borders: The Collaborative Creation of a Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Framework for the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program

Clemencia Cosentino, Anca Dumitrescu, Aravind Moorthy, Anu Rangarajan, Arthur Shaw, Matt Sloan, Swetha Sridharan, Cicely Thomas and Barry Burciul

Medicaid Eligibility After Release from State Institutions

Henry T. Ireys, Carrie Slatton-Hodges and Bob Mann

Developing an Equity-Focused Policy Research Agenda for Low-Income Families with Young Children

Diane Paulsell, Jessica F. Harding, Andrew Burwick and Brittany English

Promoting Public Benefits Access Through Web-Based Tools and Outreach: A National Scan of Efforts, Volume I, Background Efforts in Brief and Related Initiatives

Jacqueline Kauff, Emily Sama-Miller and Elizabeth Makowsky

Head Start Children Go to Kindergarten

Jerry West, Lizabeth Malone, Lara Hulsey, Nikki Aikens and Louisa Tarullo

It Feels Fine Once You Get Used to It: Lessons from the 21st Century National Evaluation

Mark Dynarski

Measurement and Evaluation Reporting Template

Kate Place, Virginia Knechtel, Gregory Chojnacki, Caroline Lauver and Megan Shoji

An Analysis of Purchases, Savings, and Participation in the PHS Drug Pricing Program

Anna Cook and Ning Dong

Do KIPP Schools Boost Student Achievement?

Philip M. Gleason, Christina Clark Tuttle, Brian Gill, Ira Nichols-Barrer and Bing-ru Teh

State Trends in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Eligibility and Participation Among Elderly Individuals, Fiscal Year 2008 to Fiscal Year 2013

Esa Eslami

Estimating Birth Counts for Small Geographical Domaines Used for Control Totals in Raking Adjustment

Amang Sukasih, Donsig Jang, Barbara Lepidus Carlson and Mary Edith Bozylinsky

Physical Activity and Nutrition: Family Routines and Program Practices in LAUP

Nikki Aikens, Susan Sprachman, Sara Bernstein, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Emily Moiduddin and Marisa Putnam

SoonerCare 1115 Waiver Evaluation: Chart Book

James Verdier, Margaret Colby, Debra Lipson, Samuel Simon, Christal Stone, Thomas Bell, Vivian Byrd, Mindy Lipson and Victoria Pérez

Breastfeeding, Introduction of Complementary Foods, and Adiposity at Five Years of Age

Hillary L. Burdette, Robert C. Whitaker, Waynitra C. Hall and Stephen R. Daniels

Behavioral Insights Communications Checklist

Matthew Darling, Jaclyn Lefkowitz, Samia Amin, Greg Chojmacki and Irma Perez-Johnson

The Early Experience of the CenVaNet Case Management Program

Nancy Archibald and Jennifer Schore

Longitudinal Employment and Work Incentive Statistics for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Beneficiaries

David Stapleton

Health Care Innovation Awards, Round 2: Final Awardee Evaluation Report (2014-2018), Findings at a Glance

Various Authors

Moving Beyond Statistical Significance: The BASIE (BAyeSian Interpretation of Estimates) Framework for Interpreting Findings from Impact Evaluations

John Deke and Mariel Finucane

Policy Changes for SourceAmerica Nonprofit Agencies: Impacts of Eliminating Section 14(c) and Reducing AbilityOne's Required Direct Labor Ratio

Michael Levere, Purvi Sevak and David Stapleton

Collaborative Design of a Health Care Experience Survey for Persons with Disability

Lisa I. Iezzoni, Holly Matulewicz, Sarah A. Marsella, Kimberley S. Warsett, Dennis Heaphy and Karen Donelan

Legacy of the MacArthur Foundation’s Maternal Health Quality of Care Strategy in India

So O'Neil, Divya Vohra and Emma Pottinger

Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers' Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns (Issue Brief)

Robert G. Wood, Sarah Avellar and Brian Goesling

TANF Recipients Living with a Disability: Policy Framework, Prevalence, and Service Strategies

LaDonna Pavetti

2012 and 2014 Regional Partnership Grants to Increase the Well-Being of and to Improve the Permanency Outcomes for Children Affected by Substance Abuse: Third Annual Report to Congress

Debra A. Strong, Russell Cole, Angela V. D'Angelo and Juliette Henke

Preventing and Mitigating the Effects of ACEs by Building Community Capacity and Resilience: APPI Cross-Site Evaluation Findings (Final Report Appendices)

Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Margaret B. Hargreaves, Samantha Penoyer, Norberto Morales, Brandon Coffee-Borden and Emilyn Whitesell

An Analysis of Private Long-Term Disability Insurance Access, Cost, and Trends

Priyanka Anand and David Wittenburg

Physician and Patient Characteristics Associated with Discussion of Psychosocial Health During Pediatric Primary Care Visits

Jonathan D. Brown, Lawrence S. Wissow and Anne W. Riley

Teacher and Principal Value-Added: Research Findings and Implementation Practices

Stephen Lipscomb, Bing-ru Teh, Brian Gill, Hanley Chiang and Antoniya Owens

Availability of Clinical, Counseling, and Ancillary Services in Facilities that Provide Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Ruchir Karmali, Brigitte Manteuffel and Jacqueline Agufa

Parents and Children Together: Evaluating Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage Programs

Sarah Avellar, Quinn Moore, Ankita Patnaik, Reginald Covington and April Wu

Medication Continuity Among Medicaid Beneficiaries with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

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

Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE): Technical Appendix to the Interim Services and Impact Report

Arif Mamun, Ankita Patnaik, Michael Levere, Gina Livermore, Todd Honeycutt, Jacqueline Kauff, Karen Katz, AnnaMaria McCutcheon, Joseph Mastrianni and Brittney Gionfriddo

Moving Towards Transformational WASH: Authors' Response

Amy J. Pickering, Benjamin F. Arnold, Andrew J. Prendergast, Clair Null, Peter J. Winch, Sammy M. Njenga, Mahbubur Rahman, Robert Ntozini, Jade Benjamin-Chung, Christine P. Stewart, John M. Colford, Jr., Stephen Luby and Jean H. Humphrey

Measuring Training and Technical Assistance (Infographic)

Angela Rachidi and Jesse Chandler

An Examination of the Use and Effectiveness of Child Support Enforcement Tools in Six States

Rebekah Selekman and Amy Johnson

Evaluation of the Liberia Power Compact: Interim Findings

Candace Miller

Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (Baby FACES) Design Options Report

Yange Xue, Kimberly Boller, Cheri A. Vogel, Jaime Thomas, Pia Caronongan and Nikki Aikens

Confounding and Process-Model Fit in Research on Income Inequality and Population Health: A Rejoinder to Zimmerman and Glymour

Andrew Clarkwest

Addressing Teacher Shortages in Disadvantaged Schools: Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification and Student Achievement

Elizabeth Warner, Jill Constantine, Melissa Clark, Vicki Bernstein and Russ Whitehurst

Evaluating Systems Change Efforts to Support Evidence-Based Home Visiting: Concepts and Methods

Margaret Hargreaves and Diane Paulsell

Helping State and Local Workforce Agencies Better Serve Customers (About Us)

Mathematica Policy Research

Evaluation of the Vocational Training Grant Fund in Namibia: Final Report

Evan Borkum, Arif Mamun and Malik Khan Mubeen

The Effect of Accidents on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Chile

Francisco Parro and R. Vincent Pohl

Food Insufficiency, Family Income, and Health in US PreSchool and School-Age Children

Katherine Alaimo, Christine M. Olson, Edward A. Frongillo and Ronette R. Briefel

The Political Economy of the Disability Insurance: Theory and Evidence of Gubernatorial Learning

Radha Iyengar and Giovanni Mastrobuoni

Effectiveness of Supplemental Educational Services

John Deke, Brian Gill, Lisa Dragoset and Karen Bogen

Using Social Media for Survey Notifications: Tips from STREAMS

Brittany Tabora and Alicia Harrington

Indicators of Dietary Qualities of USDA School Lunches

Nancy E. Wemmerus, Mary Kay Fox and Allen L. Schirm

Santa Clara Healthy Kids Program Reduces Gaps in Children's Access to Medical and Dental Care

Christopher Trenholm, Embry Howell, Dana Hughes and Sean Orzol

Fostering Health Information Technology in Small Physician Practices: Lessons from Independent Practice Associations

Timothy K. Lake, Tricia Collins Higgins and Paul B. Ginsburg

Case Study of Oregon's Express Lane Eligibility Process

Maggie Colby and Sloane Frost

Evaluation of the Program for Elders in Managed Care

Marsha Gold, Timothy Lake and William Black

Mental Disorders and Service Use Among Welfare and Disability Program Participants in Fee-for-Service Medicaid

LaDonna Pavetti, Michelle K. Derr, Jacqueline F. Kauff and Allison Barrett

Monitoring and Assessing the Use of External Quality Review Organizations to Improve Services for Young Children: A Toolkit for State Medicaid Agencies

Tara Krissik, Henry T. Ireys, Anne Markus and Sara Rosenbaum

Overview and Lessons on the Design and Implementation of Early Intervention Programs for Individuals with Potentially Disabling Mental Health Conditons

Henry Ireys, Boyd Gilman, Gilbert Gimm, Sarah Croake and Noelle Denny-Brown

Evaluation of the Minority Female Single Parent Demonstration Volume I: Summary Report

John Burghardt, Anu Rangarajan, Anne Gordon and Ellen Kisker

Medicare's Private Fee-for-Service Plan: Sterling's, Structure, Opportunities, and Risks

Marsha Gold

A Qualitative Study of Patient Perspectives of Care Management Services in Comprehensive Primary Care Plus

Amanda Lechner, Nyna Williams, Rachel Kogan, Burke Hays, Theresa Feeley-Summerl and Tammy Chen

An Examination of the First Ten Years Under TANF in Three States: The Experiences of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania

Robert G. Wood and Justin Wheeler

Enrolling the Eligible: Lessons for the Funders

Beth Stevens, Sheila Hoag and Judith Wooldridge

The Chicago Program Evaluation Project: A Picture of Early Childhood Programs, Teachers, and Preschool-Age Children in Chicago

Christine Ross, Emily Moiduddin, Cassandra Meagher and Barbara Carlson

Evaluation of the Liberia Power Compact’s Mt. Coffee Hydropower Plant Rehabilitation and Capacity Building and Sector Reform: Baseline and Interim Findings

Candace Miller, Kristine Bos, Poonam Ravindranath, Paolo Abarcar, Arif Mamun, Matthew Spitzer, Jeremy Page, Laura Meyer, Joshua Claxton, Jonathon Cook and Sara Bryk

Semiparametric Bayesian Density Estimation with Disparate Data Sources: A Meta-Analysis of Global Childhood Undernutrition

Mariel M. Finucane, Christopher J. Paciorek, Gretchen A. Stevens and Majid Ezzati

Kauffman Firm Survey Baseline Survey: Annotated Questionnaire for Public Use File

Janice Ballou and David DesRoches

Mejores Inicios El Estado del Aprendizaje Temprano y Preparacin para el Kindergarten en White Center

Diane Paulsell, Kimberly Boller, Nikki Aikens, Martha Kovac and Patricia Del Grosso

Characteristics of Childless Unemployed Adults and Legal Immigrant Food Stamp Participants: Fiscal Year 1995

Mike Stavrianos, Scott Cody and Kimball Lewis

The Great Recession and the Rise in Material Hardship

Colleen Heflin and Syracuse University

An Exploratory Analysis of Adequate Yearly Progress, Identification for Improvement, and Student Achievement in Two States and Three Cities

Brian Gill, J.R. Lockwood, Francisco Martorell, Claude Messan Setodji and Kevin Booker

Way2Work Maryland Demonstration: Impacts 24 Months After Enrollment

David Mann, Kathleen Feeney, Todd Honeycutt and Marlena Luhr

Integrating Care for Dual Eligibles: The Role of Medicare Special Needs Plans

James M. Verdier

Centers for Dialysis Care's Patient Advisory Committees (Case Study)

Meg Maxwell, Neni Osuoha and Kate D'Anello

Investigation of Patient†Sharing Networks Using a Bayesian Network Model Selection Approach for Congruence Class Models

Ravi Goyal and Victor De Gruttola

Children Born in 2001: First Results from the Base Year of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLSB)

Kristin Denton Flanagan and Jerry West

Access to and Participation in Medicaid and the Food Stamp Program: A Review of the Recent Literature

M. Robin Dion and LaDonna Pavetti

Kauffman Firm Survey Second Follow-Up: Annotated Questionnaire for Public Use File

Tom Barton and David DesRoches

Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the Children's Health Insurance Program: A Case Study of Alabama's ALL Kids Program

Sarah Benatar, Margo Wilkinson and Ian Hill

The Role of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Maternal Cardiovascular Disease According to Offspring Birth Characteristics in the HUNT Study

Eirin B. Haug, Amanda R. Markovitz, Abigail Fraser, Håvard Dalen, Pål R. Romundstad, Bjørn O. Åsvold, Janet W. Rich-Edwards and Julie Horn