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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

Private Plans in Medicare: A 2007 Update

Marsha Gold

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

Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care: Challenges and Opportunities for State Policymakers and Low-Income Individuals

James Verdier

Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration, and Competition

Ron Zimmer, Brian Gill, Kevin Booker, Stephane Lavertu, Tim Sass and John Witte

Learn, Innovate, Improve (LI²): Lessons from Adams County’s Efforts to Increase Engagement in the Colorado Works Program

Jonathan McCay, Rayna Jefferson, Hayley Ballinger, Ruby Nolasco and Heather Lower

The Workforce Investment Act Accountability System: The Role of Performance Measures in Service Delivery

Marian Negoita

Food Stamp Program Access

James Ohls

Impact Evaluation of the RWJF Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP)

Clemencia Cosentino, Cecilia Speroni, Margaret Sullivan and Raúl Torres

Therapeutic Alliance in Pediatric Primary Care: Preliminary Evidence for a Relationship with Physician Communication Style and Mothers' Satisfaction

Lawrence S. Wissow, Jonathan D. Brown and Janice Krupnick

Engaging Community Members in the Research Process to Enhance Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Program Evaluations

Danielle Whicher, Lexi Ouellette and Julia Alamillo

Guide to MAX Data

Laura Ruttner, Rosemary Borck, Jessica Nysenbaum and Susan Williams

Social and Economic Integration of Latino Immigrants in New Rural Destinations

Heather Koball, Randy Capps, William Kandel, Jamila Henderson and Everett Henderson

Trauma-Informed Planning Strategies to Help Students Transition Back to School in the Era of COVID-19, Fact Sheet

Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic

The Welfare to Work Grants Program: An Evaluation Update

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

New Approaches to Measuring the Comprehensiveness of Primary Care Physicians

Ann S. O'Malley, Eugene C. Rich, Lisa Shang, Tyler Rose, Arkadipta Ghosh, Dmitriy Poznyak and Deborah Peikes

Money Follows the Person: Updated State Transitions as of December 31, 2020

Victoria Peebles and Johanna Dolle

Supplemental Security Income Youth Formative Research Project: Target Population Profiles

Todd Honeycutt, David Wittenburg, Michael Levere and Sarah Palmer

Impact of Influenza Immunization on Medical Expenditures Among Medicare Elderly, 1999-2003

Boyd H. Gilman, Arthur J. Bonito and Celia Eicheldinger

Federal Policy Efforts to Improve Outcomes Among Disadvantaged Families by Supporting Marriage and Family Stability

M. Robin Dion and Alan J. Hawkins

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

Lisa Klein Vogel and M. C. Bradley

An Institutional Analysis of American Job Centers: Key Institutional Features of American Job Centers

Elizabeth Brown and Pamela Holcomb

Firm Perspectives on the Medicare Advantage Market

Marsha Gold, Gretchen Jacobson and Tricia Neuman

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

Putting Rigorous Evidence Within Reach: Lessons Learned from the New Heights Evaluation

Susan Zief, John Deke and Ruth Neild

Alabama's Current Insurance Market

Deborah Chollet, Kate Stewart and Suzie Witmer

National Beneficiary Survey-General Waves Round 5 (Volume 3 of 3): User’s Guide for Restricted and Public Use Files

Debra Wright, Eric Grau, Sara Skidmore, Yuhong Zheng, Hanzhi Zhou, Kirsten Barrett, Charles Bush and Jason Markesich

EACH Program Evaluation: State Site Visit Reports on Early Implementation

Suzanne Felt, George Wright and Anthony Wellever

Measurement Error Properties in an Accelerometer Sample of U.S. Elementary School Children

Nicholas Beyler, Susanne James-Burdumy, Martha Bleeker, Jane Fortson and Max Benjamin

Options for Attracting and Retaining Enrollment in Financial Alignment Initiatives for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees

Integrated Resource Care Center

COVID-19 Intensifies Nursing Home Workforce Challenges

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

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

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

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

Necessary But Not Sufficient: The HITECH Act and Health Information Technology's Potential to Build Medical Homes (White Paper)

Lorenzo Moreno, Deborah Peikes and Amy Krilla

Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees in the Capitated Financial Alignment Demonstration

James M. Verdier

Maintaining Flexible Telehealth Policies After COVID-19

Suzanne Felt-Lisk

Standardized Testing: Mend It, Don't End It

Steven Glazerman

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

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

Private Sector Partnerships for Global Nutrition Impact: Early Learnings

Clair Null, Kimberly Smith and Drew Koleros

The Business Case for Community Paramedicine: Lessons from Commonwealth Care Alliance's Pilot Program

Katharine W. V. Bradley, Dominick Esposito, Iyah K. Romm, John Loughnane, Toyin Ajayi, Rachel Davis and Teagan Kuruna

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

Ronghua Cathy Lu, John Hall and Stephen Williams

Technical Methods Report: The Estimation of Average Treatment Effects for Clustered RCTs of Education Interventions

Peter Z. Schochet

Interim Impacts of the POWER Through Choices Program

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

Payment Rate Comparison Tool

Bridget Bernick

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

Renée Nogales, Diane Paulsell and Louisa Tarullo

Dynamics in Medicaid and SCHIP Eligibility Among Children in SCHIP's Early Years: Implications for Reauthorization

Anna S. Sommers, Lisa Dubay, Linda J. Blumberg, Fredric E. Blavin and John L. Czajka

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

Danielle Chelminsky

Serving Elders at Risk: The Older Americans Act Nutrition Programs National Evaluation of the Elderly Nutrition Program 1993-1995. Volume I: Title III Evaluation Findings

Michael Ponza, James C. Ohls, Barbara E. Millen, Audrey M. McCool, Karen E. Needels, Linda Rosenberg, Dexter Chu, Catherine Daly and Paula A. Quatromoni

The Long-Term Effects of Building Strong Families: A Relationship Skills Education Program (Executive Summary)

Robert G. Wood, Quinn Moore, Andrew Clarkwest, Alexandra Killewald and Shannon Monahan

Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 1999

Randy Rosso and Catherine Palermo

Evaluation Plan for Credit, PPM, and ISSA Components of the Water-to-Market Activity (Memo)

Randall Blair, Anu Rangarajan and Ken Fortson

Mental Health Insurance: Coverage, Generosity, and Parity

Myles Maxfield and Lori Achman

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

Do Early Warning Systems and Student Engagement Activities Reduce Dropout? Findings from the Four-Country SDPP Evaluation

Nancy Murray

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

Robert C. Whitaker and Ankur Sarin

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

John Schurrer, Nicholas Redel, Duncan Chaplin and Arif Mamun

Early Childhood Development Programs in Global Contexts: Improving Quality

Anne Bridgman. Based on "Quality of Early Childhood Development Programs in Global Contexts: Rationale for Investment, Conceptual Framework Implications for Equity, " by Pia Rebello Britto, Hirokazu Yoshikawa and Kimberly Boller.

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

Jeffrey E. Harris and Philip Gleason

Opening Up Possibilities: Father Engagement Lessons During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Eliza Abendroth, Jennifer Bellamy, Diletta Mittone, Roseana Bess and Matthew Stagner

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

Suzanne Felt-Lisk and Fabrice Smieliauskas

Research Review: Understanding Discipline Disparities in Maryland (Infographic)

Johanna Lacoe and Mikia Manley

A Continuing Program for Increasing Insurance Coverage Among Low-Income Families

Judith Wooldridge, Beth Stevens, Christopher Trenholm, Eileen Ellis and Ian Hill

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

Sino Esthappan, Johanna Lacoe and Douglas Young

The Effect on Teenage Childbearing on Social Capital Development: New Evidence on Civic Engagement

Joseph J. Sabia, Joseph P. Price, H. Elizabeth Peters and Reginald Covington

The Effects of Parenting Programs for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers

Julia Alamillo, Breyon Williams and Sarah Avellar

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

Horizontal and Vertical Integration of Health Care Providers: A Framework for Understanding Various Provider Organizational Structures

Jessica Heeringa, Anne Mutti, Michael F. Furukawa, Amanda Lechner, Kristin A. Maurer and Eugene Rich

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

Steven Glazerman, Peter Z. Schochet and John Burghardt

Social Security Disability Beneficiaries with Work-Related Goals and Expectations

Gina A. Livermore

Research Review: Data-Driven Decision Making in Education Agencies. Data Driven, not Data Drowning

Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory

Disparities in Post-Transition Outcomes by Level of Care Needs Among Former Nursing Home Residents

Wilfredo Lim and Carol V. Irvin

Association of Organizational Factors and Physician Practices’ Participation in Alternative Payment Models

Mariétou H. Ouayogodé, Taressa Fraze, Eugene C. Rich and Carrie Colla

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

Catherine McLaughlin, Margaret Colby, Gregory Bee and Jenna Libersky

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

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

Claudia Olivetti and Dana E. Rotz

SCHIP's Steady Enrollment Growth Continues

Marilyn Ellwood, Angela Merrill and Wendy Conroy

I Am Moving, I Am Learning

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

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

Robert R. Weathers and David Wittenburg

Accounting for Co-Teaching: A Guide for Policymakers and Developers of Value-Added Models (Journal Article)

Eric Isenberg and Elias Walsh

Addressing Teen Pregnancy Risks for Youth Living in Out-of-Home Care: Implementing POWER Through Choices 2010

Alicia Meckstroth, Megan Barry, Betsy Keating, Ellen Kisker and Kristine Andrews

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

Logos and Dollars: How Procedural and Incentive Payment Changes Can Increase Response Rate

Erin Gemmill, Patricia Nemeth, Peter Schochet and Jillian Berk

Understanding the Costs of the DOL Welfare-to-Work Grants Program

Irma Perez-Johnson, Debra Strong, Michelle VanNoy and Charles Nagatoshi

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

Can Care Coordination (CC) Help Control Medicare Costs

Randy Brown, Debbie Peikes, Arnold Chen and Jennifer Schore

Local Evaluations of the Cohort 1 P3 Pilots: A Synthesis of Their Findings

Nan Maxwell and Armando Yañez

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

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

Review of Sanction Policies and Research Studies: Final Literature Review

LaDonna Pavetti, Michelle K. Derr and Heather Hesketh Zaveri

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

John Cawley, David Frisvold, Anna Hill and David Jones

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

For Massachusetts Students, PARCC and MCAS Exams Comparable in Predicting College Outcomes (In Focus Brief)

Ira Nichols-Barrer, Kate Place, Erin Dillon and Brian Gill

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

Rapid Evaluation Approaches for Complex Initiatives

Margaret B. Hargreaves

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

Findings from the Financial Inclusion Insights Surveys in East Africa: Inequities in Use of Mobile Money

Clair Null, Duncan Chaplin, Jacob Hartog, Jessica Jacobson, Arif Mamun and Anu Rangarajan

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

Assessing the Usability of MAX 2008 Encounter Data for Enrollees in Comprehensive Managed Care

Vivian L. H. Byrd, Allison Hedley Dodd, Rosalie Malsberger and Ashley Zlatinov

Evaluation of the Formal Technical Education Sub-Activity of the Human Development Project, El Salvador

Larissa Campuzano, Randall Blair, Virginia Poggio, Ivonne Padilla, Seth Morgan and Michael Brannan