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Coverage Advocacy Can Be Sustained After the Funding Ends

Beth Stevens and Sheila Hoag

Gaps in Timely Access to Care Among Workers by Disability Status

Jody Schimmel Hyde and Gina A. Livermore

Ticket to Work Participant Characteristics and Outcomes Under the Revised Regulations

Gina A. Livermore, Denise Hoffman and Maura Bardos

Health Departments Respond to Budget and Workforce Pressures

Megan McHugh, Rose Marie Martinez, Rebecca Kliman and Sara Roschwalb

Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence: Compiling Evidence and Supporting Communities in Vaccine Acceptance and Distribution

Brigitte Manteuffel and Julie Schilz

Embedding Employment Services in an Opioid Treatment Facility

Colleen Staatz

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

Measuring the Effects of Short-Time Compensation on Workforce Dynamics

Karen Needels and Walter Nicholson

Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: DIZZTINCT–A Study Protocol for an Exploratory Stepped-Wedge Randomized Trial

William J. Meurer, Kathryn E. Beck, Brigid Rowell, Devin Brown, Alexander Tsodikov, Angela Fagerlin, Steven A. Telian, Laura Damschroder, Lawrence C. An, Lewis B. Morgenstern, Misty Ujhely, Laura Loudermilk, Sandeep Vijan and Kevin A. Kerber

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

QRS Profile: Virginia Star Quality Initiative

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

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

Sheena McConnell and Michael Ponza

Understanding American Indian and Alaska Native Early Childhood Needs: The Potential of Existing Data

Lizabeth Malone, Emily Knas, Sara Bernstein and Lindsay Read Feinberg

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

Deborah J. Chollet

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

Challenges in Improving Care for High-Risk Seniors in Medicare: Lessons and Observations from Past Field Demonstrations

Marsha Gold, Timothy Lake, William E. Black and Mark Smith

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

NSLP Certification Accuracy Research Summary of Preliminary Findings

Prepared by the Food and Nutrition Service based on Mathematica Research

Spring 2013 State Interview Protocol

Mathematica Staff

Companion Document for the Strategic Data Project and Education Pioneers Year 2 Report: Changing Education Agencies from the Inside Out

Kristin Hallgren and Alyson Burnett

Crime and Private Investment in Urban Neighborhoods

Johanna Lacoe, Raphael Bostic and Arthur Acolin

Critical Challenges in Making Health Services Research Relevant to Decision Makers

Marsha R. Gold

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

Karen E. Cunnyngham

Promise Neighborhood Site Profile: Buffalo Promise Neighborhood

Lara Hulsey and Kimberly Boller

New Findings from the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study: Data to Inform Action

Ronette R. Briefel

Lessons from Three Pilots to Integrate Physical and Behavioral Health Care for Medicaid Beneficiaries in Pennsylvania

Jung Y. Kim, Angela M. Gerolamo and Jonathan Brown

Charter High Schools' Effects on Educational Attainment and Earnings (Issue Brief)

Kevin Booker, Brian Gill, Tim Sass and Ron Zimmer

Using EQROs to Improve the Quality of Preventive and Developmental Services

Henry T. Ireys, Tara Krissik, Anne Markus and Sara Rosenbaum

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

Elizabeth Brown and Michelle K. Derr

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

Nan Maxwell, Kristen Joyce, Diane Herz and Angela Edwards

Changing Education Agencies from the Inside Out: Year 2 Report on the Strategic Data Project and Education Pioneers

Cassie Pickens Jewell, Libby Makowsky, Kristin Hallgren and Jacob Hartog

Usability of Procedure Codes in 2017 (Brief)

Julia Baller, Kimberly Proctor and Jessie Parker

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

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

The Children of LAUP: Executive Summary of the First 5 LA Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study

John M. Love, Sally Atkins-Burnett and Cheri Vogel

Informal Child Care in Philadelphia

Megan Hague Angus, Mynti Hossain and Cleo Jacobs Johnson

The Role of Social Networks Among Low-Income Fathers: Findings from the PACT Evaluation

Angela Valdovinos D'Angelo, Emily Knas, Pamela Holcomb and Kathryn Edin

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

Mariesa Herrmann, Elias Walsh and Eric Isenberg

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

Sampling Children for a Study of the State Children's Health Insurance Program

Mourad Touzani, Frank Potter and Amy Zambrowski

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

Lara Converse, Kirsten Barrett, Eugene Rich and James Reschovsky

Offering Data Collection Incentives to Adults at Risk for Substance Use Disorder

Angela Valdovinos D'Angelo, Jacqueline Crowley, Lauren Maul and Debra Strong

Children's Outcomes in Los Angeles Universal Preschool

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

How Desegregation Changed Us: The Effects of Racially Mixed Schools on Students and Society

Amy Stuart Wells, Jennifer Jellison Holme, Anita Tijerina Revilla and Awo Korantemaa Atanda

Methods to Identify Changes in Access Among Medicaid Beneficiaries

Risa Nakajima, Joe Zickafoose and Allison Dodd

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

Sheena McConnell

Mathematica's State Medicaid Consulting and Advisory Services

Clint Eisenhower

Progress Toward Comprehensive Contraceptive Access Through The Right Time in Missouri

So O'Neil, Emily Hoe and Maggie Magee

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

Richard Strouse, Barbara Carlson and John Hall

Utilization of Dental Services Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children

Ellen Bouchery

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

The Narrative Communications Project: Takeaway Findings on a Message-Framing Approach

Sheila Hoag, Victoria Peebles, Christopher Trenholm and Gene Lewit

Evaluation of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe/Job ChalleNGe Program

Jillian Berk, Ariella Kahn-Lang Spitzer, Jillian Stein, Karen Needels, Christian Geckeler, Anne Paprocki, Ivette Gutierrez and Megan Millenky

Demonstrated Interest: Signaling Behavior in College Admissions

James A. Dearden, Suhui Li, Chad Meyerhoefer and Muzhe Yang

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

Replicating Home Visiting Programs with Fidelity: Baseline Data and Preliminary Findings

Deborah Daro, Bonnie Hart, Kimberly Boller and M.C. Bradley

No-Deadlines Synthetic Control and Exploratory Outcomes Analysis and Recommendations for a Future Rigorous Evaluation

Lily Fesler and Lindsay Fox

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

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

Researchers Speak: Insights about Family Stability and Self-Sufficiency, A Viewer's Guide

Scott W. Allard, Greg Fabiano, Colleen Heflin, Jodi Sandfort and Valerie Uccellani

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

Maggie Colby and Jim Verdier

Risk Selection Among SSI Enrollees in TennCare

Steven Hill, Christopher Trenholm, Craig Thornton and Judith Wooldridge

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

Liz Schott and Lara Petrou Green

Efforts to Meet Children's Physical Activity and Nutritional Needs: Findings from the I Am Moving, I Am Learning Implementation Evaluation

Mary Kay Fox, Kristin Hallgren, Kimberly Boller, Alyn Turner, Charlotte Cabili, Elizabeth Condon, Patricia Del Grosso, David Eden, Daniel Finkelstein, Barbara Kennen, Andrea Mraz Esposito and Renée Nogales

Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3): Four Years After Initial Authorization

Elías S. Hanno, Brittney Gionfriddo and Linda Rosenberg

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

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

Five Key Considerations for Exploring the Medicaid Health Homes Opportunity

Center for Health Care Strategies and Mathematica Policy Research

How Much Do the Effects of Education and Training Programs Vary Across Sites? Evidence from Past Multisite Randomized Trials

Michael J. Weiss, Howard S. Bloom, Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Himani Gupta, Alma E. Vigil and Daniel N. Cullinan

Migration Patterns for Medicaid Enrollees, 2005-2007

David Baugh and Shinu Verghese

Extending Medicaid Coverage to Low-Income Childless Adults: Opportunities and Cautions for Managed Care Plans

James M. Verdier

An Empty Toolbox: Changes in Health Plans' Approaches for Managing Costs and Care

Glen Mays, Robert E. Hurley and Joy M. Grossman

How Does Value Added Compare to Student Growth Percentiles?

Elias Walsh and Eric Isenberg

Planning Section 1115 Demonstration Implementation to Enable Strong Evaluation Designs

James D. Reschovsky and Katharine Bradley

The Rogosin Institute's Initiative to Promote Health Literacy (Case Study)

Meg Maxwell and Jane Ahn

Effects of Team-Based Goals and Non-Monetary Incentives on Front-Line Health Worker Performance and Maternal Health Behaviours: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial in Bihar, India

Suzan L. Carmichael, Kala Mehta, Hina Raheel, Sridhar Srikantiah, Indrajit Chaudhuri, Shamik Trehan, Sunil Mohanty, Evan Borkum, Tanmay Mahapatra, Yingjie Weng, Rajani Kaimal, Anita Sivasankaran, Swetha Sridharan, Dana Rotz, Usha Kiran Tarigopula, Debarshi Bhattacharya, Yamini Atmavilas, Wolfgang Munar, Anu Rangarajan and Gary L. Darmstadt

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

Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project: Research Connections Data Files

Helen Raikes and Anne Bloomenthal

Facilitating Local Cross-Sector Collaboration: Strategies for Intermediaries

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

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

Ann Person, Julie Bruch and Ashley Hong

Promoting Opportunity Demonstration: Using Web Surveys for People with Disabilities

Michael Levere, David Wittenburg, Martha Kovac, Stacie Feldman and Stacy Dale

Keeping Youth Out of the Deep End of the Juvenile Justice System

Todd Honeycutt, Janine Zweig, Megan Hague Angus, Sino Esthappan, Johanna Lacoe, Leah Sakala and Douglas Young

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

Jessica Ross, Kristie Liao and Andrea Wysocki

Final Impacts of the POWER Through Choices Program

Reginald D. Covington, Brian Goesling, Christina Clark Tuttle, Molly Crofton, Jennifer Manlove, Roy F. Oman and Sara Vesely

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

Diet Quality of Americans by SNAP Participation Status: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2010

Elizabeth Condon, Susan Drilea, Keri Jowers, Carolyn Lichtenstein, James Mabli, Emily Madden and Katherine Niland

Impacts of Abstinence Education on Teen Sexual Activity, Risk of Pregnancy, and Risk of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Christopher Trenholm, Barbara Devaney, Kenneth Fortson, Melissa Clark, Lisa Quay and Justin Wheeler

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

Jeffrey Max and Steven Glazerman

RPG Child and Family Outcomes: Fifth Annual Report to Congress

Debra Strong, Russell Cole, Angela D’Angelo, Juliette Henke and Yange Xue

Universal Engagement in Practice: Lessons from the Implementation of the Pathways Case Management System

LaDonna Pavetti, Michelle Derr, Jacqueline Kauff and Gretchen Kirby

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

Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 2000

Karen E. Cunnyngham

A US National Study of the Association Between Income and Ambulance Response Time in Cardiac Arrest

Renee Y. Hsia, Delphine Huang, N. Clay Mann, Christopher Colwell, Mary P. Mercer, Mengtao Dai and Matthew Niedzwiecki

Using American Community Survey Disability Data to Improve the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Accuracy

Jack Gettens, Pei-Pei Lei and Alexis D. Henry

Use of With-in-Primary-Sample-Unit Variances to Assess the Stability of a Standard Design-Based Variance Estimator

Donsig Jang and John L. Eltinge

Research Review: Understanding Discipline Disparities in Maryland (Infographic)

Johanna Lacoe and Mikia Manley

Changes in Hospital Utilization Three Years into Maryland’s Global Budget Program for Rural Hospitals

Eric T. Roberts, Laura A. Hatfield, J. Michael McWilliams, Michael E. Chernew, Nicolae Done, Sule Gerovich, Lauren Gilstrap and Ateev Mehrotra

Data and Decision Making Same Organization, Different Perceptions; Different Organizations, Different Perceptions

Nan L. Maxwell, Dana Rotz and Christina Garcia

Establishing and Maintaining Medicaid Eligibility Upon Release from Public Institutions

Audra Wenzlow, Henry T. Ireys, Carol Irvin and Matthew Hodges

The Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Purchases and Consumption by Adults and Children

John Cawley, David Frisvold, Anna Hill and David Jones

An Institutional Analysis of American Job Centers: Resource Sharing Practices Among AJCs

Brittany English and Sarah Osborn