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Measure Twice, Cut Once, Part 2: Using VR Agencies’ Administrative Data to Monitor Pre-Employment Transition Services

Todd Honeycutt and Purvi Sevak

COVID-19 Vaccination Rates and Youth Unemployment During 2021

Hande Inanc and Megan Caruso

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

Walter Corson, Stuart Kerachsky and Ellen Eliason Kisker

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

Esa Eslami and Karen Cunnyngham

Replicate Variance Estimation for Combined Data of Independent Surveys

Donsig Jang and Amang Sukasih

Surveying Current and Former TANF Recipients in Iowa

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

Promise Neighborhood Site Profile: Chula Vista Promise Neighborhood

Andrea Mraz Esposito, Sarah Osborn, Lara Hulsey, Kimberly Boller and Celina Kamler

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

The Long-Term Effects of Transitional Employment Services

Paul T. Decker and Craig V. Thornton

Enhancing Information for State Health Policy

Penny Feldman, Marsha Gold and Karyen Chu

Obtaining High Rates of Parental Consent: Additional Evidence for the Field Enrollment Specialist (FES) Approach

Elisha Smith and Susan Sprachman

Medical Malpractice Liability Crisis Meets Markets Stress in Unexpected Places

Robert Berenson, Sylvia Kuo and Jessica H. May

Money Follows the Person 2014 Annual Evaluation Report

Carol V. Irvin, Noelle Denny-Brown, Alex Bohl, John Schurrer, Andrea Wysocki, Rebecca Coughlin and Susan R. Williams

Independent Evaluation of Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+): Second Annual Report

Grace Anglin, Deborah Peikes, Dana Petersen, Ann O'Malley, Kristin Geonnotti, Arkadipta Ghosh, Pragya Singh, Ha Tu, Stacy Dale, Kaylyn Swankoski, Dana Jean-Baptiste, Janice Genevro, Sheila Hoag, Katie Morrison Lee, Rosalind Keith, Victoria Peebles, Amanda Markovitz, Min-Young Kim, Sean Orzol, Laura Blue, Ning Fu, Jessica Laird, Lauren Vollmer, Mariel Finucane, Laurie Felland, Linda Barterian, Rumin Sarwar, Jasmine Little, Rachel Machta, Genna Cohen, Mynti Hossain, Melanie Au, Grace Oh, Lee-Lee Ellis, Elizabeth Holland, Randall Brown and Et Al.

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

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

Patricia Collins Higgins 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

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

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

Money Follows the Person 2009 Annual Evaluation Report

Carol Irvin, Debra Lipson, Sam Simon, Audra Wenzlow and Jeffrey Ballou

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

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

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

John L. Czajka and Carol Irvin

The Equity Project Charter School: Impacts on Student Achievement

Joshua Furgeson, Moira McCullough, Clare Wolfendale and Brian Gill

Patient Safety, 2000 and 2001

Arnold Chen

Supporting Student Engagement in Remote and Hybrid Learning Environments

Regional Educational Laboratory Mid‑Atlantic

How Oklahoma Laid the Foundation for Its Marriage Initiative

Debra A. Strong

The National Evaluation of Reading Comprehension Interventions: Design Report

Susanne James-Burdumy, David Myers, John Deke, Wendy Mansfield, Russell Gersten, Joseph Dimino, Janice Dole, Lauren Liang, Sharon Vaughn and Meaghan Edmonds

Factors Associated with School Meal Participation and the Relationship Between Different Participation Measures

Quinn Moore, Lara Hulsey and Michael Ponza

Teen Activities and Attitudes Study: Wave 1 Questionnaire

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

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

A Profile of Kindergarten Readiness in White Center: Fall 2007

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

WIC Turns 35: Program Effectiveness and Future Directions

Barbara Devaney

Identifying Students At Risk Using Prior Performance Versus a Machine Learning Algorithm

Lindsay Cattell and Julie Bruch

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 Marriage Measures Guide of State-Level Statistics

Brian Goesling, Robert G. Wood, Carol Razafindrakoto and Jamila Henderson

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

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

Mary Kay Fox, Charlotte Hanson and Ronette Briefel

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

Thomas Fraker

Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness Review’s Model Prioritization Process

Various Authors

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

Justin S. White and Debra A. Draper

Does Paid Family Leave Improve Household Economic Security Following a Birth? Evidence from California

Alexandra Boyle Stanczyk

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

Nikki Aikens, Tutrang Nguyen and Jessica Harding

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

Response to Comment on "Estimating the Reproducibility of Psychological Science"

Jesse Chandler and Et. Al

Implementation of Title I and Title II-A Program Initiatives: Results From 2013–14

Patricia Troppe, Anthony T. Milanowski, Camilla Heid, Brian Gill and Christine Ross

Nonexperimental Replications of Social Experiments: A Systematic Review

Steven Glazerman, Dan M. Levy and David Myers

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

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

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

Silvie Colman

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

William E. Black and Henry T. Ireys

Impact of Contingent Work on Subsequent Labor Force Participation and Wages of Workers with Psychiatric Disabilities

Judith A. Cook, Jane K. Burke-Miller and Dennis D. Grey

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

Lessons on Improving Governance in a Complex Policy Environment in Rwanda

Ira Nichols-Barrer, Jacqueline Berman, Ali Protik, Anu Rangarajan, Matt Sloan and Lindsay Wood

Shifting Medicare Choices, 1999-2003

Marsha Gold and Lori Achman

Basing Health Care on Empirical Evidence

Jill Bernstein, Deborah Chollet and Stephanie Peterson

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

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

Promoting Opportunity Demonstration: Effectiveness of Reminder Messages for Recruitment

Heinrich Hock, Michael Levere and David Wittenburg

Performance Measurement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Modernization Initiatives: Individual State Findings

Kathleen Keefe, Emily Sama-Miller, Laura Castner, Maura Bardos, Elizabeth Clary, Sarah Wissell and Larry Vittoriano

Evaluation of the Maryland Total Cost of Care Model: Implementation Report

Rachel Machta, Gregory Peterson, Jason Rotter, Kate Stewart, Shannon Heitkamp, Isabel Platt, Danielle Whicher, Keri Calkins, Keith Kranker, Linda Barterian and Nancy McCall

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

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

Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Services Demonstration Evaluation: Executive Summary

Crystal Blyler, Melissa Azur, Bonnie O'Day, Priyanka Anand, Allison Barrett, Kavita Choudhry, Kara Contreary, Sarah Croake, Molly Crofton, Noelle Denny-Brown, Brian Johnston, Jasmine Little, Jennifer Lyons, Brenda Natzke, Stephanie Peterson, Max Rubinstein, Allison Siegwarth, James Woerheide and Kara Zivin

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

Laura Castner and Allen Schirm

Using Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) Files to Identify Dually Eligible Individuals

Erin Weir Lakhmani

Testing Case Management in a Rural Context: An Impact Analysis of the Illinois Future Steps Program

Alicia Meckstroth, Ann Person, Quinn Moore, Andrew Burwick, Andrew McGuirk, Michael Ponza, Shawn Marsh, Timothy Novak, Zhanyun Zhao and Justin Wheeler

Reaching Those in Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 1999

Allen L. Schirm and Laura A. Castner

Work Incentives and Disincentives

Paul T. Decker

Channeling Evaluation Initial Research Design of the National-Long Term Care Demonstration

Peter Kemper, Robert Applebaum, Raymond J. Baxter, James J. Callahan, Jr., George J. Carcagno, Jon B. Christianson, Stephen L. Day, Thomas W. Grannemann, Jean Baldwin-Gorssman and Judith Wooldridge

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

Patricia Collins Higgins, Melanie Au and Erin Fries Taylor

Coordinating and Improving Care for Dual Eligibles in Nursing Facilities: Current Obstacles and Pathways to Improvement

James M. Verdier

Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports: Themes from Site Visits to Five States

Jenna Libersky, Cara Stepanczuk, Rebecca Lester, Kristie Liao and Debra Lipson

Three Independent Evaluations of Healthy Kids Programs Find Substantial Gains in Children's Dental Health Care

Dana Hughes, Embry Howell, Christopher Trenholm, Ian Hill and Lisa Dubay

Do Typical RCTs of Education Interventions Have Sufficient Statistical Power for Linking Impacts on Teacher Practice and Student Achievement Outcomes?

Peter Z. Schochet

Characteristics of Low-Wage Workers and Their Labor Market Experiences: Evidence from the Mid- to Late 1990s (Executive Summary)

Peter Schochet and Anu Rangarajan

A Portrait of Head Start Classrooms and Programs in Spring 2015: FACES 2014-2015 Data Tables and Study Design

Emily Moiduddin, Charles Bush, Mikia Manley, Nikki Aikens, Louisa Tarullo, Lizabeth Malone and Serge Lukashanets

Using State Tests for Evaluation Purposes

Henry May, Irma Perez-Johnson, Josh Haimson, Samina Sattar and Phil Gleason

The Faces of Medicaid: The Complexities of Caring for People with Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities

Susan M. Allen, Alison L. Croke, Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Margo Rosenbach and Arnold Chen Theresa Nguygen

Food Stamp Program Entry and Exit: Participation Trends in the 1990s (Presentation)

Scott Cody, Phil Gleason, Bruce Schechter, Miki Satake and Julie Sykes

Do Carrots Work Better than Sticks? Results from the National Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration

Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer and Robert G. Wood

What Do We Know About School Discipline Reform?

Matthew P. Steinberg and Johanna Lacoe

Structuring Employment-Based Services Within Jail Spaces and Schedules

Jennifer Henderson-Frakes

HHS/ASPE Webinar Series: Developing and Using Learning Agenda Approach to Evidence-building (Webinar 3 Transcript: CNCS)

Mary Hyde, Amanda Cash and Jessica McNab

Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Demonstration: Response to 21st Century Cures Act Requirements (Report to Congress)

Ellen Bouchery, Sandra Chao, Mary Allison Geibel, Claire Brindley, Christine O'Malley, Kara Zivin and Crystal Blyler

Variations in Classroom Language Environments of Preschool Children Who Are Low Income and Linguistically Diverse

Brook Sawyer, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Lia Sandilos, Carol Scheffner Hammer, Lisa Lopez and Clancy Blair

State Strategies for Improving Child Support Outcomes for Incarcerated Parents

Delara Aharpour, Lindsay Ochoa, Jillian Stein and Marykate Zukiewicz

Breastfeeding Practices and Knowledge in Indonesia

Amanda Beatty, Nick Ingwersen and Clair Null

Completeness of the CHIP and Dual Status Codes in 2017 (Brief)

Tasnuva Khan, Edward Weizenegger, Kimberly Proctor and Jessie Parker

Making Connections: Using Social Network Analysis for Program Evaluation

Todd Honeycutt

Montefiore Accountable Care Organization's Provider Engagement Strategy (Case Study)

Ethan Jacobs

TANF at 10: Welfare Reform in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania

Robert G. Wood and Justin Wheeler

National Evaluation of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: Methodological Appendices Regarding the Baseline Survey (Covering Workers Eligible Under the 2002 Program)

Peter Z. Schochet

Design of the Evaluation of the Effective Practice Incentive Community Initiative

Scott Cody, Alison Wellington and Duncan Chaplin

Sustaining Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs: Lessons Learned from Former OAH Grantees

Julia Alamillo, Subuhi Asheer, Betsy Keating and Jean Knab

Current and Former WFNJ Clients: How Are They and Their Children Faring 40 Months Later?

Anu Rangarajan and Amy Johnson

Exploring Mode Effects in a Panel Survey of New Businesses

Betsy Santos and David DesRoches

Examining Paradata of Minority-Owned Businesses in the Kauffman Firm Survey

Betsy Santos, David DesRoches, John Chen and Yuhong Zheng

Health Plans' Use of Physician Resource Use and Quality Measures

Timothy Lake, Margaret Colby and Stephanie Peterson

Evaluation of Healthy San Francisco

Catherine McLaughlin, Margaret Colby, Erin Taylor, Mary Harrington, Tricia Higgins, Vivian Byrd and Laurie Felland

Evaluation of the Ticket to Work Program: Initial Evaluation Report

Craig Thornton, Gina Livermore, David Stapleton, John Kregel, Tim Silva, Bonnie O'Day, Thomas Fraker, W. Grant Revell, Jr., Heather Schroeder and Meredith Edwards

Second-Generation Medicaid Managed Care: Can It Deliver?

Marsha Gold and Jessica Mittler

Denial of Abortion in Legal Settings

Caitlin Gerdts, Teresa DePiñeres, Selma Hajri, Jame Harries, Altaf Hossain, Mahesh Puri, Divya Vohra and Diana Greene Foster