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Modified Adjusted Gross Income: Implications for Medicaid Eligibility Systems Under the ACA

Carrie Au-Yeung and John Czajka

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

Rachel Miller, Kristin Maurer and Katharine Bradley

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

Linda Rosenberg, Megan Davis Christianson and Megan Hague Angus

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

Advocacy Capacity Assessment Instrument

Margaret Gerteis, Julia Coffman, Jung Kim and Krisztina Marton

New Respondent Reminder Methods and the Effects on Response Rate for an Establishment Survey

Matthew Anderson, Mellissa Krakowiecki, Larry Vittoriano, Karen CyBulski and Cathie Alderks

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

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

Medicare Advantage in 2008

Marsha Gold

Wastewater Surveillance of Pathogens can Inform Public Health Responses

Megan B. Diamond, Aparna Keshaviah, Ana I. Bento, Otakuye Conroy-Ben, Erin M. Driver, Katherine B. Ensor, Rolf U. Halden, Loren P. Hopkins, Katrin G. Kuhn, Christine L. Moe, Eric C. Rouchka, Ted Smith, Bradley S. Stevenson, Zachary Susswein, Jason R. Vogel, Marlene K. Wolfe, Lauren B. Stadler and Samuel V. Scarpino

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

Alexandra Resch and Jonah Deutsch

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

Eric Isenberg and Elias Walsh

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

Exploring Fathering Roles in Low-Income Families: The Influence of Intergenerational Transmission

Jeffrey Shears, Jean Ann Summers, Kimberly Boller and Gina Barclay-McLaughlin

Funding Special Education by Capitation: Evidence from State Finance Reforms

Elizabeth Dhuey and Stephen Lipscomb

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

Holly Matulewicz, Karen Donelan and Forest Crigler

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

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

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

Mini-MAX User's Guide

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

Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program: Impacts on Program Access and Integrity

Philip Gleason, Tania Tasse, Kenneth Jackson and Patricia Nemeth

Applying Advocacy Skills in Tumultuous Times: Adaptive Capacity of Insuring America's Children Grantees (Executive Summary)

Jung Y. Kim, Victoria Peebles and Christopher A. Trenholm

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

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

Determining Performance Benchmarks for a Medicaid Value-Based Payment

So O'Neil and Ella Douglas-Durham

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

William Black, Randall Brown, Karen CyBulski and John Hall

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

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

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

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

Developing Competency-Based Program Models in Three Community Colleges

Ann E. Person, Lisbeth Goble and Julie Bruch

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

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

Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation for Federal Evaluation Staff

Mary Anne Anderson and Annalisa Mastri

“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

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

Carol Irvin, Christopher Trenholm and Margo Rosenbach

Hospitals' Early Experience with the National Voluntary Hospital Reporting Initiative

Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Meredith Lee and Myles Maxfield

An Evaluation of the Feasibility of a Substate Area Extended Benefit Program

John L. Czajka, Sharon K. Long, Walter Nicholson, Susan Allin, Ann Huff and Charles Post

Toolkit for Building a Virtual Learning Cohort

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

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

Medical Homes: Will They Improve Primary Care?

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

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

Marisa Shenk and Gina Livermore

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

Robert C. Whitaker

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

Claudia H. Williams and Marsha Gold

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

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

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

Various Authors

Routine Emergency Department Use for Sick Care by Children in the United States

Neal Halfon, Paul W. Newacheck, David L. Wood and Robert F. St. Peter

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

Allison Zippay and Anu Rangarajan

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

Gregory Peterson and David J. Magid

Measuring Principals' Effectiveness: Results from New Jersey's First Year of Statewide Principal Evaluation

Mariesa Herrmann and Christine Ross

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

Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of Process Measures

Bradley Gray, Jonathan Vandergrift, Bruce Landon, James Reschovsky and Rebecca Lipner

National Long-Term Care Channeling Demonstration: Client Contact Log

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

Watching the Clock Tick: Factors Associated with TANF Accumulation

Kristin S. Seefeldt and Sean M. Orzol

Considerations for Reopening Pennsylvania Schools

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

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Data Quality Study

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

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

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

Jesse Chandler, Jacob Hartog, Erin Lipman and Jonathan Gellar

Standards for Regression Discontinuity Designs

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

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

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

The Return Motivations of Legal Permanent Migrants: Evidence from Exchange Rate Shocks and Immigrants in Australia

Paolo Abarcar

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

Diane Paulsell, Jeffrey Max, Michelle Derr and Andrew Burwick

An Evaluation of the Federal Supplemental Compensation Program

Walter Corson, Jean Grossman and Walter Nicholson

Public Reporting of Quality Information on Medicaid Health Plans

Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Allison Barrett and Rebecca Nyman

TANF Caseload Survey: Common Instrument

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

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

Ellen Eliason Kisker and Valarie A. Piper

Cyclical Fluctuations in Strike Activity

Sheena McConnell

Effects of Medicaid Disease Management Programs on Medical Expenditures: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Georgia

Keith Kranker

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

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

Corinne P. Lewis

Developing Medicare and Medicaid Substance Abuse Treatment Spending Estimates

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

Evaluation of the Local Initiative Rewarding Results Collaborative Demonstrations

Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Gilbert Gimm and Stephanie Peterson

Enticing Dually Eligible Beneficiaries to Enroll in Integrated Care Plans

Debra J. Lipson and Erin Weir Lakhmani

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

Modeling Administrative Costs in the Summer Food Service Program

Marsha Silverberg and James Ohls

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

The Role of Intermediaries in Linking TANF Recipients With Jobs

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

Data Visualization and Infographics (In Focus)

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

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

John L. Czajka, Karen Cunnyngham and Randy Rosso

Practitioner’s Playbook for Applying Behavioral Insights to Labor Programs

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

Children's Progress During the 2010-2011 LAUP Year

Yange Xue, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Emily Moiduddin, Sharon Murphy and Artineh Samkian

Interview Interruption and Responses to Questions About Domestic Violence in India

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

QRS Profile: Miami-Dade Quality Counts

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

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

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

Medicaid Analytic eXtract 2010 Chartbook

Rosemary Borck, Laura Ruttner, Vivian Byrd and Karina Wagnerman

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

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

Ryan Stringer and Alena Tourtellotte

Supporting Quality in Home-Based Child Care

Diane Paulsell, Toni Porter and Gretchen Kirby

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

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

Response Rates in Random Digit Dialing (RDD) Telephone Surveys

James T. Massey, Dan O'Connor and Karol Krotki

Impacts of New Leaders on Student Achievement in Oakland

Kevin Booker and Jaime Thomas

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

Lori Achman and Deborah Chollet

Reliability of the Deployment Resiliency Assessment

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

Comparison Friction: Experimental Evidence from Medicare Drug Plans

Jeffrey Kling, Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir, Lee C. Vermeulen and Marian V. Wrobel

Design of the CMS Medical Home Demonstration

Myles Maxfield, Deborah Peikes, Rachel Shapiro, Hongmai Pham, Ann O'Malley, Sarah Scholle and Phyllis Torda

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

Deborah Peikes, Janice Genevro, Sarah Scholle and Phyllis Torda

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

Gina Livermore and Sarah Prenovitz

Evaluation of Expeditionary Learning Middle Schools (In Focus Brief)

Various Authors

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