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Consumer Voices for Coverage: Advocacy Evaluation Toolkit

Debra A. Strong, Todd Honeycutt and Judith Wooldridge

Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 1999

Randy Rosso and Catherine Palermo

Evaluation of the Tanzania Energy Sector Project: Final Update of Design Report

Duncan Chaplin, Arif Mamun, Candace Miller, Ali Protik and John Schurrer

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

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

James D. Reschovsky and Chapin White

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

I Am Moving, I Am Learning

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

Analysis of Transition Events in Health Insurance Coverage

John L. Czajka and James Mabli

2016-2017 Oakland Unite Agency Report

Naihobe Gonzalez, Natasha Nicolai, Johanna Lacoe, Armando Yanez, Ebo Dawson-Andoh, Sarah Crissey, Chelsea Mitchell, Zeyad El Omari, Esa Eslami and Raul Torres

Disease Management: Does It Work?

Jill Bernstein, Deborah Chollet and G. Gregory Peterson

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

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

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

Integrated Resource Care Center

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

Nan Maxwell and Armando Yañez

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

Merrile Sing

The Effects of Transitional Care Models on Re-Admissions: A Review of the Current Evidence (Journal Article)

Deborah Peikes, Rebecca SweetlLester, Boyd Gilman and Randall Brown

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

Wilfredo Lim and Carol V. Irvin

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

Randall Blair, Anu Rangarajan and Ken Fortson

The Effect of Consumer Direction On Personal Assistance Received in Arkansas

Stacy Dale, Randall Brown, Barbara Phillips, Jennifer Schore and Barbara Carlson

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

Nan Maxwell, Samina Sattar, Dana Rotz and Kate Dunham

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

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

Spotlight on North Carolina

Dana Petersen, Mynti Hossain, Rachel Burton and Christal Ramos

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

Ronghua Cathy Lu, John Hall and Stephen Williams

Value-Based Care Service for States

Paul Messino

Who Enrolls in Community-Based Programs for the Uninsured, and Why Do They Stay?

Erin Fries Taylor, Catherine G. McLaughlin, Anne W. Warren and Paula H. Song

The Skills Development Challenge in Latin America: Diagnosing the Problems and Identifying Public Policy Solutions

A. Fiszbein, C. Cosentino and B. Cumsille

Technical Documentation for the Fiscal Year 2007 FSPQC Database and QC Minimodel

Kari Wolkwitz and Daisy Ewell

Using Multiple Comparison Groups to Address Unobserved Biases in Comparative Effectiveness Research

Frank B. Yoon, Haiden A. Huskamp, Alisa B. Busch and Sharon-Lise T. Normand

Successful Care Coordination and the ACA

Randy Brown

Helping Young People in High-Poverty Communities: Lessons from Youth Fair Chance

Karen Needels, Mark Dynarski and Walter Corson

2022 Compendium of Disability Data Collection Methods

Jason Markesich and Stacie Feldman

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

Barbara Devaney, Alan Hershey and Debra Strong

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

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

New Jersey Graduated Work Incentive Experiment: Summary Report

Mathematica Policy Research

Quality Care for Children with ADHD: The Role of Primary Care Physicians

Stephanie Peterson, Shanna Shulman and Henry Ireys

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

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

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

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

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

Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory

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

Susan Zief, John Deke and Ruth Neild

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

James Verdier

National and State Trends in Enrollment and Spending for Dual Eligibles Under Age 65 in Medicaid Managed Care

Jenna Libersky, Allison Hedley Dodd and Shinu Verghese

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

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

Peter Z. Schochet

A Study of States' TANF Diversion Programs

Linda Rosenberg, Michelle Derr, LaDonna Pavetti, Subahi Asheer, Megan Hague Angus, Samina Sattar and Jeffrey Max

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

Danielle Chelminsky

Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE): Early Impacts from a Multi-Site Random Assignment Evaluation

Ankita Patnaik, Michael Levere, Gina Livermore, Arif Mamun and Jeffrey Hemmeter

Maintaining Flexible Telehealth Policies After COVID-19

Suzanne Felt-Lisk

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

Social Security Disability Beneficiaries with Work-Related Goals and Expectations

Gina A. Livermore

Firm Perspectives on the Medicare Advantage Market

Marsha Gold, Gretchen Jacobson and Tricia Neuman

HHS/ASPE Webinar Series: Developing and Using Learning Agenda Approach to Evidence-building (Webinar 4 Video: NSF)

Cynthia Phillips, Rebecca Kruse, Amanda Cash and Dan Finkelstein

A Study of Well-Being Visits to Families on Iowa's Limited Benefit Plan

Lucia A. Nixon, Elizabeth F. Closter and Thomas M. Fraker

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

Nan Maxwell and Erin Dillon

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

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

Quarterly Youth Unemployment Rates in Large Metro Areas, 2020–2021

Hande Inanc and Megan McIntyre

Niger NECS EGRA Descriptive Study Round 1

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

Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Site Visit Report: The State of North Carolina's Health Choice for Children Program

Corinna Hawkes and Embry Howell

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

Detecting Enrollment Outbreaks in Three States: The Link Between Program Enrollment and Outreach

Carol Irvin, Christopher Trenholm and Margo Rosenbach

Do Low-Income Students have Equal Access to the Highest-Performing Teachers? (Technical Appendix)

Steven Glazerman and Jeffrey Max

Mini-MAX User's Guide

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

The Effects of a Principal Professional Development Program Focused on Instructional Leadership (Study Highlights)

Mariesa Herrmann, Melissa Clark, Susanne James-Burdumy, Christina Tuttle, Tim Kautz, Virginia Knechtel, Dallas Dotter, Claire Smither Wulsin and John Deke

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

Interview Interruption and Responses to Questions About Domestic Violence in India

Brenna V. Rabel, Solveig A. Cunningham and Rob Stephenson

BOND Implementation and Evaluation: Second-Year Snapshot of Earnings and Benefit Impacts for Stage 1

David Stapleton, David Wittenburg, David R. Mann, Denise Hoffman and Andrew McGuirk

Public Reporting of Quality Information on Medicaid Health Plans

Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Allison Barrett and Rebecca Nyman

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

An Evaluation of the Federal Supplemental Compensation Program

Walter Corson, Jean Grossman and Walter Nicholson

Employment Support for the Transition to Retirement: Can a New Program Help Older Workers Continue to Work and Protect Those Who Cannot? (Brief)

David Stapleton

The Third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study: Background and Study Design

Anne R. Gordon, Rhoda Cohen, Mary Kay Crepinsek, Mary Kay Fox, John Hall and Eric Zeidman

The Effects of Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs for Youth

Julia Alamillo, Lane Ritchie and Robert G. Wood

An Impact that Lasts: KIPP Middle Schools Boost College Enrollment

Thomas Coen, Ira Nichols-Barrer and Philip Gleason

A Descriptive Analysis of Older Adults in Houston/Harris County, Texas

William Black, Randall Brown, Karen CyBulski and John Hall

Mechanisms of Change in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Angela Fang, Gail Steketee, Aparna Keshaviah, Elizabeth Didie, Katharine A. Phillips and Sabine Wilhelm

Evaluation of Employment Coaching for TANF and Related Populations Program Snapshot: MyGoals

Kristen Joyce and Sheena McConnell

The Santa Clara County Healthy Kids Program: Impacts on Children's Medical, Dental, and Vision Care

Christopher Trenholm, Embry M. Howell, Dana Hughes and Sean Orzol

Preparing Young Children for School

Margaret Burchinal, Sarah Krowka, Rebecca Newman-Gonchar, Madhavi Jayanthi, Russell Gersten, Samantha Wavell, Julia Lyskawa, Kelly Haymond, Karen Bierman, Jorge Gonzalez, Megan McClelland, Kimberly Nelson, Jill Pentimonti, David Purpura, Jason Sachs, Julie Sarama, Elizabeth Schlesinger-Devlin, Julie Washington and Emily Rosen

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

Ellen Eliason Kisker and Valarie A. Piper

The Kigoma Solar Activity in Tanzania: Evaluation Findings (Issue Brief)

Divya Vohra, Edith Felix, Duncan Chaplin and Arif Mamun

Participant and Provider Outcomes Since the Inception of Ticket to Work and the Effects of the 2008 Regulatory Changes

Jody Schimmel, David Stapleton, David R. Mann and Dawn Phelps

Developing a Coherent Plan for Effectively Using Data (In Focus Brief)

Various Authors

Diabetes Prevalence, Outcomes, and Preventive Services Among Maryland Medicare Beneficiaries, 2002

Angela Merrill and So Sasigant Limpa-Amara

RD or Not RD: Using Experimental Studies to Assess the Performance of the Regression Discontinuity Approach

Philip Gleason, Alexandra Resch and Jillian Berk

Funding Special Education by Capitation: Evidence from State Finance Reforms

Elizabeth Dhuey and Stephen Lipscomb

State Regulation of Residential Facilities for Adults with Mental Illness

Henry Ireys, Lori Achman and Ama Takyi

Sacramento: Pressures to Control Costs Persist Alongside Growing Capacity and Access Challenges

Ha Tu, Len Finocchio, Annie Doubleday and Kristie Liao

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

An Evaluation of Short-Time Compensation Programs

Stuart Kerachsky, Walter Nicholson, Edward Cavin and Alan Hershey

National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration: Client Tracking Form

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

Delivering Employment Retention and Advancement Services: A Process Study of Iowa's Post-Employment Pilot Program

Heather Hill, Gretchen Kirby and Thomas Fraker

Integrating Care for Dual Eligibles in New York: Issues and Options

James M. Verdier, Jenna Libersky and Jessica Gillooly

Early Experiences of the Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3): Cohort 1 Pilots

Linda Rosenberg and Elizabeth Brown

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

Deborah Peikes, Janice Genevro, Sarah Scholle and Phyllis Torda

Differences Among Consumer Segments with Regard to Perceptions of Comparative Effectiveness Research

Sunyna S. Williams and Sloane L. Frost

Final Performance Evaluation Design for the Non-Formal Skills Development Activity (Memo)

Larissa Campuzano and Randall Blair

Simulated Versus Actual SNAP Unit Composition in Survey Households in Two States

John L. Czajka, Karen Cunnyngham and Randy Rosso

Medicare Advantage in 2008

Marsha Gold