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Alabama's Current Insurance Market

Deborah Chollet, Kate Stewart and Suzie Witmer

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

Physical Activity in U.S. Adults: Compliance with the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans

Jared M. Tucker, Gregory J. Welk and Nicholas K. Beyler

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

Medicaid & CHIP and the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

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Physician Perspectives on the Influence of Medical Home Recognition on Practice Transformation and Care Quality for Children with Special Health Care Needs

Dana Petersen, Joseph Zickafoose, Mynti Hossain and Henry Ireys

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

Sheila Hoag, Sean Orzol and Cara Orfield

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

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

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

Using Evidence-Informed Practices to Advance Youth Self-Sufficiency and Well-Being (Presentation)

Annalisa Mastri

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

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

Kari Wolkwitz and Daisy Ewell

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.

Private Sector Partnerships for Global Nutrition Impact: Early Learnings

Clair Null, Kimberly Smith and Drew Koleros

Trends in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates: Fiscal Years 2002-2009

Joshua Leftin

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

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

Steven Glazerman, Peter Z. Schochet and John Burghardt

Advancing Geriatrics Research, Education, and Practice: Policy Challenges After the Great Recession

Judy T. Zerzan and Eugene C. Rich

Mental Health Insurance: Coverage, Generosity, and Parity

Myles Maxfield and Lori Achman

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

Renée Nogales, Diane Paulsell and Louisa Tarullo

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

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

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

Heidi M. Ferrar, Thelma Harms and Debby Cryer

Spotlight on Wyoming

Grace Anglin and Adam Swinburn

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

Integrated Resource Care Center

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

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

Lori Achman and Marsha Gold

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

James M. Verdier

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

Brittany English and Sarah Osborn

Charter School Authorizers and Student Achievement (Journal Article)

Ron Zimmer, Brian Gill, Jonathon Attridge and Kaitlin Obenauf

Reaching More Hungry Children: The Seamless Summer Food Waiver

Tania Tasse and Jim Ohls

Research Review: Understanding Discipline Disparities in Maryland (Infographic)

Johanna Lacoe and Mikia Manley

Potential Strategies to Improve the Employment Outcomes of Youth SSI Recipients

Todd Honeycutt, David Wittenburg, Richard Luecking, Kelli Crane and David R. Mann

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

James Verdier

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

Nan Maxwell and Armando Yañez

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

Performance of New Cognitive Assessments with Head Start Children: Emerging Evidence from FACES and AIAN FACES 2019

Tutrang Nguyen, Lizabeth Malone, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Addison Larson and Judy Cannon

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

M. Robin Dion and Alan J. Hawkins

Compendium of Existing Measures for Understanding Leadership in Early Care and Education

Lizabeth Malone, Scilla Albanese, Christopher Jones, Yange Xue, Gretchen Kirby and Anne Douglass

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

Theresa Schulte Neelan and Brian Goesling

Review of Sanction Policies and Research Studies: Final Literature Review

LaDonna Pavetti, Michelle K. Derr and Heather Hesketh Zaveri

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

Using the Type of Bill to Classify Institutional Claims in 2017 (Brief)

Allison Barrett, Laura Nolan, Mary Allison Geibel, Kimberly Proctor and Jessie Parker

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

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

Home Health Care: Prospective Payment Reduces Visits While Preserving Quality

Valerie Cheh

Successful Care Coordination and the ACA

Randy Brown

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

Christine Ross and Sarah Avellar

Designing the 2010 Census: First Interim Report

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

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

Wilfredo Lim and Carol V. Irvin

Food Stamp Program Access

James Ohls

Multi-City Study Shows Beverage Taxes Raise Prices, Reduce and Shift Purchases

John Cawley, David Frisvold and David Jones

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

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

Ronghua Cathy Lu, John Hall and Stephen Williams

A Systematic Review of Programs to Promote Aspects of Teen Parents’ Self-Sufficiency: Supporting Educational Outcomes and Healthy Birth Spacing

Jessica Harding, Jean Knab, Susan Zief, Kevin Kelly and Diana McCallum

National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration: Client Tracking Form

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

The Three E's: Enrollment, Employment, and Earnings in the Medicaid Buy-In Program, 2006

Gilbert Gimm, Sarah R. Davis, Kristin L. Andrews, Henry T. Ireys and Su Liu

Findings from HeA PA and Implications for ACA Implementation

Leslie Foster, Adam Dunn and Maggie Colby

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

Larissa Campuzano and Randall Blair

Continued Progress in Performance Measurement Reporting by SCHIP

Margo Rosenbach, Anna Katz and Sibyl Day

Accounting for Co-Teaching: A Guide for Policymakers and Developers of Value-Added Models

Eric Isenberg and Elias Walsh

Hospitals' Early Experience with the National Voluntary Hospital Reporting Initiative

Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Meredith Lee and Myles Maxfield

ILAB Synthesis Review

Josh Meuth Alldredge and Sarah Humpage Liuzzi

“Maybe It’s Still Good?†A Qualitative Study of Factors Influencing Food Waste and Application of the E.P.A. Food Recovery Hierarchy in U.S. Supermarkets

Caitlin A. Ceryes, Cerra C. Antonacci, Steven A. Harvey, Marie L. Spiker, Anna Bickers and Roni A. Neff

Training Teens and Transforming School Culture Through Comprehensive Sex Education: An Implementation Study of Teen PEP

Subuhi Asheer, Ellen Kisker and Betsy Keating

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

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Data Quality Study

Kenneth W. Jackson, Scott Peecksen, Donsig Jang and Amang Sukasih

Longitudinal Outcomes of an Early Cohort of Ticket to Work Participants

Gina A. Livermore and Allison Roche

Enrollment and Disenrollment Experiences of Families Covered by CHIP

Christopher Trenholm, Mary Harrington and Claire Dye

Determining Performance Benchmarks for a Medicaid Value-Based Payment

So O'Neil and Ella Douglas-Durham

Toolkit for Building a Virtual Learning Cohort

Brittany Rabb, Emily Gardner, Emma Pottinger, Ramya Tallapragada, Alexandra Resch, Theodora Vorias and Virginia Knechtel

The Role of Intermediaries in Linking TANF Recipients With Jobs

LaDonna Pavetti, Michelle Derr, Jacquelyn Anderson, Carole Trippe and Sidnee Paschal

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

Carol Irvin, Christopher Trenholm and Margo Rosenbach

A Compilation of Initiatives to Support Home-Based Child Care

Toni Porter, Tahra Nichols, Patricia Del Grosso, Carol Begnoche, Rachel Hass, Lee Vuong and Diane Paulsell

Performance Evaluation of the Non-Formal Skills Development Sub-Activity: Interim Results, 2009 to 2010 (Memo)

Larissa Campuzano, Elena Blebea, Randall Blair, Seth Morgan and Carolyn Chuong

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

Various Authors

Medical Homes: Will They Improve Primary Care?

Jill Bernstein, Deborah Chollet, Deborah Peikes and G. Gregory Peterson

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

Testing Different Methods of Estimating the Impacts of Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Systems

Robert B. Olsen and Paul T. Decker

Trends in Medical Conditions and Functioning in the U.S. Population, 1997-2017

Anna Hill and Purvi Sevak

Benefits Planning, Assistance, and Outreach (BPAO) Service User Characteristics and Use of Work Incentives

Gina Livermore and Sarah Prenovitz

National Evaluation of Early Reading First

Russell Jackson, Ann McCoy, Carol Pistorino, Anna Wilkinson, John Burghardt, Melissa Clark, Christine Ross, Peter Schochet, Paul Swank and Stefanie Schmidt

Evaluation of Expeditionary Learning Middle Schools (In Focus Brief)

Various Authors

The Educational and Behavioral Impacts of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Charter School

Matthew Johnson, Cleo Jacobs Johnson, Scott Richman, Alicia Demers, Claudia Gentile and Eric Lindquist

National Job Corps Study: Methodological Appendixes on Sample Implementation and Baseline Interviewing

Peter Schochet

Sharing Study Data: A Guide for Education Researchers

Ruth Neild, Danielle Robinson and Jacqueline Agufa

Data Visualization and Infographics (In Focus)

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

How Prepared are Americans for Public Health Emergencies? Twelve Communities Weigh In

Megan McHugh, Andrea B. Staiti and Laurie E. Felland

Emails Prompt Employees to Save More for Retirement (Brief)

Samia Amin, Greg Chojnacki, Irma Perez-Johnson, Matthew Darling, Aravind Moorthy and Jaclyn Lefkowitz

Reaching Those in Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2006

Karen E. Cunnyngham, Laura A. Castner and Allen L. Schirm

The Cost-Effectiveness of High-Risk Lung Cancer Screening and Drivers of Program Efficiency

Sonya Cressman, Stuart J. Peacock, Martin C. Tammemägi, William K. Evans, Natasha B. Leighl, John R. Goffin, Alain Tremblay, Geoffrey Liu, Daria Manos, Paul MacEachern, Rick Bhatia, Serge Puksa, Garth Nicholas, Annette McWilliams, John R. Mayo, John Yee, John C. English, Reka Pataky, Emily McPherson, Sukhinder Atkar-Khattra, Michael R. Johnston, Heidi Schmidt, Frances A. Shepherd, Kam Soghrati, Kayvan Amjadi, Paul Burrowes, Christian Couture, Harmanjatinder S. Sekhon, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Glenwood Goss, Diana N. Ionescu, David M. Hwang, Simon Martel, Don D. Sin, Wan C. Tan, Stefan Urbanski, Zhaolin Xu, Ming-Sound Tsao and Stephen Lam

Moving into Adulthood: Were the Impacts of Mandatory Programs for Welfare-Dependent Teenage Parents Sustained After the Programs Ended?

Ellen Eliason Kisker, Anu Rangarajan and Kimberly Boller

Geographic Variation in Medicare Per Capita Spending: Should Policy-Makers Be Concerned? (Policy Brief)

Claudia H. Williams and Marsha Gold

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

John L. Czajka, Karen Cunnyngham and Randy Rosso

Translating Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) to Current Monthly Income

John L. Czajka

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

Allison Zippay and Anu Rangarajan

Parent Perspectives on Care Received at Patient-Centered Medical Homes for Their Children with Special Health Care Needs

Dana Petersen, Lisa Schottenfeld, Caroline Massad Francis, Henry Ireys and Joseph Zickafoose

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

Deborah Chollet, Su Liu and Laurie Felland

Designing an Impact Study of Four Selected Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy

Robert G. Wood, Brian Goesling, Susan Zief and Jean Knab

Health Professionals and Patients in California: Speaking the Same Language

Diane Rittenhouse, Alicia Fernandez, Alexandra Ament and Janet Coffman