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Working Toward Success: Current Evidence on Employment Outcomes for People with Disabilities

Yonatan Ben-Shalom and David Wittenburg

Paying Wisely: Reforming Incentives to Promote Evidence-Based Decisions at the Point of Care

Eugene C. Rich, Tim Lake and Christal Stone Valenzano

The Community Tracking Study: Measuring Changes in the U.S. Health Care System Over Time

Barbara Lepidus Carlson, Richard Strouse and John Hall

Lessons Learned from Leading Models of Practice Facilitation

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

Medicare Advantage (MA) Within a Strengthened Medicare Program

Marsha Gold

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

Vocational Rehabilitation Program Evaluation Coach Toolkit

Mathematica Staff

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

Marsha Gold

Managed Care for Low-Income Populations with Special Needs: The Tennessee Experience

Anna Aizer and Marsha Gold

HHS/ASPE Webinar Series: Developing and Using Learning Agenda Approach to Evidence-building (Webinar 2 Slides: USDA, FAS)

Eleanor Morefield, Amanda Cash and Jessica McNab

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

Jennifer Schore and Joy Gianolio

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

Further Research on the Use of Data on Interruptions in Telephone Service

Prepared for AAPOR Council by the Cell Phone Task Force operating under the auspices of the AAPOR Standards Committee of which John Hall is a Member

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

Effects of E-Mailed Versus Mailed Invitations and Incentives on Response Rates, Data Quality, and Costs in a Web Survey of University Faculty

Jennifer Dykema, John Stevenson, Lisa Klein, Yujin Kim and Brendan Day

Reaching Those in Need: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2000

Allen L. Schirm and Laura A. Castner

Supporting Family Caregivers Through Title III of the OAA

Leslie Foster and Rebecca Kleinman

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

Norma Altshuler and Jody Schimmel

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

Trade Adjustment Assistance

Walter Corson

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

Danielle DeLisle, Rebekah Selekman and Pamela Holcomb

Health Information Technology in the United States, 2015: Transition to a Post-HITECH World (Executive Summary)

Edited by Catherine M. DesRoches, Michael W. Painter and Ashish K. Jha

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

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

Identifying Medicare Beneficiaries with Disabilities: Improving on Claims-Based Algorithms

Yonatan Ben-Shalom and David Stapleton

Review of Dietary Reference Intakes for Selected Nutrients: Application Challenges and Implications for Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs

Barbara Devaney, Mary Kay Crepinsek, Ken Fortson and Lisa Quay

Congressional Status Report: Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Demonstrations

Ronette Briefel, Ann Collins, Jeanne Bellotti, Jacob Klerman, Christopher W. Logan, Charlotte Cabili, Gretchen Rowe, Jacey Greece, Cheryl Owens and Andy Weiss

Value for the Money Spent? Exploring the Relationship Between Expenditures, Insurance Adequacy, and Access to Care for Publicly Insured Children

Margaret S. Colby, Debra J. Lipson and Sarah R. Turchin

Validation of the Child-Care Expense Equations in the MATH Model

Nancy Heiser

How Do Medicaid Buy-In Participants Who Collect Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits Use SSA Work Incentive Programs?

Kristin Andrews, Bob Weathers and Su Liu

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

Deborah Chollet and Su Liu

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Pilot Projects in Increasing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation Among the Medicare Extra Help Population (Summary)

Emily Sama-Miller, Libby Makowsky, Gretchen Rowe, Elizabeth Brown, Elizabeth Clary, Laura Castner and Miki Satake

Impacts of a Large-Scale Agricultural Training Program in Armenia

Kenneth Fortson, Randall Blair, Joanne Lee and Anu Rangarajan

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

Yonatan Ben-Shalom and Arif A. Mamun

Responses to Personal Reemployment Accounts (PRAs): Findings from the Demonstration States

Gretchen Kirby, Margaret Sullivan, Elizabeth Potamites, Jackie Kauff, Elizabeth Clary and Charles McGlew

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

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

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

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

School Performance and Early Childbearing: Identifying Girls at Risk of Teenage Parenthood

Robert G. Wood

Dynamics of Parental Opioid Use and Children's Health and Well-Being: An Integrative Systems Mapping Approach

Jessica C. Smith, Leigh Alderman, Brandon K. Attell, Wendy Avila Rodriguez, Jana Covington, Brigitte Manteuffel, Ann M. DiGirolamo, Susan M. Snyder and Karen Minyard

Costs, Cuts, and Consequences: Charting a New Course for Working-Age People with Disabilities

David Stapleton and Gina Livermore

Growing America Through Entrepreneurship

Jeanne Bellotti, Sheena McConnell and Jacob Benus

Outcomes of Cancer Surgeries

Eric Schone

Rate the Leader: A Different Perspective on Principal Evaluation

Menbere Shiferaw and Whitney Kozakowski

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

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

Peter Z. Schochet and John Burghardt

Patterns of Employment and Allowances for Disability Insurance Applicants

Kara Contreary, Todd Honeycutt, Michelle Bailey and Joseph Mastrianni

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

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

The Impact of Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansions on Applications to Federal Disability Programs

Priyanka Anand, Jody Schimmel Hyde, Maggie Colby and Paul O’Leary

The Quantum Opportunity Program Demonstration: Short-Term Impacts

Allen Schirm, Núria Rodriguez-Planas, Myles Maxfield and Christina Clark Tuttle

Making Do With Less: Interpreting the Evidence from Recent Federal Evaluations of Dropout-Prevention Programs

Mark Dynarski

Imposing a Time Limit on Food Stamp Receipt: Implementation of the Provisions and Effects on Food Stamp Program Participation, Volume I

John L. Czajka, Sheena McConnell, Scott Cody and Nuria Rodriguez

The Work Experiences of New SSI Beneficiaries: A Longitudinal Perspective

Yonatan Ben-Shalom and David Stapleton

Implementation and Impacts of Pay-for-Performance: The 2010 Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) Grantees After Three Years (Study Snapshot)

Alison Wellington, Hanley Chiang, Kristin Hallgren, Cecilia Speroni, Mariesa Herrmann and Paul Burkander

PREP Performance Measures Fact Sheet: 2019-2020

Lara Hulsey, Lauren Murphy and Diletta Mittone

The Challenges of Measuring Performance

William S. Borden

Supporting Expectant and Parenting Teens: New Evidence to Inform Future Programming and Research

Jessica F. Harding, Susan Zief, Amy Farb and Amy Margolis

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

A Profile of the Educational Opportunity Centers Program: 1999-2000

Justin Humphrey and Nancy Carey

Effect of the Million Hearts Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model on Initiating and Intensifying Medications

Gregory Peterson, Jia Pu, David J. Magid, Linda Barterian, Keith Kranker, Michael Barna, Leslie Conwell, Adam Rose, Laura Blue, Amanda Markovitz, Nancy McCall and Patricia Markovich

Reducing Early Childhood Tooth Decay: An Overview for State Policymakers

Leslie Foster, Meg Booth and Colin Reusch

Study of Federal Spending on Diabetes: Summaries of Federal Government Agencies and Their Relevant Activities

Marsha Gold, Ronette Briefel, Meredith Lee, Katherine Gruene Segersten, Melissa Neuman and Tara Krissik

Empowering Families: Implementation of an Integrated HMRE, Employment, and Financial Literacy Program for Low-Income Couples

Angela Valdovinos D’Angelo and Katie Bodenlos

One-Third of Family Physicians Remain in Independently Owned Practice, 2017–2019

Diane Rittenhouse, Andrew W. Bazemore, Zachary J. Morgan and Lars E. Peterson

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

Frank H. Martin

Has Treatment for Substance Use Disorders Increased?

Ellen Bouchery

Collecting Sensitive Information and Encouraging Reluctant Respondents

Angela Valdovinos D'Angelo, Jacqueline Crowley, Lauren Maul and Debra Strong

Providing Supports to Youth with Disabilities Transitioning to Adulthood: Case Descriptions from the Youth Transition Demonstration (Journal Article)

Richard G. Luecking and David Wittenburg

The Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP): Launching a Nationwide Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Effort

Susan Zief, Rachel Shapiro and Debra Strong

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

John Cawley, David Frisvold, Anna Hill and David Jones

Impacts of the Job Retention and Rehabilitation Pilot

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

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

Diane Paulsell and Brandon Coffee-Borden

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

William S. Borden and Robbi L. Ruben-Urm

Lessons Learned from the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness Review

Sarah Avellar and Diane Paulsell

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

Trends in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates: Fiscal Year 2010 to Fiscal Year 2016

Karen Cunnyngham

MIRROR-TCM: Multisite Replication of a Randomized Controlled Trial - Transitional Care Model

Mary D. Naylor, Karen B. Hirschman, Kathleen McCauley, Elizabeth C. Shaid, Alexandra L. Hanlon, Christina R. Whitehouse, Arkadipta Ghosh, Randall Brown, Brianna Sullivan and Mark V. Pauly

Enrollment Patterns and Medical Expenditures for Medicaid Buy-In Participants in Five States

Su Liu, Henry T. Ireys, Justin S. White and William Black

A Framework for Advancing the Well-Being and Self-Sufficiency of At-Risk Youth

M. Robin Dion

Trends in USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates: Fiscal Year 2010 to Fiscal Year 2015 (Summary)

Kelsey Farson Gray and Karen Cunnyngham

Care Plans, Care Teams, and Quality of Life for People with Disabilities

Karen Donelan, Yuchiao Chang, Holly Matulewicz, Kimberly Warsett, Dennis Heaphy and Lisa I. Iezzoni

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

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

Gina Livermore, David Stapleton and Henry Claypool

Morocco Land Productivity Project: Evaluation Design Report

Anthony Harris, Anthony D'Agostino, Sara Litke-Farzaneh, Beryl Seiler and Matt Sloan

Baseline Equivalence: What it is and Why it is Needed

Mary Anne Anderson and Nan Maxwell

Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Site Visit Report: The State of New York's Child Health Plus Program

Ian Hill and Corinna Hawkes

Children with Special Health Care Needs in Commercial Plans

Shanna Shulman, Henry Ireys and Stephanie Peterson

Charter High Schools' Effects on Long-Term Attainment and Earnings (Journal Article)

Tim Sass, Ron Zimmer, Brian P. Gill and Kevin T. Booker

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

Pre-Application Activities of Social Security Disability Insurance Applicants

Todd Honeycutt, Allison Thompkins and Michelle Bailey

The "Interactions and Developmental Processes" Study of the Teenage Parent Demonstration Project: Volume 1, Final Report

J. Lawrence Aber, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Lisa J. Berlin, George J. Carcagno, Susan Sprachman, Christine Ross and Rebecca Maynard

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

Beth Varley and Claire Smither Wulsin

Microlending in India: An Equal Access Possibility

Allison V. Thompkins

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

Carol Irvin, Jeffrey Ballou and Audra Wenzlow

The Early Experience of the Carle Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program

Arnold Chen

Evaluating the Benefits and Costs of the Job Corps

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

How States Can Better Understand Their Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees: A Guide to Using CMS Data Resources

Danielle Chelminsky

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

Marykate Zukiewicz, Melissa A. Clark and Libby Makowsky

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

Hande Inanc

Well-Being of Parents and Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey

Stephen W. Patrick, Laura E. Henkhaus, Joseph S. Zickafoose, Kim Lovell, Alese Halvorson, Sarah Loch, Mia Letterie and Matthew M. Davis