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The Cost of Implementing a Home Visiting Program Designed to Prevent Repeat Pregnancies Among Adolescent Mothers

Theresa Schulte Neelan and Brian Goesling

Pathways-to-Outcomes Snapshots: Tools for Building Evidence for Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (HMRE) Programs

Daniel Friend, Amy Overcash, Pamela Holcomb and Heather Zaveri

Self-Insurance and Stop Loss for Small Employers

Deborah Chollet

Examining the Oral Language Competency of Children from Korean Immigrant Families in English-Only and Dual Language Immersion Schools

Jane Younga Choi, Jin Sook Lee and Janet S. Oh

QRS Profile: New Mexico Look for the STARS—AIM HIGH

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

Quality of Care Initiatives for CSHCN: Building the Foundation

Henry T. Ireys

The Effects of Employment Counseling on Labor Market Outcomes for Adults and Dislocated Workers: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Experiment

Sheena McConnell, Peter Schochet, Dana Rotz, Ken Fortson, Paul Burkander and Annalisa Mastri

HHS/ASPE Webinar Series: Developing and Using Learning Agenda Approach to Evidence-building (Webinar 2 Transcript: USDA, FAS)

Eleanor Morefield, Amanda Cash and Jessica McNab

Designing Services for Youth and Young Adults At-Risk of Homelessness: Key Components of YARH Grantees’ Comprehensive Service Models

Rosalind Keith, Nuzhat Islam, Rumin Sarwar and Cay Bradley

Ticket to Success: Early Findings from the Ticket to Work Evaluation, Introduction to the Special Issue

Robert R. Weathers and David Wittenburg

Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries in HMOs

Marsha Gold, Lyle Nelson, Randall Brown, Anne Ciemnecki, Anna Aizer and Elizabeth Docteur

Using Medical Records to Supplement a Claims-Based Comparative Effectiveness Analysis of Antidepressants (Journal Article)

Thomas W. Croghan, Dominick Esposito, Gregory Daniel, Peter Wahl and Michael A. Stoto

Assessment of the Train the Trainer Project Using the Helping You Take Care of Yourself Curriculum

Melanie Besculides, Lisa Trebino, Sarah Jones and Jung Kim

Effect of Medicaid Policy Reforms on Ryan White Grantees and Clients: Results from Six State Case Studies

Boyd Gilman and Debra J. Lipson

National Job Corps Study: The Impacts of Job Corps on Participants' Literacy Skills

Steven Glazerman, Peter Z. Schochet and John Burghardt

Supporting Families Through Coordinated Services Partnerships

Nickie Fung, Elizabeth Cavadel and Scott Baumgartner

Lessons from a Federal Initiative to Build Capacity to End Youth Homelessness (Issue Brief)

Lisa Klein Vogel and M. C. Bradley

Designing the 2010 Census: First Interim Report

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

Spotlight on North Carolina

Dana Petersen, Mynti Hossain, Rachel Burton and Christal Ramos

A Review of the Literature on Home-Based Child Care: Implications for Future Directions

Toni Porter, Diane Paulsell, Patricia Del Grosso, Sarah Avellar, Rachel Hass and Lee Vuong

A Comparison of Cancer Stage at Diagnosis and Treatment Initiation Between Enrollees in an Urban HIV Clinic and SEER

Keri L. Calkins, Geetanjali Chander, Corinne E. Joshu, Kala Visvanathan, Anthony T. Fojo, Catherine R. Lesko, Richard D. Moore and Bryan Lau

Engaging Primary Care Practices in Quality Improvement: Strategies for Practice Facilitators (Executive Summary)

Kristin Geonnotti, Erin Fries Taylor, Deborah Peikes, Lisa Schottenfeld, Hannah Burak, Robert McNellis and Janice Genevro

Making Joint Commitments: Roles of Schools, Employers, and Students in Implementing National Skill Standards

Joshua Haimson and Lara Hulsey

Mapping State Health Insurance Markets: Structure and Change in the States' Group and Individual Health Insurance Markets, 1995-1997

Deborah J. Chollet, Adele M. Kirk and Marc E. Chow

Regional Partnership Grants Cross-Site Design Report

Angela D'Angelo, Juliette Henke, Roseana Bess, Yange Xue, Sarah Avellar, Alyson Burnett, Cleo Jacobs Johnson and Ayesha De Mond

Change in Food Security Status and Change in Weight Are Not Associated in Urban Women with Preschool Children

Robert C. Whitaker and Ankur Sarin

Implementation of Mental Health Parity: Lessons from California

Margo L. Rosenbach, Timothy K. Lake, Susan R. Williams and Jeffrey A. Buck. Reprinted with permission from Psychiatric Services (Copyright 2009). American Psychiatric Association

Can Care Coordination (CC) Help Control Medicare Costs

Randy Brown, Debbie Peikes, Arnold Chen and Jennifer Schore

KIPP Middle Schools Produce Significant Achievement Gains in Reading, Math, Science, and Social Studies (In Focus Brief)

Various Authors

Rapid Evaluation Approaches for Complex Initiatives

Margaret B. Hargreaves

Medicare+Choice 1999-2001: An Analysis of Managed Care Plan Withdrawals and Trends in Benefits and Premiums

Lori Achman and Marsha Gold

Supporting Healthy Marriage and Strengthening Relationships of Unwed Parents: Technical Assistance Available

Barbara Devaney, Alan Hershey and Debra Strong

Healthy San Francisco: Changes in Access to and Utilization of Health Care Services

Catherine McLaughlin, Margaret Colby, Gregory Bee and Jenna Libersky

What Matters for Student Achievement? Exploring Teacher Instructional Practices and the Role of School-Level and Student-Level Characteristics

Scott Richman, Alicia Demers and Dmitriy Poznyak

Supporting High Quality Informal Child Care in Detroit

Mynti Hossain, Jaime Thomas, Cleo Jacobs Johnson, Nazihah Siddiqui, Amaka Osuoha and Patrick Balke

Evaluating an Enhanced Home Visiting Program to Prevent Rapid Repeat Pregnancy Among Adolescent Parents

Menbere Shiferaw, Dana Rotz and Robert G. Wood

The Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study 2008: Study Design and Methods

Ronette R. Briefel, Laura M. Kalb, Elizabeth Condon, Denise M. Deming, Nancy A. Clusen, Mary Kay Fox, Lisa Harnack, Erin Gemmill, Mary Stevens and Kathleen C. Reidy

Tips for Establishing an Effective COVID-19 Contact Tracing Program

Candace Miller

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

John Cawley, David Frisvold, Anna Hill and David Jones

Costs and Consequences of Case Management for Medicare Beneficiaries

Jennifer Schore, Randall Brown, Valerie Cheh and Barbara Schneider

Evaluation of the Local Initiative Rewarding Results Collaborative Demonstrations: Interim Report

Suzanne Felt-Lisk and Fabrice Smieliauskas

How States Can Use Medicare Advantage Star Ratings to Assess D-SNP Quality and Performance

Danielle Chelminsky

Improving Care and Service Delivery for Autistic Youths Transitioning to Adulthood

Paul Shattuck and Lindsay Shea

The Welfare to Work Grants Program: An Evaluation Update

Alan M. Hershey, Demetra Smith Nightingale and Irma Perez-Johnson

Provider Acceptance and Beneficiary Access Under TRICARE's PPO Health Plan

Yonatan Ben-Shalom, Eric Schone and Richard Bannick

New Jersey Graduated Work Incentive Experiment: Summary Report

Mathematica Policy Research

Current and Future Demand for Health Services Researchers: Perspectives from Diverse Research Organizations

Eugene Rich and Anna Collins

A Pilot Study of Quality Support Coaching in LAUP: Findings from the 2010-2011 Program Year

Sally Atkins-Burnett, Pamela Winston, Yange Xue, Emily Moiduddin, Elisha Smith, Susan Sprachman and Nikki Aikens

The Use of TANF Work-Oriented Sanctions in Illinois, New Jersey, and South Carolina

LaDonna Pavetti, Michelle K. Derr, Gretchen Kirby, Robert G. Wood and Melissa A. Clark

How Does Losing Health Insurance Affect Disability Claims? Evidence from the Affordable Care Act’s Dependent Care Mandate

Michael Levere, Heinrich Hock and Nancy Early

Firm-Level Early Intervention Incentives: Which Recent Employers of Disability Program Entrants Would Pay More?

David C. Stapleton, David R. Mann and Jae Song

Fresenius Kidney Care's Home Dialysis Program (Case Study)

Meg Maxwell and Natalie Graves

COVID-19 Intensifies Nursing Home Workforce Challenges

Noelle Denny-Brown, Denise Stone, Burke Hays and Dayna Gallagher

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

Brittany English and Sarah Osborn

Profile of Children Entering Los Angeles Universal Preschool LAUP, Fall 2007

Michael López, John Love, Cheri Vogel, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Susan Sprachman, Margaret Caspe, Kathy Sonnenfeld, Kim Hall, Jessica Brauner and Susan Cooper

Private Providers' Knowledge, Attitudes and Misconceptions Related to Long-Acting and Permanent Contraceptive Methods: A Case Study in Bangladesh

Jorge Ugaz, Kathryn Banke, Stephen Rahaim, Wahiduzzaman Chowdhury and Julie Williams

Changes in Marriage and Divorce as Drivers of Employment and Retirement of Older Women

Claudia Olivetti and Dana E. Rotz

APPI Cross-Site Evaluation: Interim Report

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

Assessing the Evidence of Effectiveness of Home Visiting Program Models Implemented in Tribal Communities

Patricia Del Grosso, Rebecca Kleinman, Andrea Mraz Esposito, Emily Sama Martin and Diane Paulsell

Implementation of the National Reporting System in Migrant/Seasonal Head Start Programs: Year Two Update

Renée Nogales, Diane Paulsell and Louisa Tarullo

SNAP Food Security In-Depth Interview Study

Kathryn Edin, Melody Boyd, James Mabli, Jim Ohls, Julie Worthington, Sara Greene, Nicholas Redel and Swetha Sridharan

Analysis of Transition Events in Health Insurance Coverage

John L. Czajka and James Mabli

Going to Scale: As KIPP Network Grows, Positive Impacts Are Sustained (In Focus Brief)

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

Southwestern Health Resources Accountable Care Network Three-Day Rule Waiver: Approach to Communication and Implementation (Case Study)

Candice Talkington and Sonya Streeter

Location, Location, Location: Hospital Outpatient Prices Much Higher than Community Settings for Identical Services

James D. Reschovsky and Chapin White

Course of Mental Illness and Role of Multiple Health Conditions Among People Under Age 50 in Predicting Change in Public Disability Benefit Status and Labor Force Participation

Judith A. Cook and Jane K. Burke-Miller

2008 Principal/Vice Principal Survey Results for Evaluation of the Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC)

Duncan Chaplin, Hanley Chiang, Margaret Sullivan, Virginia Knechtel, Dominic Harris, Shinu Verghese, Kathy Sonnenfeld, Barbara Kennen and John Hall

Advancing Girls' Education in Developing Countries (English version issue brief)

Emilie Bagby, Anca Dumitrescu, Cara Orfield and Matt Sloan

Rural Research Needs and Data Sources for Selected Human Services Topics, Volume 2: Data Sources

Debra A. Strong, Patricia Del Grosso, Andrew Burwick, Vinita Jethwani and Michael Ponza

Reaching More Hungry Children: The Seamless Summer Food Waiver

Tania Tasse and Jim Ohls

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

Nan L. Maxwell, Dana Rotz and Christina Garcia

Charter School Authorizers and Student Achievement (Journal Article)

Ron Zimmer, Brian Gill, Jonathon Attridge and Kaitlin Obenauf

Do Socialization Goals Explain Difference in Parental Control Between Black and White Parents?

Scott B. Richman and Jelani Mandara

Successful Care Coordination and the ACA

Randy Brown

I Am Moving, I Am Learning

Daniel M. Finkelstein, Robert C. Whitaker, Elaine Hill, Mary Kay Fox, Linda Mendenko and Kimberly Boller

Application of Path Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling in Nutrition and Dietetics

Jeffrey E. Harris and Philip Gleason

Covering the Uninsured Through TennCare: Does It Make a Difference?

Lorenzo Moreno and Sheila D. Hoag

Evaluation of Enroll America: An Implementation Assessment and Recommendations for Future Outreach Efforts

Sheila Hoag, Sean Orzol and Cara Orfield

Review of Sanction Policies and Research Studies: Final Literature Review

LaDonna Pavetti, Michelle K. Derr and Heather Hesketh Zaveri

Alabama's Current Insurance Market

Deborah Chollet, Kate Stewart and Suzie Witmer

Evaluation of the Zanzibar Interconnector Activity: Findings from the Hotel Study

John Schurrer, Nicholas Redel, Duncan Chaplin and Arif Mamun

School Food Environments and Practices Affect Dietary Behaviors of US Public School Children

Ronette R. Briefel, Mary Kay Crepinsek, Charlotte Cabili, Ander Wilson and Philip M. Gleason

The Roles of Patient-Centered Medical Homes and Accountable Care Organizations in Coordinating Patient Care

David Meyers, Debbie Peikes, Janice Genevro, Greg Peterson, Erin Fries Taylor, Tim Lake, Kim Smith and Kevin Grumbach

Spotlight on Wyoming

Grace Anglin and Adam Swinburn

EACH Program Evaluation: State Site Visit Reports on Early Implementation

Suzanne Felt, George Wright and Anthony Wellever

Multisite Causal Mediation Analysis in the Presence of Complex Sample and Survey Designs and Non†Random Non†Response

Xu Qin, Guanglei Hong, Jonah Deutsch and Edward Bein

Dietary Intakes of Children Enrolled in US Early Child-Care Programs During Child-Care and Non-Child-Care Days

Meaghan E. Glenn, Kelly Patlan, Patricia Connor, Chantal Stidsen, Sarah Ball, Karen E. Peterson, Lauren E.W. Olsho, Alice Ann H. Gola and Kristen A. Copeland

Social Security Disability Beneficiaries with Work-Related Goals and Expectations

Gina A. Livermore

Impact of the Switch to Managed Care on the Use of Medicaid Services in Tennessee

Merrile Sing

Effectiveness, Safety, and Acceptability of No†Test Medical Abortion Provided via Telemedicine: A National Cohort Study

Abigail Aiken, Patricia A. Lohr, Jonathan Lord, Nabanita Ghosh and Jennifer Starling

Building a Future: Interim Impact Findings from the YouthBuild Evaluation

Cynthia Miller, Megan Millenky, Lisa Schwartz, Lisbeth Goble and Jillian Stein

Learning about Infant and Toddler Early Education Services (LITES): A Systematic Review of the Evidence

Shannon Monahan, Jaime Thomas, Dianne Paulsell and Lauren Murphy

Resolvability, Screening, and Response Models in RDD Surveys: Utilizing GENESYS Telephone-Exchange Data

Ronghua Cathy Lu, John Hall and Stephen Williams

Interim Impacts of the POWER Through Choices Program

Brian Goesling, Reginald D. Covington, Jennifer Manlove, Megan Barry, Roy F. Oman and Sara Vesely

Juvenile Probation Transformation: Applying the Approach in Lucas County, OH, and Pierce County, WA

Sino Esthappan, Johanna Lacoe and Douglas Young

Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) Model: Evaluation of the Third Year (2019) Findings at a Glance

Deborah Peikes, Kaylyn Swankoski, Ann O’Malley, Lori Timmins, Dana Petersen, Kristin Geonnotti, Ha Tu, Pragya Singh, Arkadipta Ghosh, Stacy Dale, Rosalind Keith, Dana Jean-Baptiste, Sheila Hoag, Katie Morrison Lee, Rumin Sarwar, Victoria Peebles, Min-Young Kim, Ning Fu, Eunhae Shin, Sean Orzol, Jessica Laird, Nikkilyn Hensleigh, Genna Cohen, Asta Sorensen, Kristie Liao, Melanie Au, Rachel Machta, Janice Genevro, Arnold Chen, Mynti Hossain, Sara Pittman, Shannon Heitkamp and Randall Brown

Exploring Potential Sources of Childhood Trauma: A Qualitative Study with Autistic Adults and Caregivers

Connor M. Kerns, Stephen Lankenau, Paul Shattuck, Diana L. Robins, Craig J. Newschaffer and Steven J. Berkowitz

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

National Job Corps Study: The Impacts of Job Corps on Participants' Employment and Related Outcomes

Peter Z. Schochet, John Burghardt and Steven Glazerman

Payment Rate Comparison Tool

Bridget Bernick