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Review of SoonerCare Behavioral Health Services

Melanie Au and James Verdier

Facilitating Local Cross-Sector Collaboration: Strategies for Intermediaries

Kara Conroy, Mary Anne Anderson, Annalisa Mastri, Amanda Benton and Gretchen Lehman

How Temporary Insurance for High-Risk Individuals May Play Out Under Health Reform

Deborah J. Chollet

Report on Survey Methods for the Community Tracking Study's 1998-1999 Round Two Household Survey

Richard Strouse, Barbara Carlson and John Hall

Rapid-Cycle Evaluation (In Focus)

Mathematica Policy Research

School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children

Committee on Nutrition Standards for National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs of which Mary Kay Fox is a Member

Summer Feeding Design Study, Vol. I: Design and Costs for Program Component

Ronette Briefel, Michael Sinclair, Laura Kalb, Anne Gordon, Fazana Saleem-Ismail and amd Martha Kovac

State Variation in Out-of-Home Medicaid Mental Health Services for Children and Youth: An Examination of Residential Treatment and Inpatient Hospital Services

Jonathan Brown, Brenda Natzke, Henry Ireys, Matthew Gillingham and Morris Hamilton

Case Study of Father Engagement in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs: ForeverDads

Danielle DeLisle, Rebekah Selekman and Pamela Holcomb

Learn, Innovate, Improve: Lessons from Mesa County's Efforts to Increase Engagement in the Colorado Works Program

Julie Worthington Hartnack, Shelley Grattan and Jerrie Julius

Evaluation of the Ticket to Work Program: Assessment of Post-Rollout Implementation and Early Impacts (Technical Appendices)

Craig Thornton, Gina Livermore, Thomas Fraker, David Stapleton, Bonnie O'Day, David Wittenburg, Nanette Goodman, Tim Silva, Emily Sama Martin, Jesse Gregory, Debra Wright and Arif Mamun

Process and Implementation Issues in the Design and Conduct of Programs to Aid The Reemployment and Dislocated Workers

Walter Corson and Rebecca Maynard Jack Wichita

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

Tricia Collins Higgins and Karina Wagnerman

Training Enrollment and Completion: By the Numbers (Infographic)

Annalisa Mastri and Dana Rotz

The Vocational Rehabilitation Program Evaluation Coach (Issue Brief)

Rachel Miller and Todd Honeycutt

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

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

Sheena McConnell

Self-Regulation Training Approaches and Resources to Improve Staff Capacity for Implementing Healthy Marriage Programs for Youth: Executive Summary

Scott Baumgartner, Aly Frei, Diane Paulsell, Mindy Herman-Stahl, Rebecca Dunn and Chelsea Yamamoto

Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the Children's Health Insurance Program: A Case Study of Californias Healthy Families Program

Ian Hill, Sarah Benatar and Juliana Macri

Federal Programs for Persons with Disabilities

Brian O. Burwell, Bonnie Preston and Sarah Bailey

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

Resilience in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned from the Boston Children’s Collaboration for Community Health

So O'Neil and Allison Steiner

Pathways to the Use of Health Services Research in Policy

Marsha Gold

Accounting for Geographic Variation in DI and SSI Participation

Jack Gettens, Pei-Pei Lei and Alexis Henry

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

Lea Nolan, Angela Merrill and Gary Hyzer

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

Dual Eligible Care in a SNP vs. FFS: Preliminary Findings from a Natural Arizona Experiment

Maggie Colby and Jim Verdier

Evaluation of Short-Time Compensation Programs: Data Set

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

Leading the Way: Characteristics and Early Experiences of Selected Early Head Start Programs. Volume III: Program Implementation

Diane Paulsell, Ellen Eliason Kisker, John M. Love, Helen Raikes, Kimberly Boller, Linda Rosenberg, Kathleen Coolahan and Lisa J. Berlin

Structural Components of Integrated Behavioral Health Care: A Comparison of National Programs

Matthew L. Goldman, Deborah M. Scharf, Jonathan Brown, Sarah H. Scholle and Harold A. Pincus

Five Key Considerations for Exploring the Medicaid Health Homes Opportunity

Center for Health Care Strategies and Mathematica Policy Research

QRS Profile: Virginia Star Quality Initiative

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

Advancing Integrated Care for Dually Eligible Individuals: Factors Influencing State D-SNP Contracting Decisions

Erin Weir Lakhmani, Danielle Chelminsky, Alena Tourtellotte, Alyssa Bosold, Debra Lipson and James Verdier

Building Strong Families: The Evaluation Design

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

Evaluation of the Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge Grants: Interim Findings on Multiagency Collaboration and Cluster Progress

Megan Hague Angus, Jeanne Bellotti, Kevin Hollenbeck and Brittany English

Measurement and Evaluation Plan Template

Kate Place, Gregory Chojnacki, Virginia Knechtel, Andy Gothro, Megan Shoji and Lindsay Fox

Non-Cash Categorical Eligibility for SNAP: State Policies and the Number and Characteristics of SNAP Households Categorically Eligible Through Those Policies

Carole Trippe and Jessica Gillooly

Association Between Enhanced Access Services in Pediatric Primary Care and Utilization of Emergency Departments: A National Parent Survey

Joseph S. Zickafoose, Lisa R. DeCamp and Lisa A. Prosser

Effects of Compliance with the Early Management Bundle (SEP-1) on Mortality Changes among Medicare Beneficiaries with Sepsis: A Propensity Score Matched Cohort Study

Sean R. Townsend, Gary S. Phillips, Reena Duseja, Lemeneh Tefera, Derek Cruikshank, Robert Dickerson, Bryant Nguyen, Christa A. Schorr, Mitchell M. Levy, Phillip Dellinger, William A. Conway, Warren S. Browner and Emanuel P. Rivers

An Institutional Analysis of American Job Centers: Study Highlights

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

Data Missingness in the Michigan NEMSIS (MI-EMSIS) Dataset: A Mixed-Methods Study

Mahshid Abir, Rekar K. Taymour, Jason E. Goldstick, Rosalie Malsberger, Jane Forman, Stuart Hammond and Kathy Wahl

Case Studies of Leading Primary Care Practice Facilitation Programs

Erin Fries Taylor, Lyndee Knox, Dana Petersen, Kristin Geonnotti and Rachel Machta

Implementing Eligibility Changes Under the Affordable Care Act: Issues Facing State Medicaid and CHIP Programs

Cheryl A. Camillo

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

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

Evaluating Basic Science Investments: Toward a More Robust Practice

Clemencia Cosentino, Leslie Foster and Julia Klebanov

Meals Offered and Served in US Public Schools: Do They Meet Nutrient Standards?

Mary Kay Crepinsek, Anne R. Gordon, Patricia M. McKinney, Elizabeth M. Condon and Ander Wilson

Quality Dosage, Thresholds, and Features in Early Childhood Settings: Literature Review Tables

Martha Zaslow, Rachel Anderson, Zakia Redd, Julia Wessel, Louisa Tarullo and Margaret Burchinal

Micro-Credentials: Do They Hold Promise for Low-Skilled Workers? (Issue Brief)

Nan Maxwell, Kristen Joyce, Diane Herz and Angela Edwards

Integrating Care for Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries with Serious Mental Illnesses (In Focus Brief)

Jung Y. Kim, Tricia Collins Higgins, Dominick Esposito, Angela M. Gerolamo and Mark Flick

National Evaluation of Healthy Start: Year 2 Annual Report

Barbara Devaney, David Edson, Barbara Foot, Embry Howell, Marie McCormick, Lorenzo Moreno, Ian Hill and Luke Henderson

Usability of Procedure Codes in 2017 (Brief)

Julia Baller, Kimberly Proctor and Jessie Parker

Empathic Concern for Children and the Gender-Donations Gap

Jordan van Rijn, Esteban J. Quiñones and Bradford L. Barham

Medicaid Section 1915(c) Waiver Programs Annual Expenditures and Beneficiaries Report, 2017-2018

Jessica Ross, Kristie Liao and Andrea Wysocki

Community Health Worker Interventions for Older Adults with Complex Health Needs: A Systematic Review

Meaghan A. Kennedy, Kayla E. Hatchell, Peter R. DiMilia, Stephanie M. Kelly, Heather B. Blunt, Pamela J. Bagley, Michael A. LaMantia, Charles F. Reynolds, Iii, Rebecca S. Crow, Tara N. Maden, S. Logan Kelly, Jacqueline M. Kihwele and John A. Batsis

Promoting Opportunity Demonstration: Design Report

David Wittenburg, Kenneth Fortson, David Stapleton, Noelle Denny-Brown, Rosalind Keith, David R. Mann, Heinrich Hock and Heather Gordon

Letter to Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking

Paul Decker

Technical Documentation for the Fiscal Year 2014 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Quality Control Database and the QC Minimodel

Alma Vigil, Kelsey Farson Gray, Shivani Kochhar and Bruce Schechter

Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness Review (Executive Summary)

Emily Sama-Miller, Lauren Akers, Andrea Mraz-Esposito, Sarah Avellar, Diane Paulsell and Patricia Del Grosso

Surveying Persons with Disabilities: A Source Guide, Version I

Jason Markesich, James Cashion and Martha Bleeker

Assessing the Nutrient Intakes of Vulnerable Subgroups

Barbara Devaney, Myoung Kim, Alicia Carriquiry and Gabriel Camano-Garcia

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

Lynn Quincy

HMO's Profits on Their Medicare Risk Plans

Richard T. Shin and Randall S. Brown

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

Sheena McConnell

Implementation and Impacts of the Substantial Gainful Activity Project Demonstration in Kentucky

Frank Martin and Purvi Sevak

Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education for Expectant and New Mothers: The One-Year Impacts of MotherWise

Ankita Patnaik and Robert G. Wood

Home Visiting Programs: Reviewing Evidence of Effectiveness (Brief)

Emily Sama-Miller, Lauren Akers, Andrea Mraz-Esposito, Marykate Zukiewicz, Sarah Avellar, Diane Paulsell and Patricia Del Grosso

School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study Final Report Volume 1: School Meal Program Operations and School Nutrition Environments

Sarah Forrestal, Charlotte Cabili, Dallas Dotter, Christopher W. Logan, Patricia Connor, Maria Boyle, Ayesha Enver and Hiren Nissar

The Impact of Access Regulation on Health Insurance Market Structure

Deborah J. Chollet, Adele M. Kirk and Kosali Ilayperuma Simon

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

Judith Wooldridge

Planning the 2010 Census: Second Interim Report

Panel on Research on Future Census Methods of which Allen L. Schirm is a Member

Surveying Consumer Satisfaction to Assess Managed-Care Quality: Current Practices

Marsha Gold and Judith Wooldridge

Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE): Wisconsin PROMISE Process Analysis Report

Rebekah Selekman, Mary Anne Anderson, Todd Honeycutt, Karen Katz, Jacqueline Kauff, Joseph Mastrianni and Adele Rizzuto

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

Mariesa Herrmann, Elias Walsh and Eric Isenberg

Interim Report on Grants Under the ENRM Project in Malawi

Kristen Velyvis, Thomas Coen, Irina Cheban, Naomi Dorsey and Arif Mamun

Cost-Effectiveness of Endocrine Therapy Versus Radiotherapy Versus Combined Endocrine and Radiotherapy for Older Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Stephanie B. Wheeler, Jason Rotter, Christopher D. Baggett, Xi Zhou, Timothy Zagar and Katherine E. Reeder-Hayes

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

Donated Care Programs: A Stopgap Measure or a Long-Run Alternative to Health Insurance?

Jeffrey T. Kullgren, Erin Fries Taylor and Catherine G. McLaughlin

Promoting Access in Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care: A Toolkit for Ensuring Provider Network Adequacy and Service Availability

Debra J. Lipson, Jenna Libersky, Katharine Bradley, Corinne Lewis, Allison Wishon Siegwarth and Rebecca Lester

Evaluation of the SourceAmerica® Pathways to Careers™ Program (Fact Sheet)

Mathematica Policy Research

Recent Practice/Future Possibilities: A Survey of Practitioners in International Commercial Arbitration

Grace Farrell Roemer, Melissa Miller and Martha Kovac

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

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

Assessing the Implementation and Cost of High Quality Early Care and Education: A Review of the Literature

Pia Caronongan, Gretchen Kirby, Kimberly Boller, Emily Modlin and Julia Lyskawa

Does Health Information Exchange Reduce Redundant Imaging? Evidence from Emergency Departments

Eric J. Lammers, Julia Adler-Milstein and Keith E. Kocher

Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC): Descriptive Study of Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (TQRIS)

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

Effects of a Nursing Home Telehealth Program on Spending and Utilization for Medicare Residents

Evelyn Li, Mynti Hossain, Boyd Gilman, Lauren Vollmer Forrow, Katie Morrison Lee and Randall Brown

Elementary School Data Issues: Implications for Research Using Value-Added Models

Eric Isenberg, Bing-ru Teh and Elias Walsh

Methods of Observing Variations in Physicians' Decisions: The Opportunities of Clinical Vignettes

Lara Converse, Kirsten Barrett, Eugene Rich and James Reschovsky

Income Variability Among Families with Pregnant Women, Infants, or Young Children

Anne Gordon, Kimball Lewis and Larry Radbill

Premium Assistance Demonstrations: The Challenges of Interagency and Public/Private Coordination

Katharine Bradley and Karina Wagnerman

Frequently Asked Questions: Evaluation Start-Up

Susan Zief, Juliette Henke, John Deke, Russ Cole and Melissa Thomas

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

Measuring School Leaders' Effectiveness: Final Report from a Multiyear Pilot of Pennsylvania's Framework for Leadership

Moira McCullough, Stephen Lipscomb, Hanley Chiang, Brian Gill and Irina Cheban

Employment Coaching: Evidence Snapshot

Lindsay Cattell, Jillian Stein and Dana Rotz

Financial Inclusion and Resilience to COVID-19 Economic Shocks: Evidence from Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda

Abbie Turiansky, Erin Lipman, Arif Mamun, Cullen Seaton, Jonathan Gellar and Sarah Hughes

Migration Patterns for Medicaid Enrollees, 2005-2007

David Baugh and Shinu Verghese

Strategic Data Project and Education Pioneers Year 1 Report: Laying the Groundwork for Data-Driven Decision Making

Kristin Hallgren, Cassie Pickens Jewell, Celina Kamler, Jacob Hartog and Andrew Gothro

Reaching Those in Need: State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates in 2009

Karen E. Cunnyngham

Conceptual Frameworks for Intentional Approaches to Improving Economic Security and Child Well-Being

Teresa Eckrich Sommer, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Emily Sama-Miller, Christine Ross and Scott Baumgartner

Children's Outcomes in Los Angeles Universal Preschool

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

Measurement Error in Household Surveys: Sources and Measurement

Daniel Kasprzyk