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

Peter Z. Schochet, John Burghardt and Steven Glazerman

Maintaining Flexible Telehealth Policies After COVID-19

Suzanne Felt-Lisk

SCHIP's Steady Enrollment Growth Continues

Marilyn Ellwood, Angela Merrill and Wendy Conroy

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

Peter Z. Schochet

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

Steven Glazerman, Peter Z. Schochet and John Burghardt

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

Sheila Hoag, Sean Orzol and Cara Orfield

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

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

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

Value-Based Care Service for States

Paul Messino

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

Suzanne Felt-Lisk and Fabrice Smieliauskas

Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 2000

Karen E. Cunnyngham

Places for Growing: How to Improve Your Family Child Care Home

Heidi M. Ferrar, Thelma Harms and Debby Cryer

Programmes to Promote Employment for Disabled People: Lessons from the United States

Anu Rangarajan, David Wittenburg, Todd Honeycutt and Debra Brucker

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

Eric Isenberg and Elias Walsh

Access to Care and Satisfaction Among Health Center Patients With Chronic Conditions

Leiyu Shi, Lee De-Chih, Geraldine Pierre Haile, Hailun Liang, Michelle Chung and Alek Sripipatana

Costs and Consequences of Case Management for Medicare Beneficiaries

Jennifer Schore, Randall Brown, Valerie Cheh and Barbara Schneider

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

Lisa Klein Vogel and M. C. Bradley

Self-Insurance and Stop Loss for Small Employers

Deborah Chollet

Classroom Observations from Phase 2 of the Pennsylvania Teacher Evaluation Pilot: Assessing Internal Consistency, Score Variation, and Relationships with Value Added

Elias Walsh and Stephen Lipscomb

The Role of Reinsurance in State Efforts to Expand Coverage

Deborah Chollet

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

Rapid Evaluation Approaches for Complex Initiatives

Margaret B. Hargreaves

Consumer Response to Gastrointestinal Illness Perceived to Originate from Food Service Facilities

Erin S. Garnett, Stephanie R. Gretsch, Clair Null and Christine L. Moe

The Pass†Through of a Tax on Sugar†Sweetened Beverages in Boulder, Colorado

John Cawley, David Frisvold, David Jones and Chelsea Lensing

The Benefits of Housing Subsidies for TANF Recipients: Evidence from New Jersey

Robert G. Wood and Anu Rangarajan

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

Eugene Rich and Anna Collins

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

Unintended Pregnancy and Perinatal Depression Trajectories in Low-Income, High-Risk Hispanic Immigrants

Anna L. Christensen, Elizabeth A. Stuart, Deborah F. Perry and Huynh-Nhu Le

Tips for Establishing an Effective COVID-19 Contact Tracing Program

Candace Miller

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

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

Jeffrey E. Harris and Philip Gleason

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

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

Spotlight on Oregon

Mynti Hossain, Grace Anglin, Christal Ramos, Amanda Napoles and Amy Phillips

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 Evaluation of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: A Synthesis of Major Findings

Ronald D'Amico and Peter Z. Schochet

Evaluation of Programs Funded by Technology-Based Learning (TBL) Grants

Nan Maxwell, Samina Sattar, Dana Rotz and Kate Dunham

Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries in HMOs

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

Predicting Successful Adaptation in the National Health Service Corps: Perspectives of Current and Alumni Clinicians

Thomas R. Konrad, Kirsten Leysieffer, Rose Marie Martinez, Richard Niska and Barbara L. Wells

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

Shannon Monahan, Jaime Thomas, Dianne Paulsell and Lauren Murphy

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

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

Upward Bound Math-Science Program: Description and Interim Impact Estimates

Robert B. Olsen, Neil Seftor, Tim Silva, David Myers, David DesRoches and Julie Young

Creating TANF and Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Partnerships

Emily Sama Martin, LaDonna Pavetti and Jacqueline Kauff

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

Evaluation of Mountain Health Choices: Implementation, Challenges, and Recommendations

Michael Hendryx, Carol Irvin, James Mulligan, Sally Richardson, Johnna S. Beane and Margo Rosenbach

Medicare Advantage: Lessons for Medicares Future

Marsha Gold

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

Brittany English and Sarah Osborn

Local Evaluation Highlights from the 2015 Cohort of Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Grantees Serving Adults

Christine Ross and Sarah Avellar

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

Danielle Whicher, Lexi Ouellette and Julia Alamillo

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

John Schurrer, Nicholas Redel, Duncan Chaplin and Arif Mamun

Best Practices in Competency-Based Education: Lessons from Three Colleges (In Focus Brief)

Ann Person

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

Firm Perspectives on the Medicare Advantage Market

Marsha Gold, Gretchen Jacobson and Tricia Neuman

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

James Verdier

Cyclical Fluctuations in Strike Activity

Sheena McConnell

Who's Monitoring the Monitors? Examining Monitors' Accuracy and Consistency to Improve the Quality Assurance Process

Joe Baker, Claudia Gentile, Jason Markesich and Shawn Marsh

Sharing Study Data: A Guide for Education Researchers

Ruth Neild, Danielle Robinson and Jacqueline Agufa

In Their Own Words: WFNJ Clients Speak About Family, Work, and Welfare

Allison Zippay and Anu Rangarajan

Demographics of Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities Who are Not Working and Not in School: Descriptive Findings from National Survey Data

Anna Hill and Purvi Sevak

Links Between Young Children's Behavior and Achievement: The Role of Social Class and Classroom Composition

Annie Georges, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Lizabeth M. Malone

The Structure and Operations of Social Enterprises in REDF's Social Innovation Fund Portfolio: Interim Report

Nan Maxwell, Dana Rotz, Adam Dunn, Linda Rosenberg and Jacqueline Berman

Using Behavioral Insights to Help Employers Resolve OSHA Citations: Trial Design and Findings (Final Report)

Greg Chojnacki, Jonah Deutsch, Samia Amin, Irma Perez-Johnson, Matthew Darling and Jaclyn Lefkowitz

Insuring the Uninsurable: An Overview of State High-Risk Health Insurance Pools

Lori Achman and Deborah Chollet

Interim Report for Evaluation of the ENRM Project in Malawi

Thomas Coen, Anthony D'Agostino, Naomi Dorsey, Arif Mamun, Hua Xie, Yating Ru, Ephraim Nkonya and Claudia Ringler

The Patient-Centered Medical Homes: Strategies to Put Patients at the Center of Primary Care

Deborah Peikes, Janice Genevro, Sarah Scholle and Phyllis Torda

Modeling Administrative Costs in the Summer Food Service Program

Marsha Silverberg and James Ohls

Niger NECS EGRA Descriptive Study Round 1

Emilie Bagby, Anca Dumitrescu, Kristine Johnston, Cara Orfield and Matt Sloan

Preparing High School Students for College and Career: Evidence from Youth CareerConnect

Nan Maxwell and Erin Dillon

Clinical Quality Measurement (Fact Sheet)

Cindy Cullen and Sam Simon

Mini-MAX User's Guide

Ellen Bouchery, David Baugh, John Czajka, Rosemary Borck, Rosalie Malsberger, Allison Dodd, Sheng Wang, Carol Irvin and Julie Sykes

Better Late? Characteristics of Late Respondents to a Health Care Survey

Esther M. Friedman, Nancy A. Clusen and Michael Hartzell

Factors Associated with Disparities in Hospital Readmission Rates Among US Adults Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid

David Silvestri, Demetri Goutos, Anouk Lloren, Sheng Zhou, Guohai Zhou, Thalia Farietta, Sana Charania, Jeph Herrin, Alon Peltz, Zhenqiu Lin and Susannah Bernheim

The Pathway to SSA Disability Program Entry Among Medicaid Enrollees 2007-2011: The Role of Serious Mental Illness, Multiple Impairments, and Recent Healthcare Utilization

Judith A. Cook and Jane K. Burke-Miller

QRS Profile: Iowa Child Care Quality Rating System

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

Beneficiary Understanding of Incentives: Evidence from Interim Demonstration Evaluation Reports in Indiana, Iowa, and Michigan

Rachel Miller, Kristin Maurer and Katharine Bradley

Web-Based Screeners and Applications: Potential Tools for Improving Benefit Access and Program Efficiency

Emily Sama-Miller and Jacqueline Kauff

Average Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs for Medicare+Choice Enrollees Increase 10 Percent in 2003

Marsha Gold and Lori Achman

Developing Competency-Based Program Models in Three Community Colleges

Ann E. Person, Lisbeth Goble and Julie Bruch

Participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program: New Estimates and Prospects for Growth

Ellen Eliason Kisker and Valarie A. Piper

Using Data-Driven Reflection to Improve Program Quality: New York City's Human Resources Administration Redesigns Its Upfront Assessment Process for Youth and Families Receiving Cash Assistance

Michelle K. Derr, Erin Welch, Angela Ghesquiere, Edith Kealey, Dina Zagari-LiMandri, Lyndsey Richardson, Genesis Reyes, Samantha Palermo, Alexandra Stanczyk, Joseph O’Brien and Brittany Tabora

Measuring School and Teacher Value Added in Charleston County School District, 2013-2014 School Year

Alexandra Resch and Jonah Deutsch

The Founding of an Urban Charter School: Three Years of Academic Growth and Key School Characteristics

Cleo Jacobs Johnson, Ava Madoff, Scott Richman, Matthew Johnson and Claudia Gentile

Implementing a Whole Health Model in a Community Mental Health Center: Impact on Service Utilization and Expenditures

Ellen E. Bouchery, Allison Wishon Siegwarth, Brenda Natzke, Jennifer Lyons, Rachel Miller, Henry T. Ireys, Jonathan D. Brown, Elena Argomaniz and Rochelle Doan

Families on a Fault Line? The Risk of Poverty When a Child Joins the Home

Marybeth J. Mattingly, Andrew Schaefer and Douglas J. Gagnon

Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the Children's Health Insurance Program: A Case Study of New York's Child Health Plus Program

Ian Hill and Sarah Benatar

Evaluation of UNICEF's Early Childhood Development Programme with Focus on Government of Netherlands Funding (2008-2010): Nepal Country Case Study Report

Kimberly Boller, Kathy Buek, Andrew Burwick, Minki Chatterji, Diane Paulsell, Samia Amin, Evan Borkum, Larissa Campuzano and Jessica Jacobson

Methodological Approaches to Understanding Causes of Health Disparities

Neal Jeffries, Alan M. Zaslavsky, Ana V. Diez Roux, John W. Creswell, Richard C. Palmer, Steven E. Gregorich, James D. Reschovsky, Barry I. Graubard, Kelvin Choi, Ruth M. Pfeiffer, Xinzhi Zhang and Nancy Breen

Erroneous Payments in the NSLP and SBP Volume II Sampling and Data Analysis Appendices: NSLP/SBP Access, Participation, Eligibility, and Certification Study

Michael Ponza, Philip M. Gleason, Eric Grau, John Hall, Lara Hulsey and Quinn Moore

Opportunities and Capacity for Community Benefit: GHMSI's Potential Role in the National Capital Area

Deborah Chollet, Su Liu and Laurie Felland

Standards for Regression Discontinuity Designs

P. Schochet, T. Cook, J. Deke, Guido Imbens, J.R. Lockwood, J. Porter and J. Smith

Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation for Federal Evaluation Staff

Mary Anne Anderson and Annalisa Mastri

Supporting Quality in Home-Based Child Care

Diane Paulsell, Toni Porter and Gretchen Kirby

Medicaid Analytic eXtract 2010 Chartbook

Rosemary Borck, Laura Ruttner, Vivian Byrd and Karina Wagnerman

First Year Impacts of the Heritage Keepers® Life Skills Education Component

Melissa A. Clark and Barbara Devaney

Experiences of Germany and the Netherlands in Serving Transition-Age Youth

Todd Honeycutt and Lorenzo Moreno

The Effect of School Report Card Design on Usability, Understanding, and Satisfaction

Jesse Chandler, Jacob Hartog, Erin Lipman and Jonathan Gellar

The Efficacy of Using Financial Incentives to Change Unhealthy Behaviors Among a Rural Chronically Ill and Uninsured Population

Keith Kranker

Are Nurses Ready for Health Care Reform?: A Decade of Survey Research

Peter I. Buerhaus, Catherine DesRoches, Sandra Applebaum, Robert Hess, Linda D. Norman and Karen Donelan

Social Health Maintenance Organizations: Transition into the Medicare+Choice Program

Judith Wooldridge, Randall Brown, Leslie Foster, Sheila Hoag, Carol Irvin. Robert L. Kane, Robert Newcomer, Barbara Schneider and Kenneth D. Smith

Special Report: The Potential of Wastewater Testing for Public Health and Safety

Aparna Keshaviah and Editor