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Review of WIC Food Packages: Proposed Framework for Revisions, Interim Report

Committee to review WIC food packages of which Mary Kay Fox is a Member

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

Sharing Study Data: A Guide for Education Researchers

Ruth Neild, Danielle Robinson and Jacqueline Agufa

Advancing the Self-Sufficiency and Well-Being of At-Risk Youth: A Conceptual Framework (Presentation)

M. Robin Dion

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

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

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Three School Meals and Weekend Food Backpacks on Food Security in Virginia

Michael Burke, Charlotte Cabili, Danielle Berman, Sarah Forrestal and Philip Gleason

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

Allison Zippay and Anu Rangarajan

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

Cynthia Phillips, Rebecca Kruse, Amanda Cash and Dan Finkelstein

Paper of the Year: Effects of Care Coordination on Hospitalization Quality of Care and Health Care Expenditures Among Medicare Beneficiaries: 15 Randomized Trials (JAMA 2009)

Deborah Peikes, Arnold Chen, Jennifer Schore and Randall Brown

Watching the Clock Tick: Factors Associated with TANF Accumulation

Kristin S. Seefeldt and Sean M. Orzol

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

Implications of Health Homes for NCQA Health Plan Accreditation

Center for Health Care Strategies and Mathematica Policy Research

Collaborating with Faith- and Community-Based Organizations: Lessons Learned from 12 Workforce Investment Boards

Diane Paulsell, Jeffrey Max, Michelle Derr and Andrew Burwick

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

Alexandra Resch and Jonah Deutsch

Impacts of Waiting Periods for Home- and Community-Based Services on Consumers and Medicaid Costs in Iowa (Presentation)

Greg Peterson, Randy Brown and Allison Barrett

Implementation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP): Synthesis of State Evaluations

Margo Rosenbach, Marilyn Ellwood, Carol Irvin, Cheryl Young, Wendy Conroy, Brian Quinn and Megan Kell

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

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

Effects of a Community-Based Care Management Model for Super Utilizers

Purvi Sevak, Cara N. Stepanczuk, Katharine W.V. Bradley, Tim Day, Greg Peterson, Boyd Gilman, Laura Blue, Keith Kranker, Kate Stewart and Lorenzo Moreno

Reliability of the Deployment Resiliency Assessment

Samuel E. Simon, Kate Stewart, Michelle Kloc, Thomas V. Williams and Margaret C. Wilmoth

Technical Report of the NAEP Mathematics Assessment in Puerto Rico: Focus on Statistical Issues

G.P. Baxter, S. Ahmed, E. Sikali, T. Waits, M. Sloan and S. Salvucci

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

Vermont's Progressive Employment Program: A Preliminary Impact Analysis

David R. Mann, David C. Stapleton and Alice Porter

Redesign of the Income Questions in the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement: Further Analysis of the 2014 Split-Sample Test

John L. Czajka and Randy Rosso

After-Hours Care and Its Coordination with Primary Care in the U.S

Ann S. O'Malley, Divya Samuel, Amelia M. Bond and Emily Carrier

Enrollment and Disenrollment Experiences of Families Covered by CHIP

Christopher Trenholm, Mary Harrington and Claire Dye

Predicting Preschooler Obesity at Birth: The Role of Maternal Obesity in Early Pregnancy

Robert C. Whitaker

Emerging Federal and State Activities Related to the Collection of Data to Measure Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Patricia Collins Higgins and Erin Fries Taylor

Spring 2012 School Administrator Survey

Various Authors

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

Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation for Federal Evaluation Staff

Mary Anne Anderson and Annalisa Mastri

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

Rachel Miller, Kristin Maurer and Katharine Bradley

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

Lori Achman and Deborah Chollet

Trends in FSP Participation Rates: Focus on August 1995

Scott Cody and Carole Trippe

Developing Competency-Based Program Models in Three Community Colleges

Ann E. Person, Lisbeth Goble and Julie Bruch

Impacts of New Leaders on Student Achievement in Oakland

Kevin Booker and Jaime Thomas

Practitioner’s Playbook for Applying Behavioral Insights to Labor Programs

Matthew Darling, Jaclyn Lefkowitz, Samia Amin, Irma Perez-Johnson, Greg Chojnacki and Mikia Manley

TANF Caseload Survey: Common Instrument

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

A Mobile Tool for Health Workers: Promising Results in Bihar, India

Evan Borkum, Dana Rotz and Anu Rangarajan

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

Emily Sama-Miller and Jacqueline Kauff

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

Gina Livermore and Sarah Prenovitz

Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE): Arkansas PROMISE Process Analysis Report

Todd Honeycutt, Brittney Gionfriddo, Jacqueline Kauff, Joseph Mastrianni, Nicholas Redel and Adele Rizzuto

The Effect of Breast-Feeding with and without Formula Use on the Risk of Obesity at 4 Years of Age

Debra L. Bogen, Barbara H. Hanusa and Robert C. Whitaker

Medical Homes: Will They Improve Primary Care?

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

Case Study of a Collaborative Approach to Improving Community-Based Services for People with Low Income: Community Caring Collaborative

Katie Eddins and Kristen Joyce

Societal Costs of Untreated Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders in the United States

Dara Lee Luca, Nellie Garlow, Colleen Staatz, Caroline Margiotta and Kara Zivin

Reforming Medicaid: The Experiences of Five Pioneering States with Mandatory Managed Care and Eligibility Expansions

Randall Brown, Judith Wooldridge, Sheila Hoag and Lorenzo Moreno

Developing Medicare and Medicaid Substance Abuse Treatment Spending Estimates

Ellen Bouchery, Rick Harwood, Rosalie Malsberger, Emily Caffery, Jessica Nysenbaum and Kerianne Hourihan

Building Strong Families: Evaluating an Intervention to Nurture the Bond Between Unwed Parents

Sheena McConnell

A Portrait of Head Start Classrooms and Programs: FACES Spring 2017 Data Tables and Study Design

Sara Bernstein, Charles Bush, Nikki Aikens, Emily Moiduddin, Jessica F. Harding, Lizabeth Malone, Louisa Tarullo, Judy Cannon, Kai Filipczak and Serge Lukashanets

Evaluation of Expeditionary Learning Middle Schools (In Focus Brief)

Various Authors

Longitudinal Outcomes of an Early Cohort of Ticket to Work Participants

Gina A. Livermore and Allison Roche

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

Claudia H. Williams and Marsha Gold

Building Strong Families: From Concept to Reality

Debra A. Strong, Alan M. Hershey and M. Robin Dion

What Do We Know About the Link Between Marriage and Health?

Heather L. Koball, Emily Moiduddin, Jamila Henderson, Brian Goesling and Melanie Besculides

Exploring and Overcoming the Challenges Primary Care Practices Face with Care Management of High-Risk Patients in CPC+: A Mixed-Methods Study

Tricia Collins Higgins, Ann O'Malley and Rosalind Keith

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

Keith Kranker

Emails Prompt Employees to Save More for Retirement (Brief)

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

Improvement Efforts in Rural Schools: Experience of Nine Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants

Linda Rosenberg, Megan Davis Christianson and Megan Hague Angus

Continued Progress in Performance Measurement Reporting by SCHIP

Margo Rosenbach, Anna Katz and Sibyl Day

Household Participation in the Food Stamp and WIC Programs Increases the Nutrient Intakes of Preschool Children

Donald Rose, Jean-Pierre Habicht and Barbara Devaney

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

A Year in Head Start: Findings from FACES 2014 on Children’s Progress Toward School Readiness During the 2014-2015 Program Year

Ashley Kopack Klein, Nikki Aikens, Lizabeth Malone and Louisa Tarullo

The Medigap Market: Product and Pricing Trends, 1999-2001

Deborah Chollet

Factors Contributing to Variations in Physicians' Use of Evidence at The Point of Care: A Conceptual Model

James D. Reschovsky, Eugene C. Rich and Timothy K. Lake

Hospitals' Early Experience with the National Voluntary Hospital Reporting Initiative

Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Meredith Lee and Myles Maxfield

Work-Related Overpayment and Benefit Suspension Experiences of Federal Disability Beneficiaries

Marisa Shenk and Gina Livermore

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Data Quality Study

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

Coding-Driven Changes in Measured Risk in Accountable Care Organizations

Michael E. Chernew, Jessica Carichner, Jeron Impreso, J. Michael McWilliams, Thomas G. McGuire, Sartaj Alam, Bruce E. Landon and Mary Beth Landrum

Performance Measurement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Modernization Initiatives: Integrated Report

Laura Castner, Amy Wodarek O'Reilly, Kevin Conway, Maura Bardos and Emily Sama-Miller

Readiness and Implementation of Quality Improvement Strategies Among Small and Medium-Sized Primary Care Practices: An Observational Study

Gregory Peterson and David J. Magid

Integrated Appeal and Grievance Processes for Integrated D-SNPs with “Exclusively Aligned Enrollmentâ€

Ryan Stringer and Alena Tourtellotte

The Social Security Administration's Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Interim Report on Transition WORKS

Thomas Fraker, Alison Black, Arif Mamun, Michelle Manno, John Martinez, Bonnie O'Day, Meghan O'Toole, Anu Rangarajan and Debbie Reed

“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

The APEC II Study: Estimating and Validating Statistical Models for Generating State-Level Estimates of Improper Payments in the School Meal Programs (Summary)

Quinn Moore and April Yanyuan Wu

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

The Role of Intermediaries in Linking TANF Recipients With Jobs

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

The Horizons Study: Third Follow-UP Questionnaire

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the Children's Health Insurance Program: A Case Study of Virginia's FAMIS Program

Sarah Benatar, Margo Wilkinson and Ian Hill

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

Peter Schochet

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

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

The Road to Trans-Inclusive Health Care: Policy Implications and the Critical Role of Social Work

Corinne P. Lewis

Do Investments in Local Public Health Infrastructure Improve Community Health? Findings from the National Public Health Performance Standards Program

Glen P. Mays, Megan McHugh, Kyumin Shim, Natalie Perry, Paul Halverson, Dennis Lenaway, Sergey Sotnikov and Ramal Moonesinghe

Challenges and Opportunities in Engaging Low-Income Populations with Disabilities in Web Surveys (Presentation)

Holly Matulewicz, Karen Donelan and Forest Crigler

Considerations for Reopening Pennsylvania Schools

Brian Gill, Ravi Goyal, Jacob Hartog, John Hotchkiss and Danielle DeLisle

Large Numbers of Estimates for Small Areas

Allen L. Schirm, Alan M. Zaslavsky and John L. Czajka

Parent Partners: Evaluation of a Novel Peer-Support Intervention for the Caregivers of Children Hospitalized for Behavioral Health Conditions

Eric J. Lammers, Joseph S. Zickafoose, G. Greg Peterson, Laura Blue, Kate A. Stewart and Keith Kranker

QRS Profile: Iowa Child Care Quality Rating System

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

Study of Teacher Coaching Based on Classroom Videos: Impacts on Student Achievement and Teachers’ Practices

Melissa Clark, Jeffrey Max, Susanne James-Burdumy, Silvia Robles, Moira McCullough, Paul Burkander and Steven Malick

Cyclical Fluctuations in Strike Activity

Sheena McConnell

Childhood Cancer Survivor Study Participants' Perceptions and Understanding of the Affordable Care Act

Elyse R. Park, Anne C. Kirchhoff, Giselle K. Perez, Wendy Leisenring, Joel S. Weissman, Karen Donelan, Ann C. Mertens, James D. Reschovsky, Gregory T. Armstrong, Leslie L. Robison, Mariel Franklin, Kelly A. Hyland, Lisa R. Diller, Christopher J. Recklitis and Karen A. Kuhlthau

Findings from HeA PA and Implications for ACA Implementation

Leslie Foster, Adam Dunn and Maggie Colby

Market Developments Signal Cost Hikes in Greenville

Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Jon B. Christianson, Linda R. Brewster, Ashley C. Short, Richard Sorian, Robert E. Hurley, Lawrence D. Brown and Jessica H. May

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

Modeling Administrative Costs in the Summer Food Service Program

Marsha Silverberg and James Ohls

Economic Grand Rounds: The Costs of Parity Mandates for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Insurance Benefits

Merrile Sing and Steven Hill

Strategies to Ensure HITECH Supports the Patient-Centered Medical Home

Lorenzo Moreno, Deborah Peikes and Amy Krilla

Parental Report of Outdoor Playtime as a Measure of Physical Activity in Preschool-Aged Children

Hilary L. Burdette, Robert C. Whitaker and Stephen R. Daniels