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

John L. Czajka and Carol Irvin

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

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

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

Jung Y. Kim, Todd Honeycutt and Michaella Morzuch

Comparing Responses to the Race Question Asked Two Different Ways

Barbara Lepidus Carlson

Subjects' Views of Obligations to Ensure Post-Trial Access to Drugs, Care, and Information: Qualitative Results from the Experiences of Participants in Clinical Trials (EPIC) Study

N. Sofaer, C. Thiessen, S.D. Goold, J. Ballou, K.A. Getz, G. Koski, R.A. Krueger and J.S. Weissman

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

Priyanka Anand

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

New Findings on the Retention of Novice Teachers from Teaching Residency Programs

Tim Silva, Allison McKie and Philip Gleason

Income Eligibility for Assistance Under the ACA: The Question of Monthly vs. Annual Income

John L. Czajka

National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS): 2006, Data on Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities

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

Patricia Collins Higgins and Erin Fries Taylor

Movement of Children Between Medicaid and CHIP, 2005 to 2007

John L. Czajka

Societal Costs of Untreated Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Washington

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

Evaluation Design Report for the Benin Power Compact's Electricity Generation Project and Electricity Distribution Project

Christopher Ksoll, Kristine Bos, Sarah Hughes, Anthony Harris and Arif Mamun

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

Esa Eslami and Karen Cunnyngham

Measuring Teacher and School Value Added in Oklahoma, 2013-2014 School Year

Elias Walsh, Albert Y. Liu and Dallas Dotter

Do Tax Incentives Increase 401 (K) Retirement Saving? Evidence from the Adoption of Catch-Up Contributions

Matthew Rutledge, April Yanyuan Wu and Francis M. Vitagliano

LIFT: Implementation Findings from the Evaluation of Employment Coaching

Karen Gardiner, Kristen Joyce and Sheena McConnell

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

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

Paying Wisely: Using Incentive Reforms to Reduce Costs and Improve Patient Outcomes

Robert Berenson, Christine Cassel, Stuart Guterman, Timothy Lake and Eugene Rich

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

Matching Study Designs to Research Questions in Disability-Related Comparative Effectiveness Research

Jeffrey Ballou, Eugene Rich and Matthew Kehn

Work Search Among Unemployment Insurance Claimants: An Investigation of Some Effects of State Rules and Enforcement

Walter Corson, Stuart Kerachsky and Ellen Eliason Kisker

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

Laura Castner and Allen Schirm

Surveying Current and Former TANF Recipients in Iowa

Rita A. Stapulonis, Martha D. Kovac and Thomas M. Fraker

APPI Cross-Site Evaluation: Interim Report (Executive Summary)

Margaret B. Hargreaves, Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Samantha Penoyer, Michaela Vine, Laura Ruttner and Alena Davidoff-Gore

National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration: Applicant Screen

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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

Impacts of an Enhanced Family Health and Sexuality Module of the HealthTeacher Middle School Curriculum

Brian Goesling, Silvie Colman, Mindy Scott and Elizabeth Cook

Peer Effects on Children’s Expressive Vocabulary Development Using Conceptual Scoring in Linguistically Diverse Preschools

Sally Atkins-Burnett, Yange Xue and Nikki Aikens

Integrating Latino Immigrants in New Rural Destinations

Heather Koball, Randy Capps, William Kandel, Jamila Henderson and Everett Henderson

Promising Practices to Help Minority Youth with Disabilities Make the Transition to Postsecondary Life

Sharonlyn Harrison, Anika Sandy-Hanson and Gina Freeman

Diet Quality of American Young Children by WIC Participation Status: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2004

Nancy Cole and Mary Kay Fox

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

The Early Head Start Father Studies: Design, Data Collection, and Summary of Father Presence in the Lives of Infants and Toddlers

Kimberly Boller, Robert Bradley, Natasha Cabrera, Helen Raikes, Barbara Pan, Jeffrey Shears and Lori Roggman

Health and Disabilities Services in Early Head Start: Are Families Getting Needed Health Care Services?

Ellen Eliason Kisker and Carol Kuhns

Working Together for Children and Families: Findings from the National Descriptive Study of Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships

Patricia Del Grosso, Jaime Thomas, Libby Makowsky, Michael Levere, NIckie Fung and Diane Paulsell

Ewing Marion Kauffman School Evaluation Impact Report: Year 3

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

The Short†Term Effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Health Care Expenditures Among US Adults

Rita Hamad and Matthew J. Niedzwiecki

Using Survey Data Sets to Study Homeschooling

Eric Isenberg

Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program State Implementation Progress, School Year 2011-2012: Report to Congress (Summary)

Quinn Moore, Kevin Conway and Brandon Kyler

How Much Does the Pre-K CLASS Relate to Children's Readiness for School Skills?

Nikki Aikens, Tutrang Nguyen and Jessica Harding

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

Jacqueline Crowley, Betsy Keating and Heather Zaveri

Early Head Start Home Visitation: The Role of Implementation in Bolstering Program Benefits

Brenda Jones Harden, Rachel Chazan-Cohen, Helen Raikes and Cheri Vogel

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

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

Introduction to Contracting with D-SNPs

Jim Verdier, Alexandra Kruse and Rebecca Lester

Medical Malpractice Liability Crisis Meets Markets Stress in Unexpected Places

Robert Berenson, Sylvia Kuo and Jessica H. May

Changing Demography of Social Safety Net Programs

Colleen Heflin and Yumiko Aratani

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

Evaluation Design Report for the Georgia Improving General Education Quality Project's School Rehabilitation Activity

Ira Nichols-Barrer, Caroline Lauver, Leigh Linden and Matt Sloan

Acculturation Differences in Communicating Information About Child Mental Health Between Latino Parents and Primary Care Providers

Benjamin Lê Cook, Jonathan D. Brown, Stephen Loder and Larry Wissow

Proposed Changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Heating and Cooling Standard Utility Allowances and Earned Income

Karen Cunnyngham, J.B. Wogan and Sarah Lauffer

Tracking Performance of the Medicare+Choice Program: Results from Medicare HEDIS 1999 and 2000

Timothy Lake and Margo Rosenbach

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

Craig Thornton and Paul O'Leary

Data Across Sectors for Health Initiative: Formative Evaluation Report

So O'Neil, Colleen Staatz, Emily Hoe, Ravi Goyal and Eva Ward

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

Karen Needels, Walter Corson and Walter Nicholson

Nonresponse Adjustments for a Survey of Children with Disabilities Using Information of a Responsible Adult

Nuria Diaz-Tena and Frank Potter

Health Care Coverage and Access for Children in Low-Income Families: Stakeholder Perspectives from Texas

Leslie Foster

Working Toward Solutions for Integration: Updates from Guidance and Proposed Rules (Presentation)

Nancy Archibald, Erin Weir Lakhmani and Michelle Herman Soper

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

Amang Sukasih and Donsig Jang

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

WIC Turns 35: Program Effectiveness and Future Directions

Barbara Devaney

American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (AIAN FACES): 2021-22 Data Collection

Lizabeth Malone and Sara Bernstein

Understanding Enrollment Trends and Participant Characteristics of the Medicaid Buy-In Program, 2003-2004

William E. Black and Henry T. Ireys

Designing and Conducting Home Visiting Evaluations in Tribal Communities: Takeaways from the HomVEE Tribal Review

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

Elevating Alumni Voices: Insights from 2014 and 2015 Graduates of the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program

Sarah Hughes, Caroline Lauver and Isabel Krakoff

Massachusetts Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark Factsheet: Cost and Market Impact Reviews

Mathematica

Families on TANF in Illinois: Employment Assets and Liabilities

Gretchen Kirby, Thomas Fraker, LaDonna Pavetti and Martha Kovac

Expanding Access to Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage

James Haven and Deborah Chollet

Pennsylvania Reemployment Bonus Demonstration: Data Set

Walter Corson, Paul Decker, Shari Miller Dunstan and Stuart Kerachsky

The National Health Plan Collaborative: Overview of Its Origins, Accomplishments, and Lessons Learned

Erin Fries Taylor and Marsha Gold

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

Learning About Preschool Curricula: PCER and Beyond

John M. Love

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

How Have Rural Hospitals Improved Their Viability?

Kimberly Neuman, Jeanette Bergeron and Anthony Mazzeo

NM GRADS: Lessons Learned from Implementing a School-Based Program for Young Parents Across New Mexico

Jessica Harper, Dean Hopper, Betsy Keating and Jessica Harding

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

Playworks Implementation in 17 Schools from 6 U.S. Cities

Rebecca A. London, Sebastian Castrechini, Katie Stokes-Guinan, Lisa Westrich, Martha Bleeker and Susanne James-Burdumy

Evaluation of Support for Using Student Data to Inform Teachers’ Instruction—Appendices

Philip Gleason, Sarah Crissey, Greg Chojnacki, Marykate Zukiewicz, Tim Silva, Sarah Costelloe and Fran O'Reilly

Gaps in the Evidence on Employment and Training for Low-Income Adults

Annalisa Mastri and Jacob Hartog

A Spotlight on Dual Language Learners in Head Start: FACES 2014, Appendix Tables

Nikki Aikens, Emily Knas, Lizabeth Malone, Louisa Tarullo and Jessica F. Harding

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

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

Nutrition Education Research Brief: Message Framing, Use of Interactive Technology to Tailor Messages, and Intervention Intensity

Mary Kay Fox, Charlotte Hanson and Ronette Briefel

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

Patient Safety, 2000 and 2001

Arnold Chen

The Social Security Administration's Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Interim Report on the City University of New York's Project

Thomas Fraker, Alison Black, Joseph Broadus, Arif Mamun, Michelle Manno, John Martinez, Reanin McRoberts, Anu Rangarajan and Debbie Reed

Spotlight on Pennsylvania

Grace Anglin, Leslie Foster and Mynti Hossain

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

Melanie Au, Carey Appold, Ryan Stringer and Patrick Balke

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

How Five States Addressed Mental Health "Boundaries" in Medicaid Managed Care

Cheri Vogel

Logistic Propensity Models to Adjust for Nonresponse in Physician Surveys

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

Developing Math and Science Skills Among Disadvantaged Youth: A Review of the Upward Bound Precollege Math/Science Centers

Mary T. Moore

Increasing Access to Electricity in Liberia

Various Authors

Systematic Reviews as a Tool in Evidence-Based Decision Making: Improving Research and Informing Practice

Jill Constantine

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

Development of the Medicaid Analytic Extract Enrollee Master (MAXEM) File, 2005 and 2006

John L. Czajka, Audra Wenzlow and Julie Sykes

Children in Early Head Start and Head Start: A Profile of Early Leavers

Pia Caronongan, Emily Moiduddin, Jerry West and Cheri A. Vogel

Climate and Health Co-Benefits in Low-Income Countries: A Case Study of Carbon Financed Water Filters in Kenya and a Call for Independent Monitoring (Journal Article)

Amy J. Pickering, Benjamin F. Arnold, Holly N. Dentz, John M. Colford and Clair Null

Teen Activities and Attitudes Study: Wave 1 Questionnaire

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