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Tips to Improve Medicare-Medicaid Integration Using D-SNPs: Designing an Integrated Summary of Benefits Document

Erin Weir Lakhmani and Alexandra Kruse

Long-Term Impact Evaluation of the Malawi Wellness and Agriculture for Life Advancement Program

Ariel BenYisahy, Kristen Velyvis, Katherine Nolan, Lila Khatiwada, Carrie Dolan, Danice Brown Guzmán, Tom Purekal, Arif Mamun and Sara Wilf

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates: Fiscal Year 2010 (Summary)

Esa Eslami, Joshua Leftin and Mark Strayer

Maternity Group Homes Classification and Literature Review

Lara Hulsey

Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE): Recommendations of the Technical Advisory Panel Regarding the Use of Incentive Payments and the Evaluation Design

Thomas Fraker and Todd Honeycutt

Impacts After One Year of “Healing Classroom†on Children's Reading and Math Skills in DRC: Results from a Cluster Randomized Trial

J. Lawrence Aber, Catalina Torrente, Leighann Starkey, Brian Johnston, Edward Seidman and Peter Halpin

Outreach in a Time of Budget Tightness

Judith Wooldridge, Debra Strong, Ian Hill, Eileen Ellis, Karen Sautter and Holly Stockdale

State of Utah, Improving Food Stamp, Medicaid, and SCHIP Participation: Strategies and Challenges

Jessica Mittler and Gary Hyzer

Serving Noncustodial Parents: A Descriptive Study of Welfare-to-Work Programs

Karin Martinson, John Trutko and Debra Strong

Building and Sustaining Physician Networks in Medi-Cal Managed Care and Healthy Families

Jessica Mittler and Marsha Gold

Associations of Parent Ratings of Children's Behavior with Child Development in an Ethnically and Linguistically Diverse Sample of Preschool Children

Julieta Lugo-Gil, Yange Xue, Cheri Vogel, Elaine Hill, John M. Love, Deanna Gomby and Deborah Parrish

Emergency Department and Inpatient Hospital Use by Medicare Beneficiaries in Patient-Centered Medical Homes

Jesse M. Pines, Vincent Keyes, Martijn van Hasselt and Nancy McCall

Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Site Visit Report: The State of Texas TexCare Partnership

Corinna Hawkes and Ian Hill

Risk Adjustment: What Is the Current State of the Art and How Can it Be Improved?

Eric Schone and Randy Brown

Return to Work in the Health Care Sector: Promising Practices and Success Stories

Jacob Denne, George Kettner and Yonatan Ben-Shalom

Alternative Student Growth Measures for Teacher Evaluation: Implementation Experiences of Early-Adopting Districts

Moira McCullough, Brittany English, Megan Hague Angus and Brian Gill

Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment: Preliminary Findings from the National Evaluation

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

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

Results from the 2003 Targeted Beneficiary Survey on Access to Physician Services Among Medicare Beneficiaries

Timothy Lake, Marsha Gold, Anne Ciemnecki, Michael Sinclair, Nuria Diaz-Tena, Colette Lamothe-Galette and So Sasigant Limpa-Amara

State-Level Youth Unemployment Rates from 2019 to 2020

Hande Inanc and Megan McIntyre

Second-Generation Medicaid Managed Care: Can It Deliver?

Marsha Gold and Jessica Mittler

Providing Technical Assistance to Grantees Helping Families Navigate the Workforce and Child Care Systems

Elizabeth Brown, Grace Roemer, Max Rankin, Jessica Harding, Kara Conroy, Nickie Fung and Jeanette Holdbrook

Findings from the Healthy Start National Evaluation: Phase II

Deborah Klein Walker and Margo Rosenbach

Quality in Home-Based Child Care: A Review of Selected Literature

Juliet Bromer, Toni Porter, Christopher Jones, Marina Ragonese-Barnes and Jaimie Orland

Foundation's Consumer Advocacy Health Reform Initiative Strengthened Groups' Effectiveness

Debra Strong, Debra Lipson, Todd Honeycutt and Jung Kim

Use of Mobile Technology by Frontline Health Workers to Promote Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and Nutrition: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Bihar, India

Suzan L. Carmichael, Kala Mehta, Sridhar Srikantiah, Tanmay Mahapatra, Indrajit Chaudhuri, Ramkrishnan Balakrishnan, Sharad Chaturvedi, Hina Raheel, Evan Borkum, Shamik Trehan, Yingjie Weng, Rajani Kaimal, Anitha Sivasankaran, Swetha Sridharan, Dana Rotz, Usha Kiran Tarigopula, Debarshi Bhattacharya, Yamini Atmavilas, Kevin T. Pepper, Anu Rangarajan, Gary L. Darmstadt and Ananya Study Group

Designing Care Management Entities for Youth with Complex Behavioral Health Needs

Grace Anglin, Adam Swinburn, Leslie Foster, Cindy Brach and Linda Bergofsky

Impact and Implementation Findings from an Experimental Evaluation of Playworks: Effects on School Climate, Academic Learning, Student Social Skills and Behavior

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

CHIPRA Quality Demonstration States Help School-Based Health Centers Strengthen their Medical Home Features (Brief)

Mynti Hossain, Rebecca Coughlin and Joseph Zickafoose

Pay for Performance: Lessons from Experience

Suzanne Felt-Lisk

Empirical Bayes Shrinkage Estimates of State Food Stamp Participation Rates for 1998-2000

Laura A. Castner and Allen L. Schirm

Patterns and Processes of Pasture to Crop Conversion in Brazil: Evidence from Mato Grosso State

Avery S. Cohn, Juliana Gil, Thomas Berger, Heitor Pellegrina and Chantal Toledo

YTD Evaluation Finds Positive Impacts on Employment in Florida and West Virginia (In Focus Brief)

Thomas Fraker

Exploring Staff Time Use in 30 Early Care and Education Centers

Katie Gonzalez and Pia Caronongan

Drawing Across School Boundaries: How Federally Funded Magnet Schools Recruit and Admit Students

Moira McCullough, Lindsay Ochoa and Christina Clark Tuttle

Learn, Innovate, Improve (LI²): Enhancing Programs and Improving Lives (Practice Brief)

Michelle Derr, Ann Person and Jonathan McCay

Evaluation of the Independence at Home Demonstration: An Examination of the First Six Years

Laura Kimmey, Michael Anderson, Valerie Cheh, Jason Rotter and Andrea Wysocki

Exploring the Role of Partners and Spouses in the Decisions of Social Service Clients

M. Robin Dion

Progress and Challenges in Developing Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (TQRIS) in the Round 1 Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) States

Gretchen Kirby, Pia Caronongan, Andrea Mraz Esposito, Lauren Murphy, Megan Shoji, Patricia Del Grosso, Wamaitha Kiambuthi, Melissa Clark and Lisa Dragoset

Using Implementation Research to Guide Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination of Patient-Centered Medical Home Models

Laura Damschroder, Deborah Peikes and Dana Petersen

Design of the Evaluation of the Effective Practice Incentive Community Initiative

Scott Cody, Alison Wellington and Duncan Chaplin

Measuring School Climate Using the 2015 School Crime Supplement

Deborah Lessne, Christina Yanez and Michael Sinclair

Making Connections: Using Social Network Analysis for Program Evaluation

Todd Honeycutt

The Postretirement Well-Being of Workers With Disabilities

April Yanyuan Wu and Jody Schimmel Hyde

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

Tasnuva Khan, Edward Weizenegger, Kimberly Proctor and Jessie Parker

Analyzing the Effects of Data Collection Mode Change in the 2003 National Survey of Recent College Graduates (NSRCG)

Donsig Jang, Zhanyun Zhao and Kelly H. Kang

Community Tracking Survey of Households

John Hall

Longitudinal Experiences of an Early Cohort of Ticket to Work Participants

Gina Livermore, Allison Roche and Sarah Prenovitz

Measuring the Effects of Short-Time Compensation on Workforce Dynamics

Karen Needels and Walter Nicholson

Organizing Care for Complex Patients in the Patient-Centered Medical Home (Journal Article)

Eugene C. Rich, Debra Lipson, Jenna Libersky, Deborah N. Peikes and Michael L. Parchman

Low-Cost, Low-Administrative Burden: Ways to Better Integrate Care for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees

Integrated Care Resource Center

Erroneous Payments in the NSLP and SBP, Volume I: Study Findings

Michael Ponza, Philip M. Gleason, Lara Hulsey and Quinn Moore

Identifying Enhanced Instructional Practices that Support English Language Learners: Background Literature Review for Study 2 of the Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study

Nikki Aikens, Sarah Duffy and John M. Love

Embedding Employment Services in an Opioid Treatment Facility

Colleen Staatz

National Assessment of Title I Final Report Volume II: Closing the Reading Gap: Findings from a Randomized Trial of Four Reading Interventions for Striving Readers (Appendices)

Joseph Torgesen, Allen Schirm, Laura Castner, Sonya Vartivarian, Wendy Mansfield, David Myers, Fran Stancavage, Donna Durno, Rosanne Javorsky and Cinthia Haan

Serving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Recipients in a Post-Recession Environment

Elizabeth Brown and Michelle K. Derr

Development of the Uncertainty Communication Checklist: A Patient-Centered Approach to Patient Discharge From the Emergency Department

Kristin L. Rising, Rhea E. Powell, Kenzie A. Cameron, David H. Salzman, Dimitrios Papanagnou, Amanda M.B. Doty, Lori Latimer, Katherine Piserchia, William C. McGaghie and Danielle M. McCarthy

Feeding Low-Income Children When School Is Out: The Summer Food Service Program

Anne Gordon, Ronette Briefel, Karen Needels, Nancy Wemmerus, Teresa Zavitsky, Randy Rosso, Tania Tasse, Laura Kalb, Anne Peterson and Darryl Creel

Surveying Persons with Disabilities: A Source Guide, Version I

Jason Markesich, James Cashion and Martha Bleeker

Considerations in Designing Personal Health Records for Underserved Populations

Ann Bagchi, Lorenzo Moreno and Raquel af Ursin

Making Health Care a Reality for Low-Income Children and Families

Judith Wooldridge

The Reaching the Working Poor and Poor Elderly Study: What We Learned and Recommendations for Future Research

Sheena McConnell and Michael Ponza

Congressional Status Report: Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Demonstrations, Appendices

Ronette Briefel, Ann Collins, Jeanne Bellotti, Jacob Klerman, Christopher W. Logan, Charlotte Cabili, Gretchen Rowe, Jacey Greece, Cheryl Owens and Andy Weiss

Transforming Business as Usual and Advancing Innovation Through Public-Private Partnerships

Delara Aharpour, Brittany English, Annalisa Mastri and Jason Perkins-Cohen

Using Incentives to Promote Job Retention and Advancement: Guidance from the Performance Improvement Industry

Heather Hill and LaDonna Pavetti

Child Support Cooperation Requirements in Child Care Subsidy Programs and SNAP: Key Policy Considerations

Rebekah Selekman and Pamela Holcomb

Understanding the Effect of KIPP as it Scales: Volume I, Impacts on Achievement and Other Outcomes

Christina Clark Tuttle, Philip Gleason, Virginia Knechtel, Ira Nichols-Barrer, Kevin Booker, Gregory Chojnacki, Thomas Coen and Lisbeth Goble

What I Learned at My Daughter’s School

Paul Decker

Oral Health Promotion, Prevention, and Treatment Strategies for Head Start Families: Early Findings from the Oral Health Initiative Evaluation Volume I Final Interim Report

Patricia Del Grosso, Amy Brown, Heather Zaveri, Sandra Silva, Beth Zimmerman, Anne Hopewell and Diane Paulsell

Measurement Error in Household Surveys: Sources and Measurement

Daniel Kasprzyk

Association of Maternal Obesity and Depressive Symptoms with Television-Viewing Time in Low-Income Preschool Children

Hilary L. Burdette, Robert C. Whitaker, Robert S. Kahn and Jean Harvey-Berino

Evaluation of Short-Time Compensation Programs: Data Set

Stephen Walsh, Rebecca A. London, Deana McCanne, Karen Needels, Walter Nicholson and Stuart Kerachsky

School-Age Children Income-Eligible for Child Nutrition Programs in Multiple-Month Periods by Type of Benefit, Based on 2004 SIPP Panel Core Data Waves 8, 9, and 10 (Analysis Period: July–October 2006)

Carole Trippe and Joel Smith

National Job Corps Study: Eligible Applicants' Perspectives on Job Corps Outreach and Admissions

Peter Schochet

Medicare Beneficiaries and Choice in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area, 2000

Marsha Gold and Jessica Mittler

Dietary Intake and Dietary Attitudes Among Food Stamp Participants and Other Low-Income Individuals

Philip M. Gleason, Anu Rangarajan and Christine Olson

An Institutional Analysis of American Job Centers: Study Highlights

Pamela Holcomb, Linda Rosenberg, Elizabeth Brown, Brittney English, Kate Dunham and Hannah Betesh

The Value of the Output and Services Produced by Students While Enrolled in Job Corps

Sheena McConnell

Using Paradata for Nonresponse Weighting Adjustments

Donsig Jang, Amang Sukasih, Kelly H. Kang and Stephen H. Cohen

How States and Institutions Can Work Together to Serve Adult Learners: Lessons from Adult Promise

Ann Person, Julie Bruch and Ashley Hong

Letter to Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking

Paul Decker

Psychiatric Versus Physical Disabilities: A Comparison of Barriers and Facilitators to Employment

Purvi Sevak and Shamima Khan

Do Disadvantaged Students Get Less Effective Teaching? Key Findings from Recent Institute of Education Sciences Studies (Evaluation Brief)

Jeffrey Max and Steven Glazerman

Enrollment, Employment, and Earnings in the Medicaid Buy-In Program, 2011

Matthew Kehn

Inter-Rater Reliability Analysis of Data to Document the Consultative Examination Process, Volume 1

David Wittenburg, Debra Wright, Sloane Frost, Gordon Steinagle and Ron Fine

Scaling Programs with Research Evidence and Effectiveness (SPREE)

Nan Maxwell and Scott Richman

State Policies to Encourage High-Deductible and Limited-Benefit Health Plans: Costs, Constituents, and Concerns

Lynn Quincy

Learning from State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies on the Eve of WIOA: State Differences in Service Receipt and Employment Outcomes by Applicant Employment Status

David R. Mann and Sarah Croake

Shrinkage of Value-Added Estimates and Characteristics of Students with Hard-to-Predict Achievement Levels (Journal Article)

Mariesa Herrmann, Elias Walsh and Eric Isenberg

Mental Health Services in Special Needs Plans: Integrated Care for Persons with Mental Disorders

James M. Verdier

Building Strong Families: The Evaluation Design

Sheena McConnell, Robert Wood, Barbara Devaney, Sarah Avellar, M. Robin Dion and Heather H. Zaveri

Migration Patterns for Medicaid Enrollees, 2005-2007

David Baugh and Shinu Verghese

Assessing the Evidence Base: Strategies That Support Employment for Low-Income Adults

Emily Sama-Miller, Alyssa Maccarone, Annalisa Mastri and Kelley Borradaile

Aspects of Health Reform: Contributions from the Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured

Catherine McLaughlin, Helen Levy and Brian Quinn

Compendium of Student, Teacher, and Classroom Measures Used in NCEE Evaluations of Educational Interventions, Volume I: Measures Selection Approaches and Compendium Development Methods

Kimberly Boller, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Elizabeth M. Malone, Gail P. Baxter and Jerry West

The Robustness of Estimates of the Distribution of Usual Dietary Intake to Alternative Sample Sizes

Sheena McConnell

Sources of MyPyramid Intakes Among School Children

Elizabeth M. Condon and Mary Kay Fox

Informal Child Care in Philadelphia

Megan Hague Angus, Mynti Hossain and Cleo Jacobs Johnson

Children's Outcomes in Los Angeles Universal Preschool

Yange Xue, Emily Moiduddin, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Sharon Murphy and Artineh Samkian

Taking a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program to the Home: The AIM 4 Teen Moms Experience (Executive Summary)

Subuhi Asheer and Ellen Kisker