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Promise Neighborhood Site Profile: Northside Achievement Zone

Lara Hulsey and Kimberly Boller

Private Plans in Medicare: Another Look

Marsha Gold

Prior Research Table

Lindsay Fox, Megan Shoji, Ryan Ruggiero, Mikia Manley, Virginia Knechtel and Kate Place

An Examination of Hospital Nurse Staffing and Patient Experience with Care: Differences between Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Estimates

Grant R. Martsolf, Teresa B. Gibson, Richele Benevent, H. Joanna Jiang, Carol Stocks, Emily D. Ehrlich, Ryan Kandrack and David I. Auerbach

Hospital Characteristics and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Inpatient Quality Indicators: A Systematic Review

L. D. Engineer, B. D. Winters, C. M. Weston, A. Zhang, R. Sharma, E. Bass, D. Jones, A. Rosen, F. B. Yoon, A. Borzecki and S. M. Dy

Reaching the Working Poor and Poor Elderly: Interim Report on Focus Groups

Michael Ponza and Sheena McConnell

Who Enrolls in Healthy Marriage Programs? Data Snapshot: Adult Clients at Program Entry

Sarah Avellar, Alexandra Stanczyk, Nikki Aikens, Mathew Stange and Grace Roemer

Impacts of a Home Visiting Program Enhanced with Content on Healthy Birth Spacing

Susan Zief, John Deke, Paul Burkander, Andrew Langan and Subuhi Asheer

Twelve Ideas to Promote Employment for Youth with Disabilities: An Introduction to the SSI Youth Solutions Project

Kara Contreary and Todd Honeycutt

Leadership Changes Reinvigorate Cleveland's Health Care Market

Sally Trude, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Jon B. Christianson, Anneliese M. Garland, Andrea B. Staiti and Erin Fries Taylor

Care Coordination Programs for Improving Outcomes for High-Need Beneficiaries: What's the Evidence?

Randy Brown

Understanding the 100 Highest Users of Health and Social Services in San Francisco

Caroline Cawley, Maria C. Raven, Maria X. Martinez, Matthew Niedzwiecki, Margot B. Kushel and Hemal K. Kanzaria

Evaluation of the Diffusion and Impact of the Chronic Care Management (CCM) Services: Final Report

John Schurrer, Ann O'Malley, Claire Wilson, Nancy McCall and Neetu Jain

Learn, Innovate, Improve: A Practice Guide for Enhancing Programs and Improving Lives

Michelle Derr

The Complex Art of Making It Simple: Factors Affecting Enrollment in Integrated Care Demonstrations for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries

Debra J. Lipson, Erin Weir Lakhmani, Alena Tourtellotte and Danielle Chelminsky

Comments on "Another Look at the New York City Voucher Experiment"

David E. Myers and Daniel P. Mayer

Toward Understanding EHR Use in Small Physician Practices

Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Lorraine Johnson, Christopher Fleming, Rachel Shapiro and Brenda Natzke

A Review of Recent Evaluation Efforts Associated with Programs and Policies Designed to Promote the Employment of Adults with Disabilities

Gina A. Livermore and Nanette Goodman

Evaluation of Five Section 1115 Medicaid Reform Demonstrations: Survey Methodology

Anne B. Ciemnecki, Karen A. CyBulski, John W. Hall and Barbara A. Kolln

Private Health Insurance High Risk Pools GAP Plans and Options for Reform

Deborah Chollet

What is Father Engagement? (Infographic)

Danielle Delisle and Rebekah Selekman

Participation in Responsible Fatherhood Programs in the PACT Evaluation: Associations with Father and Program Characteristics

Julia Alamillo and Heather Zaveri

The Social Security Administration's Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Evaluation Design Report

Anu Rangarajan, Thomas Fraker, Todd Honeycutt, Arif Mamun, John Martinez, Bonnie O'Day and David Wittenburg

The Effectiveness of a Peer-Staffed Crisis Respite Program as an Alternative to Hospitalization

Ellen E. Bouchery, Michael Barna, Elizabeth Babalola, Daniel Friend, Jonathan D. Brown, Crystal Blyler and Henry T. Ireys

Databases Strengthen Long-Term Care Partnerships

Ann Bagchi and Jung Kim

Maternal Health Care Quality and Outcomes Under the Utkrisht Impact Bond: Midline Findings and Insights

So O'Neil, Divya Vohra, Matthew Spitzer, Shveta Kalyanwala and Dana Rotz

Comparing Job Training Impact Estimates Using Survey and Administrative Data

Annalisa Mastri, Dana Rotz and Elias S. Hanno

Hybrid Instructional Approaches and COVID-19 Infection Trends in a Sample of Pennsylvania School Districts, Fall 2020

Brian Gill and Danielle DeLisle

Reaching the Working Poor and Poor Elderly: Cognitive Test Summary Report

Michael Ponza, Sheena McConnell, Rhoda R. Cohen and Donna L. Eisenhower

Grid Electricity Expansion in Tanzania by MCC: Findings from a Rigorous Impact Evaluation, Final Report

Duncan Chaplin, Arif Mamun, Ali Protik, John Schurrer, Divya Vohra, Kristine Bos, Hannah Burak, Laura Meyer, Anca Dumitrescu, Christopher Ksoll and Thomas Cook

CKF Activities: A Collaborative Effort

Sheila Hoag and Beth Stevens

Quality Improvement in Primary Care: External Supports for Practices

Erin Fries Taylor, Deborah Peikes, Kristin Geonnotti, Robert McNellis, Janice Genevro and David Meyers

Limitations of the National Disability Data System

Gina A. Livermore and Peiyun She

The Evaluation of the Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment

Henry T. Ireys and Paul Wehman

Money Follows the Person Demonstration: Overview of State Grantee Progress, July-December 2010

Noelle Denny-Brown, Christal Stone, Debra Lipson and Jessica Ross

Assessment of Fecal Exposure Pathways in Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods in Accra, Ghana: Rationale, Design, Methods, and Key Findings of the SaniPath Study

Katharine Robb, Clair Null, Peter Teunis, Habib Yakubu, George Armah and Christine L. Moe

Observations of Mother-Twin Interactions at 9 Months: User's Manual for the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) 9-month Twin Triad Restricted-Use Data File

Nikki Aikens, Nana Kwakye, Amy Rathbun, Jennifer Park and Jodi Jacobson Chernoff

The Medicare Rx Drug Law: Profile and Analysis of the 26 Medicare Advantage Regions

Marsha Gold and Lindsay Harris

Promoting Public Benefits Access Through Web-Based Tools and Outreach

Jacqueline Kauff, Emily Sama-Miller, Gretchen Rowe, Cicely Thomas and Libby Makowsky

Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program: State Progress in Implementation, Report to Congress (Summary)

Dennis Ranalli, Janis Johnston, Edward Harper, Rosemary O'Connell, Jay Hirschman, Quinn Moore, Ira Nichols-Barrer and Nancy Cole

Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 2003

Karen Cunnyngham and Beth Brown

Living on Little: Case Studies of Iowa Families with Very Low Incomes

Heather Hill and Jackie Kauff

Helping Health Agencies Address the Challenges of Fraud, Abuse, and Improper Payments (About Us)

Mathematica Policy Research

Ewing Marion Kauffman School Year 9 Impacts

Matthew Johnson and Alicia Demers

How Early Adopting Hospital Systems View the Business Case for Health Information Exchange

Marsha Gold and Mynti Hossain

Working Toward a Definition of Infant/Toddler Curricula: Intentionally Furthering the Development of Individual Children within Responsive Relationships

Rachel Chazan-Cohen, Martha Zaslow, Helen H. Raikes, James Elicker, Diane Paulsell, Allyson Dean and Kerry Kriener-Althen

Using the Principles of Adult Learning to Enhance Health Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programming (Issue Brief)

Julia Alamillo and Ann Person

Housing for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: A Review of the Literature and Program Typology

Amy Dworsky, Keri-Nicole Dillman, M. Robin Dion, Brandon Coffee-Borden and Miriam Rosenau

Evaluation of the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Program

Shanna Shulman, Melanie Besculides, Anna Saltzman, Henry Ireys, Karl R. White and Irene Forsman

State Capacity to Support School Turnaround

Courtney Tanenbaum, Andrea Boyle, Cheryl Graczewski, Susanne James-Burdumy, Lisa Dragoset and Kristin Hallgren

Successful Plan Design for Vulnerable Beneficiaries in Medicare

Marsha Gold

Access to Physician Services in Public Insurance Programs for Low-Income Populations: A Framework for Assessment and Action

Marsha Gold and Sylvia Kuo

The Early Experience of the Medical Care Development Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program

Arnold Chen

How States Are Implementing Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs Through the Personal Responsibility Education Program

Susan Zief, Rachel Shapiro and Debra Strong

The Impact of Benefits Counseling and Vocational Rehabilitation on Employment and Earnings

Cindy Gruman, Noreen A. Shugrue, Jane Koppelman, Jody Schimmel, Amy Porter and Julie T. Robison

Medicare Beneficiaries and HMOs: Highlights of the Los Angeles and New York City Medicare HMO Markets

Randall Brown, Marsha Gold and Anna Aizer

Administering Work-Related Requirements Across Human Services Programs: Service Delivery Approaches

Katie Eddins, Gretchen Rowe and Pamela Holcomb

The Access to Agricultural Finance Credit Program in Moldova: Findings from an End-of-Compact Analysis

Evan Borkum, Irina Cheban, Jane Fortson, Alexander Johann and Seth B. Morgan

Pathways-To-Outcomes: How Responsible Fatherhood Program Activities May Lead to Intended Outcomes

Scott Baumgartner, Daniel Friend, Pamela Holcomb, Elizabeth Clary, Heather Zaveri and Amy Overcash

Evaluating Collaborative Initiatives: Supporting EBHV Grantees Cross-Site Evaluation Methods and Findings

Margaret Hargreaves

Wise Guys: Implementing a Boys-Only Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program in Davenport, Iowa

Ellen Kisker, Lauren Murphy and Robert G. Wood

Improving Data to Analyze Food and Nutrition Policies

Panel on Enhancing the Data infrastructure in Support of Food nutrition Programs, Research and Decision Making of which Ronette Briefel is a Member.

The Power of Nutrition: Indicators for Key Nutrition Interventions

Anitha Sivasankaran, Anu Rangarajan and Nikita Ramchandani

Evolution of Outreach: Evaluation of Enroll America's Efforts to Support ACA Enrollment

Sheila Hoag, Cara Orfield and Sean Orzol

Balancing Access and Costs: Health Benefit Structures for Privately Insured People

James D. Reschovsky, Kara Contreary and Joel V. Smith

The Dynamics of Food Stamp Program Participation in the Early 1990s

Philip Gleason, Peter Schochet and Robert Moffitt

Connecting the Dots: Statistics, Causality, and Policy

Frank Yoon

Gender Differences in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders and Related Healthcare Services Utilization

Evelyn Brand, Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio and Rachel Volberg

A Qualitative Study of Employment Experiences of DI Beneficiaries after Receipt of an Overpayment

John Kregel

Reaching Those in Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2004

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

In Focus: Examining Schools' Use of Practices Promoted by School Improvement Grants (In Focus Brief)

Lisa Dragoset, Susanne James-Burdumy, Kristin Hallgren, Irma Perez-Johnson, Mariesa Herrmann, Christina Tuttle, Megan Hague Angus, Rebecca Herman, Matthew Murray, Corutney Tanenbaum and Cheryl Graczewski

Evaluating Teen Options for Preventing Pregnancy: Impacts and Mechanisms

Dara Lee Luca, Jack Stevens, Dana Rotz, Brian Goesling and Robyn Lutz

Mortgage Foreclosures and the Changing Mix of Crime in Micro-Neighborhoods

Johanna Lacoe and Ingrid Gould Ellen

Highlights from the FRAMING Research Responsible Fatherhood Technical Work Group

Sarah Avellar, Heather Gordon and Robert G. Wood

Evaluation of the Minority Female Single Parent Demonstration Volume III: Technical Report on the Benefit-Cost Analysis

Anne Gordon

Cross-Site Evaluation of the Supporting Evidence-Based Home Visiting Grantees: Summary of the Planning Year

Patricia Del Grosso and Deborah Daro

Trends in Benefits Offered by Medicare+Choice MCOs, 1999-2001

Anna Cook

Developing a Tool to Examine Teachers' Use of Ongoing Child Assessment to Individualize Instruction

Shannon Monahan, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Barbara A. Wasik, Lauren Akers, Felicia Hurwitz and Judith Carta

International Efforts to Serve Youth with Disabilities: Lessons for the U.S. Disability Support System

Todd Honeycutt, Jennifer A. Lyons and Lorenzo Moreno

Primum Non Nocere: Reconciling Patient-Centered Outcomes with Evidence-Based Care

Eugene C. Rich

School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study Final Report Volume 4: Student Participation, Satisfaction, Plate Waste, and Dietary Intakes

Mary Kay Fox, Elizabeth Gearan, Charlotte Cabili, Dallas Dotter, Katherine Niland, Liana Washburn, Nora Paxton, Lauren Olsho, Lindsay LeClair and Vinh Tran

Staffing Patterns of Primary Care Practices in the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative

Deborah N. Peikes, Robert J. Reid, Timothy J. Day, Derekh D.F. Cornwell, Stacy B. Dale, Richard J. Baron, Randall S. Brown and Rachel J. Shapiro

Health Needs and College Readiness in Autistic Students: The Freshman Survey Results

Priyanka Fernandes, Madeline Haley, Kevin Eagan, Paul Shattuck and Alice A. Kuo

SCHIP at 10: A Synthesis of the Evidence on Retention

Shanna Shulman, Margo Rosenbach and Sylvia Kuo

Strengthening Relationships and Supporting Healthy Marriage Among Unwed Parents

M. Robin Dion and Barbara Devaney

Personal Health Records: What Do Underserved Consumers Want?

Lorenzo Moreno, Stephanie Peterson, Ann Bagchi and Raquel af Ursin

TANF and SSI: Is It Time for a Systems Test?

David Butler and David Wittenburg

Work-Related Benefit Suspension Experiences Among Disability Beneficiaries

Marisa Shenk and Purvi Sevak

Estimated Effects on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program of Eliminating California's SSI Cash-Out Policy

Karen Cunnyngham

Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fiscal Year 2008 (Summary)

Kari Wolkwitz and Carole Trippe

Initial Impacts of the Ticket to Work Program: Estimates Based on Exogenous Variation in Ticket Mail Months

David Stapleton, Arif Mamun and Jeremy Page

Improving Child and Parent Mental Health in Primary Care: A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Communication Skills Training

Lawrence Sagin Wissow, Anne Gadomski, Debra Roter, Susan Larson, Jonathan Brown, Ciara Zachary, Edward Bartlett, Ivor Horn, Xianghua Luo and Mei-Cheng Wang

Building Capacity in Health and Education Systems to Deliver Interventions that Strengthen Early Child Development

Milagros Nores and Camila Fernandez

Instructional Practices and Student Achievement: Correlations from a Study of Math Curricula (Technical Appendix)

Douglas H. Clements, Roberto Agodini and Barbara Harris

Early Head Start Programs, Staff, and Infants/Toddlers and Families Served: Baby FACES 2018 (Data Tables)

Yange Xue, Cassandra Baxter, Christopher Jones, Harshini Shah, Pia Caronongan, Nikki Aikens, Eileen Bandel, Judy Cannon, Kerry Schellenberger, Amy Defnet, Cheri Vogel and Sally Atkins-Burnett

Survey Estimates of Wealth: A Comparative Analysis and Review of the Survey of Income and Program Participation

John L. Czajka, Jonathan E. Jacobson and Scott Cody

The Relationship of Multiple Program Benefits and Employment to SSI/DI Enrollment and Reliance Among Working-Age Adults with Serious Mental Illness

Judith A. Cook and Jane K. Burke-Miller

Horseshoes, Hand Grenades, and Treatment Effects? Reassessing Whether Nonexperimental Estimators are Biased

Kenneth Fortson, Philip Gleason, Emma Kopa and Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz

An Overview of the Kauffman Firm Survey: Results from the 2004-2007 Data

Alicia Robb, Janice Ballou, David DesRoches, Frank Potter, Zhanyun Zhao and E. J. Reedy

Assessing Patient, Physician, and Practice Characteristics Predicting Use of Low-Value Services

Eunhae Shin, Chris Fleming, Arkadipta Ghosh, Arvin Javadi, Rhea Powell and Eugene Rich