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Privatization in Practice: Case Studies of Contracting for TANF Case Management

Sheena McConnell, Andrew Burwick, Irma Perez-Johnson and Pamela Winston

Time That Beneficiaries Spend Off the Rolls Due to Work and the Payments Generated for Employment Networks

David Stapleton, Jody Schimmel, Miriam Loewenberg and Sarah Prenovitz

Shifting Medicare Choices, 1999-2003

Marsha Gold and Lori Achman

The Impact of Healthy Harlem on the Body Mass Index and Weight Status of Adolescents after Two and Three Years

Martha Bleeker, James Mabli, Mary Kay Fox, Betina Jean-Louis and Marlene Fox

Transforming Coalition Leadership: An Evaluation of a Collaborative Leadership Training Program

Jung Y. Kim, Todd Honeycutt and Michaella Morzuch

The Struggle to Provide Community-Based Care to Low-Income People with Serious Mental Illnesses

Peter Cunningham, Kelly McKenzie and Erin Fries Taylor

An Analysis of the 1981-82 Changes in the Extended Benefit Program

Walter Corson and Walter Nicholson

Sustainability, Partnerships, and Teamwork in Health IT Implementation: Essential Findings from the Transforming Healthcare Quality Through IT Grants

Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Grace Ferry, Rebecca Roper, Melanie Au, James Walker, J.B. Jones and Virginia Lerch

The Andrew Hill High School Medical-Health Professions Magnet Program: A Summative Evaluation

Linda C. Rosenberg and Ellen Eliason Kisker

The 1999 National Survey of Local School-to-Work Partnerships: Data Summary

Lara Hulsey and Michelle Van Noy

Kentucky Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) Project Demonstration: Final Evaluation Report

Purvi Sevak, Frank Martin, Gina Livermore, Todd Honeycutt and Eric Morris

Estimating Program Impacts for a Subgroup Defined by Post-Intervention Behavior: Why is it a Problem? What is the Solution?

Silvie Colman

Factors Associated with Use of an Online Telemedicine Service to Access Self-Managed Medical Abortion in the US

Abigail R. A. Aiken, Jennifer E. Starling and Rebecca Gomperts

Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Site Visit Report: The State of Florida's KidCare Program

Mary Harrington and William Black

Evidence-Based Home Visiting Systems Evaluation Update: Infrastructure-Building Plans and Activities in 2011

Diane Paulsell, Margaret Hargreaves, Brandon Coffee-Borden and Kimberly Boller

Possible State Intervention Options to Serve Transition-Age Youths: Lessons from the West Virginia Youth Works Demonstration Project

Joyanne Cobb, David Wittenburg and Cara Stepanczuk

Measuring Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: Efforts to Improve Data Collection

Patricia Collins Higgins and Erin Fries Taylor

Achieving Coordination of Care to Improve Population Health: Provider Collaboration in Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Programs

Jessica Heeringa, Carey Appold, Julia Baller, Keanan Lane, Ryan Stringer and James Woerheide

The National Evaluation of the Welfare-to-Work Grants Program: 24 Month Follow-Up Survey Instrument

Rita Stapulonis, Shawn Marsh and Jason Markesich

A Program Model for Encouraging Sexually Experienced Youth to Cease Sexual Activity

Jacqueline Crowley, Betsy Keating and Heather Zaveri

RPG Cross-Site Evaluation and Technical Assistance: First Annual Report

Debra A. Strong, Sarah A. Avellar and Christine Ross

Employment-Related Health Insurance and Service Delivery Needs of Persons With Disabilities

John Gettens and Alexis D. Henry

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates: Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011 (Summary)

Esa Eslami and Karen Cunnyngham

Primary Prevention and Health Outcomes: Treatment of Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazards and the Prevalence of Childhood Lead Poisoning

David J. Jones

Delivering Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Services to High-Risk Youth: The Impacts of Teen Choice in New York

Jean Knab, Robert G. Wood, Joanne Lee and Lauren Murphy

Improving Medicaid and SCHIP Through Simplification and Coordination

Sheila D. Hoag and Beth Stevens

The Medicaid Analytic eXtract 2004 Chartbook

Victoria Perez, Bob Schmitz, Audra T. Wenzlow, Kathy Shepperson, David Baugh and Susan Radke

Nutrition, Food Security, and Obesity

Harold Beebout

Simulation of Medicaid and SCHIP Eligibility: Implications of Findings from 10 States

John L. Czajka and Carol Irvin

Mentoring: What Is It? How Do We Do It and How Do We Get More Of It?

Catherine McLaughlin

Left Out of the Boom Economy: UI Recipients in the Late 1990s

Karen Needels, Walter Corson and Walter Nicholson

Adapting an Evidence-Based Curriculum in a Rural Setting: The Longer-Term Impacts of Reducing the Risk in Kentucky

Brian Goesling, Joanne Lee, Robert G. Wood and Susan Zief

Oakland's Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax: Impacts on Prices, Purchases and Consumption by Adults and Children

John Cawley, David Frisvold, Anna Hill and David Jones

Logistic Propensity Models to Adjust for Nonresponse in Physician Surveys

Nuria Diaz-Tena, Frank Potter, Michael Sinclair and Stephen Williams

The SourceAmerica Pathways to Careersâ„¢ Demonstration Pilot in Utah: Interim Evaluation Report, Executive Summary

Noelle Denny-Brown, Gina Livermore, Marisa Shenk and Eric Morris

Building Infrastructure to Support Home Visiting to Prevent Child Maltreatment: Two-Year Findings from the Cross-Site Evaluation of the Supporting Evidence-Based Home Visiting Initiative

Patricia Del Grosso, Margaret Hargreaves, Diane Paulsell, Cheri Vogel, Debra A. Strong, Heather Zaveri, Megan Hague Angus, Brandon Coffee-Borden, Russell Cole, Kirsten Barrett, Kimberly Boller and Deborah Daro

National Job Corps Study: Findings Using Administrative Earnings Records Data

Peter Z. Schochet, Sheena McConnell and John Burghardt

Introduction to Contracting with D-SNPs

Jim Verdier, Alexandra Kruse and Rebecca Lester

Health Insurance Costs and Employee Compensation: Evidence from the National Compensation Survey

Priyanka Anand

How Oklahoma Laid the Foundation for Its Marriage Initiative

Debra A. Strong

How Does Cash and Counseling Affect Costs?

Stacy B. Dale and Randall S. Brown

Effectiveness of Selected Supplemental Reading Comprehension Interventions: Findings from Two Student Cohorts

Susanne James-Burdumy, John Deke, Julieta Lugo-Gil, Nancy Carey, Alan Hershey, Russell Gersten, Rebecca Newman-Gonchar, Joseph Dimino, Kelly Haymond and Bonnie Faddis

Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness Review’s Model Prioritization Process

Various Authors

Getting Along or Going Along? Health Plan-Provider Contract Showdowns Subside

Justin S. White, Robert E. Hurley and Bradley C. Strunk

Building State-Level Advocacy Networks: CVC After Two Years

Debra A. Strong, Sheila Hoag, Subuhi Asheer and Jamila Henderson

Supporting Practices to Adopt Registry-Based Care (SPARC): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Rebecca S. Etz, Rosalind E. Keith, Anna M. Maternick, Karen L. Stein, Roy T. Sabo, Melissa S. Hayes, Purvi Sevak, John Holland and Jesse C. Crosson

Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fiscal Year 2017

Kathryn Cronquist and Sarah Lauffer

Review of the Literature on Administration and Policy Development for Medicaid Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

Justin S. White and Debra A. Draper

CHIPRA Evaluation of the Children's Health Insurance Program: Cross Cutting Report on Findings from Ten State Case Studies

Ian Hill, Sheila Hoag, Sarah Benatar, Cara Orfield, Embry Howell, Victoria Peebles, Brigette Courtot and Margaret Wilkinson

Re-Defining the Who, When, and Where of Mentoring for Professional Statisticians

Lauren Vollmer, Aparna Keshaviah, Dmitriy Poznyak, Sharon Zhao, Fei Xing and Nicholas Beyler

An Application of Confidence Interval Methods for Small Proportions in the Health Care Survey of DoD Beneficiaries

Amang Sukasih and Donsig Jang

Review of Adult Education Programs and Their Effectiveness: A Background Paper for Reauthorization of the Adult Education Act

Mary T. Moore and Michael Stavrianos

Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: Partnerships Between Employers and Health Plans

Patricia Collins Higgins, Melanie Au and Erin Fries Taylor

Measuring a Changing Nation: Modern Methods for the 2000 Census

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

Market Signals: Evidence on the Determinants and Consequences of School Choice from a Citywide Lottery

Steven Glazerman and Dallas Dotter

Process Evaluation of Older Americans Act Title III-C Nutrition Services Program

James Mabli, Nicholas Redel, Rhoda Cohen, Erin Panzarella, Mindy Hu and Barbara Carlson

Reporting What Readers Need to Know About Education Research Measures: A Guide

Kimberly Boller and Ellen Eliason Kisker

Supporting Home Visitors in Evidence-Based Programs: Experience of EBHV Grantees

Brandon Coffee-Borden and Diane Paulsell

Dual Eligibles: Opportunities and Challenges

James M. Verdier

Attribution in DSRIP Demonstration Programs: A Spotlight on New Jersey and New York

Melanie Au, Carey Appold, Ryan Stringer and Patrick Balke

Case Study of Illinois: Exploring Links Between Policy, Practice and the Trends in New Medicaid/SCHIP Enrollments

Kathy Gifford, Gaylee Morgan, Donna Marks and Chris Trenholm

Reaching Those in Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2001

Laura Castner and Allen Schirm

Student Achievement in New York City Middle Schools Affiliated with Achievement First and Uncommon Schools

Bing-ru Teh, Moria McCullough and Brian P. Gill

Expanding the Toolbox: Methods to Study and Refine Patient-Centered Medical Home Models (Issue Brief)

Debbie Peikes, Dana Petersen, Aparajita Zutshi, David Meyers and Janice Genevro

Evaluation of the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative: Second Annual Report

Deborah Peikes, Erin Fries Taylor, Stacy Dale, Ann O'Malley, Arkadipta Ghosh, Grace Anglin, Kaylyn Swankoski, Aparajita Zutshi, Lara Converse and Randall Brown

The Carle Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program After One Year

Jennifer Schore, Randall Brown, Arnold Chen, Sean Orzol and Deborah Peikes

MCC Indonesia Nutrition Project Impact Evaluation Interim Report

Amanda Beatty, Evan Borkum, Jeremy Brecher-Haimson, Erin Crossett, Nick Ingwersen, William Leith, Clair Null and Swetha Sridharan

Do Charter Schools Improve Student Achievement?

Melissa A. Clark, Philip M. Gleason, Christina Clark Tuttle and Marsha K. Silverberg

Why Dually Eligible Beneficiaries Stay or Leave Integrated Care Plans

Debra Lipson, Laura Kimmey, Danielle Chelminsky, Caroline Margiotta, Alena Tourtellotte and Erin Weir Lakhmani

Response to Comments from the Public on Revised HomVEE Procedures and Standards and Updated HomVEE Definitions, Rules, and Procedures Related to Model Versions

Emily Sama-Miller, Katie Niland and Lauren Akers

We Grow Together Professional Development System: Implementation with Infant-Toddler Teachers and Caregivers

Harshini Shah, Ayesha De Mond, Shannon Monahan and Louisa Tarullo

Measuring School Effectiveness in Memphis—Year 2

Liz Potamites, Duncan Chaplin, Eric Isenberg and Kevin Booker

Evaluation of the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program in 2011: Beneficiaries Served, Services Provided, and Program Costs

Jody Schimmel, Sara Prenovitz, Gina Livermore and Alex Bryce

A Profile of Kindergarten Readiness in White Center: Fall 2007

Kimberly Boller, Diane Paulsell, Nikki Aikens, Liz Potamites, Barbara Carlson and Martha Kovac

Movement of Children Between Medicaid and CHIP, 2005 to 2007

John L. Czajka

Developing Alternative Payment Models: Key Considerations and Lessons Learned from Years of Collaboration with CMS

Mary Laschober, Eugene Rich, Timothy Lake, Angela Merrill and Candace Natoli

Some Hospitals Are Falling Behind in Meeting 'Meaningful Use' Criteria and Could be Vulnerable to Penalties in 2015

Catherine M. DesRoches, Chantal Worzala and Scott Bates

The School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study: Dietary Intakes of Program Participants and Nonparticipants

Barbara Devaney, Anne Gordon and John Burghardt

Building the Evidence Base for Tele-Emergency Care: Efforts to Identify a Standardized Set of Outcome Measures

Yael Harris, Boyd Gilman, Marcia M. Ward, Jonathan Ladinsky, Jacqueline Crowley, Cannon Warren and Craig Caplan

Slow Change in the Employment Services Market: The Early Years of Ticket to Work

Craig Thornton and Paul O'Leary

Updating a Claims-Based Measure of Low-Value Services Applicable to Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries

Chris Fleming, Eunhae Shin, Rhea Powell, Dmitriy Poznyak, Arvin Javadi, Claire Burkhart, Arkadipta Ghosh and Eugene Rich

Medical Malpractice Liability Crisis Meets Markets Stress in Unexpected Places

Robert Berenson, Sylvia Kuo and Jessica H. May

Societal Costs of Untreated Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Washington

Dara Lee Luca, Nellie Garlow, Colleen Staatz, Caroline Margiotta and Kara Zivin

Early Head Start Home Visits and Classrooms: Stability, Predictors, and Thresholds of Quality

Nikki Aikens, Yange Xue, Eileen Bandel, Pia Caronongan, Cheri A. Vogel and Kimberly Boller

Choice Continues to Erode in 2002

Marsha Gold and John McCoy

Elementary-Grade Math Programs in the Pittsburgh Public Schools: A Comparison of Everyday Mathematics and Harcourt Math

Catherine Nelson, Julia Kaufman, Kevin Booker and Brian Gill

Learn, Innovate, Improve (LI²): Lessons from Arapahoe County’s Efforts to Increase Engagement with Colorado Works

Jody Schimmel Hyde, Maureen Alexander, Celeste Roybal and Dale Nussbaum

Technical Documentation for the Fiscal Year 2011 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Quality Control Database and the QC Minimodel

Joshua Leftin, Esa Eslami, Katherine Bencio, Kai Filion and Daisy Ewell

Partnership for Inclusive Agricultural Transformation in Africa, Final Evaluation

Randall Blair, Tulika Narayan, Drew Koleros, Faraz Usmani, Kato Kimbugwe and Margaret Mangheni

Practical Lessons for Health Reform from the Military Health System

Thomas Croghan, Kristen Purcell and Kate Stewart

Father Involvement in Early Head Start Programs: A Practitioners Study

Helen H. Raikes, Kimberly Boller, Welmoet van Kammen, JeanAnn Summers, Abbie Raikes, Debbie Laible, Brian Wilcox, Lenna Ontai and Lanette Christensen

Implementing a Home Visiting Model in Tribal Communities: Takeaways from the HomVEE Tribal Review

Andrea Mraz Esposito, Armando Yañez, Emily Sama-Miller and Elizabeth Davenport Pollock

Patient Safety, 2000 and 2001

Arnold Chen

International Efforts to Serve Youth with Disabilities

Todd Honeycutt and Lorenzo Moreno

State Regulation and Initiatives to Expand Small Group Coverage

Deborah Chollet

COVID-19 Vaccination Rates and Youth Unemployment During 2021

Hande Inanc and Megan Caruso

State Guide to Identifying Aligned Enrollees: How to Find Medicare Plan Enrollment for Dually Eligible Individuals in Medicaid Managed Care Plans

Danielle Chelminsky, Alena Tourtellotte and Erin Weir Lakhmani

The Youth Transition Demonstration: Lifting Employment Barriers for Youth with Disabilities

Thomas Fraker

Review of International Evidence on the Cost of Disability

David Stapleton, Ali Protik and Christal Stone

A Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Community-Based Support Program for Families of Children with Chronic Illness: Pediatric Outcomes

Robin G. Chernoff, Henry T. Ireys, Katherin A. DeVet and Young J. Kim