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Using Propensity Scoring to Estimate Program-Related Subgroup Impacts in Experimental Program Evaluations

Peter Z. Schochet and John Burghardt

Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fiscal Year 2011 (Executive Summary)

Mark Strayer, Joshua Leftin and Esa Eslami

Developing a Program to Increase Geropsychology Competencies of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Psychologists

J.W. Terri Huh, Rachel Rodriguez, Christine E. Gould, Sarah R. Brunskill, Luis Melendez and B. Josea Kramer

Learning to Enhance Strategies for Coaching Families Virtually: Lessons from Iowa's Family Development and Self-Sufficiency Home Visiting Program

Michelle K. Derr, Ryan Ruggiero, Lorie Easter, Page Eastin and Ella Gifford-Hawkins

Outreach and Communication with Practitioners about Measures and Research: Development and Use of a Compendium and Consumer's Guide

Patricia Lozano, Christine Ong, Sandra Barrueco, Michael L. López and Katie Fallin

Treatment and Outcomes for Congestive Heart Failure by Race/Ethnicity in TRICARE

Ann D. Bagchi, Kate Stewart, Catherine McLaughlin, Patricia Higgins and Thomas Croghan

New Perspectives on Practice: A Guide to Measuring Self-Regulation and Goal-Related Outcomes in Employment Programs

Elizabeth W. Cavadel, Jacqueline F. Kauff, Ann Person and Talia Kahn-Kravis

Disposing of Children's Diapers with Solid Waste: A Global Concern?

Heather Reese, Breanna Alman and Clair Null

Uniform Facility Data Set (UFDS): 1999 Data on Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities

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Price and Income Elasticity of the Demand for Health Insurance and Health Care Services: A Critical Review of the Literature

Su Liu and Deborah Chollet

Measuring the Quality of Caregiver-Child Interactions for Infants and Toddlers (Q-CCIIT) (Appendices)

Sally Atkins-Burnett, Shannon Monahan, Louisa Tarullo, Yange Xue, Elizabeth Cavadel, Lizabeth Malone and Lauren Akers

An Assessment of Computer Matching in the Food Stamp Program Vol. I: Summary of Survey Results

William S. Borden and Robbi L. Ruben-Urm

Assessing the Need for Evidence-Based Home Visiting: EBHV Experience of EBHV Grantees

Diane Paulsell and Brandon Coffee-Borden

Doing Good While Doing Business Using Financial Viability to Enhance Employability for the Disadvantaged

Nan L. Maxwell, Adam Dunn, Dana Rotz and Megan Shoji

Using National Statistics to Increase Transparency of Large Land Acquisition: Evidence from Ethiopia

Daniel Ayalew Ali, Klaus Deininger and Anthony Harris

PREP Performance Measures Fact Sheet: 2019-2020

Lara Hulsey, Lauren Murphy and Diletta Mittone

Sharing and Accessing Administrative Data: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned from the Child Maltreatment Incidence Data Linkages Project

Beth Varley and Claire Smither Wulsin

The NIH Intramural Research Loan Repayment Program: Career Outcomes of Participants and Nonparticipants

Steven Glazerman and Neil Seftor

Evaluation of the National School Lunch Program Application/Verification Pilot Projects, Volume III: Impacts on Participation

Philip Gleason, Lara Hulsey and John Burghardt

Implementation of the Teach For America Investing in Innovation Scale-Up

Marykate Zukiewicz, Melissa A. Clark and Libby Makowsky

Effects of Traditional Swaddling on Development: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Semira Manaseki-Holland, Elizabeth Spier, Bayasgalantai Bavuusuren, Tsogzolma Bayandorj, Susan Sprachman and Tom Marshall

Building Data Capacity in Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grantees: Challenges and Recommended Support

Daniel Friend, Rebecca Kleinman, Megan Hague Angus, Hannah McInerny, Leah Pranschke and Sarah Avellar

The Impact of State Tort Reforms on Imaging Utilization

Suhui Evelyn Li, Avi Dors, Darwyyn Deyo and Danny Hughes

The Changing UI Claimant Population: Is It Time to Retool Reemployment Services?

Karen Needels, Walter Corson and Walter Nicholson

All-Cause Mortality Reductions from Measles Catchup Campaigns in Africa

Ariel BenYishay and Keith Kranker

Compendium of Quality Rating Systems and Evaluations

Kathryn Tout, Rebecca Starr, Margaret Soli, Shannon Moodie, Gretchen Kirby and Kimberly Boller

Money Follows the Person (MFP): Opportunities for Long-Term Care (LTC) Systems

Carol Irvin, Jeffrey Ballou and Audra Wenzlow

Two-Year Costs and Quality in the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative

Stacy Berg Dale, Arkadipta Ghosh, Deborah N. Peikes, Timothy J. Day, Frank B. Yoon, Erin Fries Taylor, Kaylyn Swankoski, Ann S. O’Malley, Patrick H. Conway, Rahul Rajkumar, Matthew J. Press, Laura Sessums and Randall Brown

Impacts of the Job Retention and Rehabilitation Pilot

Susan Purdon, Nina Stratford, Rebecca Taylor, Lucy Natarajan, Stephen Bell and David Wittenburg

Racial Variation in Vocational Rehabilitation Outcomes: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Frank H. Martin

Aging in Place: Do Older Americans Act Title III Services Reach Those Most Likely to Enter Nursing Homes?

Norma Altshuler and Jody Schimmel

The Net Effect: A Comparison of Internet and Mail Survey Respondents

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

Has Treatment for Substance Use Disorders Increased?

Ellen Bouchery

Innovating VR Services to Improve Outcomes for SSDI Clients: Findings from the SGA Project Demonstration (Research Brief)

Matthew Kehn, Gina Livermore and Eric Morris

Preventing Rapid Repeat Births Among Adolescent Mothers: Implementing Steps to Success in San Angelo, Texas

Ellen Eliason Kisker, Jacqueline Berman, Amy Blasberg and Robert G. Wood

The Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Prices and Product Availability

John Cawley, David Frisvold, Anna Hill and David Jones

Lessons Learned from Leading Models of Practice Facilitation

Erin Fries Taylor, Lyndee Knox, Dana Petersen, Kristin Geonnotti and Rachel Machta

Results from the Administration on Aging's Third National Survey of Older Americans Act Program Participants

Jody Beauchamp and Lisa Trebino

The Long-Term Effects of Building Strong Families: A Program for Unmarried Parents

Robert G. Wood, Quinn Moore, Andrew Clarkwest and Alexandra Killewald

Special Needs Plans: Availability and Enrollment

Marsha Gold, Gretchen Jacobson, Anthony Damico and Tricia Neuman

Improving Care for Dual Eligibles: Opportunities for Medicare Managed Care Plans

James M. Verdier

The Effect of Interview Experience on Follow-Up Response Propensity in a Longitudinal Survey (paper)

Matt Sloan and Debra Wright

Impacts of a Large-Scale Agricultural Training Program in Armenia

Kenneth Fortson, Randall Blair, Joanne Lee and Anu Rangarajan

Growing America Through Entrepreneurship

Jeanne Bellotti, Sheena McConnell and Jacob Benus

Data Tables for FACES 2009 Head Start Children, Families, and Programs: Present and Past Data from FACES Report

Nikki Aikens, Lara Kristin Hulsey, Emily Moiduddin, Ashley Kopack, Amy Takyi-Laryea, Louisa Tarullo and Jerry West

Does Job Corps Work? Summary of the National Job Corps Study

John Burghardt, Peter Z. Schochet, Sheena McConnell, Terry Johnson, R. Mark Gritz, Steven Glazerman, John Homrighausen and Russell Jackson

Evaluation of the National School Lunch Program Application/Verification Pilot Projects, Volume IV: Analysis of Pilot Operations and Costs

John Burghardt, Tania Tasse and James Ohls

Breaking Down the Numbers: What Does COVID-19 Mean for Youth Unemployment?

Hande Inanc

National and State Trends in Autistic Adult Supplemental Security Income Awardees: 2005–2019

Kristy A. Anderson, Jeffrey Hemmeter, David Wittenburg, Julia Baller, Anne M. Roux, Jessica E. Rast and Paul Shattuck

Relationship Between Physician Burnout and the Quality and Cost of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries is Complex

Lawrence P. Casalino, Jing Li, Lars E. Peterson, Diane Rittenhouse, Manyao Zhang, Eloise May O’Donnell and Robert L. Phillips

Implementation and Relative Impacts of Two Job Search Assistance Programs in Sacramento County, California

Karin Martinson, Eleanor Harvill, Correne Saunders, Daniel Litwok, Alicia Meckstroth and Steve Bates

The Role of Randomized Experiments in Employment and Training Evaluation

Rebecca Maynard

Trade Adjustment Assistance

Walter Corson

National Estimates of Mental Health Insurance Benefits

Myles Maxfield, Lori Achman and Anna Cook

Measuring School Leaders' Effectiveness: An Interim Report from a Multiyear Pilot of Pennsylvania's Framework for Leadership

Bing-ru Teh, Hanley Chiang, Stephen Lipscomb and Brian Gill

Design Options for an Impact Evaluation of the Participant Assistance Program

Annalisa Mastri, Jeanne Bellotti, Julie Bruch, Grace Roemer and Beenu Puri

Early Head Start Research and Evaluation (EHSRE) Study: 1996-2001 Appendices, Volume I

John M. Love, Ellen Eliason Kisker and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

Evaluating the Benefits and Costs of the Job Corps

David A. Long, Charles D. Mallar and Craig Thornton

The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2003 and 2005 Performance in Puerto Rico

Gail P. Baxter, Martha Bleeker, Tiffany L. Waits and Sameena Salvucci

The Community Ecocycle in Place-Based Systems Change: A Tool for Funder and Community Reflection and Action

Meg Long, Wanda Casillas and James Liou

An Evaluation of the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) in Chicago: Year One Impact Report

Steven Glazerman, Allison McKie and Nancy Carey

Universal Mental Health Screening in Pediatric Primary Care: A Systematic Review

Lawrence S. Wissow, Jonathan Brown, Kate E. Fothergill, Anne Gadomski, Karen Hacker, Peter Salmon and Rachel Zelkowitz

Assessment of State Capacity to Identify and Track Disparities in the Leading Health Indicators

Allison Hedley Dodd, Melissa Neuman and Marsha Gold

A New Tool for Rapid-Cycle Comparative Effectiveness Research: The Promise of Orthogonal Design

Jelena Zurovac, Randy Brown, Kieron Dey, Jodi Segal and David Vanness

Informal Caregivers Research Project (INCARE): Key Informant Interview Protocol

M. Hu, C. Jacobs Johnson, J. Thomas, K. Boller and M. Young

Reducing Early Childhood Tooth Decay: An Overview for State Policymakers

Leslie Foster, Meg Booth and Colin Reusch

Money Follows the Person Demonstration: Overview of State Grantee Progress, January to December 2016

Rebecca Coughlin, Johanna Ward, Noelle Denny-Brown, Brynn Hagen, Kristin Maurer, Eric Morris, Jason Smoot, Allison Steiner and Bryan Perez

Risk Factors Associated with Disability Following Work-Related Injuries

Nan L. Maxwell and Nathan Wozny

Developing Income-Related Statistics on Federal Disability Beneficiaries Using Nationally Representative Survey Data

Jody Schimmel Hyde, Sarah Croake, Alex Bryce and Matt Messel

National Job Corps Study: Job Corps Applicants' Programmatic Experiences

Terry Johnson, R. Mark Gritz and Mary Kay Dugan

Aligning Federal Performance Indicators Across Programs Promoting Self-Sufficiency: Key Considerations for Policymakers

Elizabeth Brown, Gretchen G. Kirby and Kara Conroy

National Public Engagement Campaign on Chronic Illness Physician Survey

Anne B. Ciemnecki, Nuria Diaz-Tena, Julie Fishtein and Frank Potter

Case Study of Father Engagement in Family Nutrition and Health Programs: California WIC Association

Danielle DeLisle, Rebekah Selekman and Pamela Holcomb

The Early Experience of the Carle Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program

Arnold Chen

Final Report for the Evaluation of the Florida Alternative Health Plan Project

Jennifer Schore and Joy Gianolio

The Community Safety Net and Prescription Drug Access for Low-Income, Uninsured People

Laurie E. Felland, Erin Fries Taylor and Anneliese M. Gerland

Lessons Learned from the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness Review

Sarah Avellar and Diane Paulsell

Costs and Benefits of Eliminating the Medicare Waiting Period for SSDI Beneficiaries

Gina Livermore, David Stapleton and Henry Claypool

Does What Gets Measured Get Done? An Evaluation of the Impact of the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories on City Climate Action

Anthony D'Agostino, Alejandra Nicte Aponte, Sam Studnitzer, Eva Ward and Anu Rangarajan

Measuring Incentives and Deterrents to Participation in Adult Education

Tim Silva

An Illustrative Analysis of Medicare Options Compare: What's There and What's Not

Marsha Gold

Scaling Up Early Math Programs: Recommendations from a Study on Engaging Families with Early Math

Jaimie Grazi, Barbara Harris and Patricia Del Grosso

Measuring Father Involvement in the Early Head Start Evaluation: A Multidimensional Conceptualization

Natasha J. Cabrera, Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda, Michael E. Lamb and Kimberly Boller

Who’s At Risk of Entering Social Security Disability Insurance? A Comparison of Application and Allowance Rates for Groups of At-Risk Individuals

Kara Contreary and Todd Honeycutt

Options for Expanding Coverage in Missouri: State Offer of a Small Group Product

Deborah Chollet and Su Liu

Medicaid Expansion Reduced Uncompensated Care Costs at Louisiana Hospitals: May be a Model for Other States

Kevin Callison, Brigham Walker, Charles Stoecker, Jeral Self and Mark L. Diana

Return-to-Work Outcomes Among Social Security Disability Insurance Program Beneficiaries

Yonatan Ben-Shalom and Arif A. Mamun

Is School Value Added Indicative of Principal Quality? (Journal Article)

Hanley Chiang, Stephen Lipscomb and Brian Gill

Build Organizational Capacity to Implement an Intervention

Christopher Jones and Karen Needels

How to Deliver Care Management: Guidance from an Analysis of Communication Patterns in Primary Care

Ann S. O'Malley

Assessing the Research on Home Visiting Program Models Implemented in Tribal Communities, Part 2: Lessons Learned about Implementation and Evaluation

Andrea Mraz Esposito, Rebecca Coughlin, Armando Yanez, Emily Sama-Miller, Patricia Del Grosso, Rebecca Kleinman and Diane Paulsell

After Two Years, Three Elementary Math Curricula Outperform a Fourth (Technical Appendix)

Roberto Agodini, Barbara Harris, Neil Seftor, Janine Remillard and Melissa Thomas

Evaluation of the Military Base National Emergency Grants

Karen Needels, Jeanne Bellotti, Mina Dadgar and Walter Nicholson

BOND Implementation and Evaluation: Process Study Report

Michelle Derr, Denise Hoffman, Jillian Berk, Ann Person, David Stapleton, Sarah Croake, Christopher Jones and Jonathan McCay

Medicare Advantage (MA) Within a Strengthened Medicare Program

Marsha Gold

National Job Corps Study: Methodological Appendixes on the Impact Analysis

Peter Z. Schochet

Within-Compound Versus Public Latrine Access and Child Feces Disposal Practices in Low-Income Neighborhoods of Accra, Ghana

Rebecca Lyn Ritter, Dorothy Peprah, Clair Null, Christine L. Moe, George Armah, Joseph Ampofo, Nii Wellington, Habib Yakubu, Katharine Robb, Amy E. Kirby, Yuke Wang, Katherine Roguski, Heather Reese, Chantal A. Agbemabiese, Lady Asantewa B. Adomako and Matthew C. Freeman Kelly K. Baker

Improving Primary Health Care Delivery in Bihar, India: Learning from Piloting and Statewide Scale-Up of Ananya

Gary L. Darmstadt, Kevin T. Pepper, Victoria C. Ward, Sridhar Srikantiah, Tanmay Mahapatra, Usha Kiran Tarigopula, Debarshi Bhattacharya, Laili Irani, Janine Schooley, Indrajit Chaudhuri, Priyanka Dutt, Padmapriya Sastry, Radharani Mitra, Sara Chamberlain, Sophia Monaghan, Priya Nanda, Yamini Atmavilas, Niranjan Saggurti, Evan Borkum, Anu Rangarajan, Kala M Mehta, Safa Abdalla, Jess Wilhelm, Yingjie Weng, Suzan L. Carmichael, Hina Raheel, Jason Bentley, Wolfgang A. Munar, Andreea Creanga, Shamik Trehan, Dilys Walker and Hemant Shah

Evaluation of the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus Initiative (CPC+): First Annual Report, Findings at a Glance

Deborah Peikes, Grace Anglin, Mary Harrington, Arkadipta Ghosh, Kristin Geonnotti, Ann O'Malley, Stacy Dale, Sheila Hoag, Dana Petersen, Pragya Singh, Ha Tu, Laura Blue, Sean Orzol, Rosalind Keith, Anne Mutti, Genna Cohen, Tricia Higgins, Laurie Felland, Linda Barterian, Victoria Peebles, Amanda Lechner, Nikkilyn Morrison, Melanie Au, Jessica Laird, Grace Oh, Rachel Machta, Jasmine Little and Randall Brown

The New Jersey Graduated Work Incentive Experiment

David Kershaw and Felicity Skidmore