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Child Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems: Approaches to Integrating Programs for Young Children in Two States: Gretchen Kirby, Kimberly Boller and Heather Zaveri
BOND Implementation and Evaluation: First-Year Snapshot of Earnings and Benefit Impacts for Stage 1: David Stapleton, David Wittenburg, Daniel Gubits, David Judkins, David R. Mann and Andrew McGuirk
Behind the Curve: A Critical Assessment of How Little is Known about Arrangements between Managed Care Plans and Physicians: Marsha Gold, Lyle Nelson, Timothy Lake, Robert Hurley and Robert Berenson
Food Expenditures and Diet Quality Among Low-Income Households and Individuals: James Mabli, Laura Castner, James Ohls, Mary Kay Fox, Mary Kay Crepinsek and Elizabeth Condon
Parents and Children Together: How Low-Income Fathers in Responsible Fatherhood Programs Perceive and Provide Financial Support for Their Children: Quinn Moore, Rebekah Selekman, Ankita Patnaik and Heather Zaveri
Kindergartners' Skills at School Entry: An Analysis of the ECLS-K: Sara Bernstein, Jerry West, Rebecca Newsham and Maya Reid
Ready, Steady, Grow: Preparing Students for Changing Career Requirements (Infographic): Jan Anderson
Doubling Down: Reforming Retirement and Disability Policy at the Same Time: David Stapleton
Employment Strategies for Low-Income Adults Evidence Review: Standards and Methods: Annalisa Mastri, Emily Sama-Miller and Andrew Clarkwest
Summary of Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children: Evaluation Findings for the Full Implementation Year 2012: Ann M. Collins, Ronette Briefel, Jacob Alex Klerman, Gretchen Rowe, Anne Wolf, Christopher W. Logan, Anne Gordon, Carrie Wolfson, Ayesha Enver, Cheryl Owens, Charlotte Cabili and Stephen Bell
Summary Report from the DEHPG 2014 LTSS Research Summit: Carol Irvin
Growing Pains: Lessons from WAIT Training in Florida (Executive Summary): Betsy Keating and Rachel Shapiro
Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products: Findings from the First Student Cohort: Mark Dynarski, Roberto Agodini, Sheila Heaviside, Timothy Novak, Nancy Carey, Larissa Campuzano, Barbara Means, Robert Murphy, William Penuel, Hal Javitz, Deborah Emery and Willow Sussex
The National Children's Study Research Plan: A Review: Paul Guerino
Closures Are the Tip of the Iceberg: Exploring the Variation in State Vocational Rehabilitation Program Exits After Service Receipt: David Stapleton, Todd Honeycutt and Bruce Schechter
Quality Dosage, Thresholds, and Features in Early Childhood Settings: A Review of the Literature: Martha Zaslow, Rachel Anderson, Zakia Redd, Julia Wessel, Louisa Tarullo and Margaret Burchinal
Obesity Prevention in Pediatric Primary Care: Four Behaviors to Target: Robert C. Whitaker
What Have We Learned About Homeschooling?: Eric J. Isenberg
The Power of Nutrition: How It Is Working and Early Learnings: Anitha Sivasankaran, Anu Rangarajan, Nikita Ramchandani and Heather Ingraham
Evaluation Brief: Improving Land Management for Hydropower Generation in Malawi: Thomas Coen, Anthony D'Agostino, Naomi Dorsey and Arif Mamun
Maximizing the Value of Philanthropic Efforts Through Planned Partnerships Between the U.S. Government and Private Foundations (Presentation): Debra A. Strong
State Differences in the Vocational Rehabilitation Experiences of Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities: Todd Honeycutt, Allison Thompkins, Maura Bardos and Steven Stern
A Profile of the Talent Search Program: 1999-2000: Justin Humphrey, Nancy Carey and Wendy Mansfield
The Changing Landscape of Primary Care: Effects of the ACA and Other Efforts Over the Past Decade: Deborah Peikes, Erin Fries Taylor, Ann S. Oâ€™Malley and Eugene C. Rich
A Viable Alternative to Private Managed Care Models in Medicaid: Performance of Oklahoma's Primary Care Case Management Program in Controlling Preventable Hospitalizations: Margaret Colby, Sam Simon and James Verdier
Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 2001: Christina Tuttle and Daisy Ewell
Bridging the Gap: A Comparative Assessment of Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Practices with Transition-Age Youth (Journal Article): Todd Honeycutt, Maura Bardos and Stephanie McLeod
Shrinkage of Value-Added Estimates and Characteristics of Students with Hard-to-Predict Achievement Levels: Mariesa Herrmann, Elias Walsh, Eric Isenberg and Alexandra Resch
On and Off Medicaid: Enrollment Patterns for California and Florida in 1995: Marilyn R. Ellwood and Kimball Lewis
Comparing FedEx to Traditional Postage in a Survey of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Facilities: Karen CyBulski, Melissa Krakowiecki, Larry Vittoriano and Matt Potts
Employment Research in Brief: An Annotated Bibliography of ETA-Sponsored Studies: Annalisa Mastri, Emily Evans, Stacy Pancratz and Carrie Wolfson
Uptake of Medicare Behavioral Health Integration Billing Codes in 2017 and 2018: Jonathan Brown, Carol Urato and Precious Ogbuefi
Ten-Year Impacts of Burkina Faso's BRIGHT Program: Mikal Davis, Nick Ingwersen, Harounan Kazianga, Leigh Linden, Arif Mamun, Ali Protik and Matt Sloan
The Impact of Playworks on Boys' and Girls' Physical Activity During Recess: Martha Bleeker, Nicholas Beyler, Susanne James-Burdumy and Jane Fortson
A Statistical Approach for Identifying Private Wells Susceptible to Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Contamination: Cindy Hu, Beverly Ge, Bridger J. Ruyle, Jennifer Sun and Elsie M. Sunderland
Where the Jobs Are: Using Real-Time LMI for Green Jobs: Elizabeth Laird, Brittany English and Jillian Berk
Examination of the Effect of SNAP Benefit and Eligibility Parameters on Low-Income Households (Executive Summary): Joshua Leftin, Thomas Godfrey, James Mabli, Nancy Wemmerus and Stephen Tordella
Empirical Bayes Shrinkage Estimates of State Food Stamp Program Participation Rates in 2003-2005 for All Eligible People and the Working Poor: Karen E. Cunnyngham, Laura A. Castner and Allen L. Schirm
Educating Beneficiaries About the Cost of Care: Health Accounts in Arkansas, Indiana, and Michigan: Rachel Miller and Kara Contreary
Data Gaps Could Hinder Efforts to Educate Enough Nurses to Meet Demand: Amy Overcash, Grace Roemer and Angela Gerolamo
Outcomes of Cancer Surgeries, Appendix B: Detailed Tables: Eric Schone
Obesity Among US Urban Preschool Children: Relationships to Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status: Robert C. Whitaker and Sean M. Orzol
Building a Roadmap From Patient-Reported Outcome Measures to Patient-Reported Outcome Performance Measures Environmental Scan: Samuel Simon
Examining the Effect of EVS Spending on HCAHPS Scores: A Value Optimization Matrix for Expense Management: Deirdre McCaughey, Samantha Stalley and Eric Williams
Cross-Site Evaluation Update: Cost Analysis: Andrew Burwick
Money Follows the Person Demonstration: Overview of State Grantee Progress, January to June 2013: Bailey G. Orshan, Noelle Denny-Brown, Eric Morris, Victoria Peebles, Matthew Kehn, Susan R. Williams and Sarah Schoenfeldt
The Association Between Maltreatment and Obesity Among Preschool Children: Robert C. Whitaker, Shannon M. Phillips, Sean M. Orzol and Hillary L. Burdette
Encouraging Survey Response Among Diverse, Hard-to-Reach Populations: Use of Differential Incentives (Presentation): Alicia Harrington
Evaluation of the National Long-Term Care Demonstration: An Analysis of Site-Specific Results: Robert A. Applebaum, Randall S. Brown and Peter Kemper
Perspectives on Networking, Cultural Values, and Skills Among African American Men with Spinal Cord Injury: A Reconsideration of Social Capital Theory: M. Njeri Jackson, Michelle A. Meade, Phyllis S. Ellenbogen and Kirsten Barrett
Measuring Children's Progress from Preschool Through Third Grade: Sally Atkins-Burnett
Delivery System Reform Incentive Payments Design Plan Supplement: Interim Outcomes Evaluation: Julia Baller, Marian V. Wrobel, Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Mariel Finucane and Carol Irvin
The Evidence Base for How We Learn: Supporting Studentsâ€™ Social, Emotional, and Academic Development: Stephanie M. Jones and Jennifer Kahn
Using Health Information Technology to Support Quality Improvement in Primary Care: Tricia Collins Higgins, Jesse Crosson, Deborah Peikes, Robert McNellis, Janice Genevro and David Meyers
The Effect of Cash and Counseling on Medicaid and Medicare Costs: Findings for Adults in Three States: Stacy Dale and Randall Brown
The Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Prices and Product Availability: John Cawley, David Frisvold, Anna Hill and David Jones
Medicare+Choice 2000: Will Enrollees Spend More and Receive Less?: Amanda Cassidy and Marsha Gold
Developing and Enhancing Data Systems (In Focus Brief): Mathematica Policy Research
Addressing Teacher Shortages in Disadvantaged Schools: Lessons from Two Institute of Education Sciences Studies: Melissa Clark, Sheena McConnell, Jill Constantine and Hanley Chiang
Medicaid and Medicare Managed Long-Term Services and Supports: What States Are Doing: James M. Verdier
Innovations in Home- and Community-Based Services: Highlights from a Review of Services Available to Money Follows the Person Participants: Victoria Peebles and Matthew Kehn
Restrictions on Medicaid Funding of Abortion: Effects on Birth Weight and Pregnancy Resolutions: Janet Currie, Lucia Nixon and Nancy Cole
Practice Strategies to Improve Primary Care for Chronic Disease Patients Under a Pay-for-Value Program: Dori A. Cross, Paige Nong, Christy Harris-Lemak, Genna R. Cohen, Ariel Linden and Julia Adler-Milstein
Health Information Exchange: The Role of Safety-Net Providers: Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Melanie Au and Patricia Higgins
Access to Care and Prevalence of Hypertension and Diabetes Among Syrian Refugees in Northern Jordan: Ruwan Ratnayake, Fatma Rawashdeh, Raeda AbuAlRub, Nahla Al-Ali, Muhammad Fawad, Mohammad Bani Hani, Ravi Goyal, P. Gregg Greenough, Khaldoun Al-Amire, Rowaida AlMaaitah and Parveen Parmar
Implementation of a Reverse Colocation Model: Lessons from Two Community Behavioral Health Agencies in Rural Pennsylvania: Angela M. Gerolamo, Jung Y. Kim, Jonathan D. Brown, James Schuster and Jane Kogan
Student Selection, Attrition, and Replacement in KIPP Middle Schools: Ira Nichols-Barrer, Brian P. Gill, Philip Gleason and Christina Clark Tuttle
Great Expectations: A Framework for Assessing and Understanding Key Factors Affecting Student Learning of Foundational Reading Skills: Audrey-Marie Moore, Amber Gove and Karen Tietjen
How Can My Organization Connect Children to Coverage? A Guide to Fundamentals and Promising Practices: Leslie Foster and Frank Martin
Building Their Futures: How Early Head Start Programs are Enhancing the Lives of Infants and Toddlers in Low-Income Families. Volume I: Technical Report: John M. Love, Ellen Eliason Kisker, Christine Ross, Peter Z. Schochet, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Kimberly Boller, Diane Paulsell, Allison Sidle Fuligni and Lisa J. Berlin
Promoting Maternal and Child Health Through Health Text Messaging: An Evaluation of the Text4baby Program (Summary of Key Findings): Mathematica Policy Research
Operating a Youth Homelessness Prevention Program: A Case Study from the P3 Pilot in Sacramento, California: Caitlin Grey and Melissa Mack
Pennsylvania Medical Assistance Program Reform Options: Jim Verdier
Descriptive Data on Head Start Children and Families from FACES 2019: Fall 2019 Data Tables and Study Design: Ashley Kopack Klein, Nikki Aikens, Ann Li, Sara Bernstein, Natalie Reid, Myley Dang, Elizabeth Blesson, Sharikah Rakibullah, Myah Scott, Judy Cannon, Jeff Harrington, Addison Larson, Lizabeth Malone and Louisa Tarullo
Neither Easy Nor Cheap: Sheena McConnell, Peter Schochet and Alberto Martini
Supporting Disconnected Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences from the Field: Tosin Shenbanjo and Melissa Mack
Developing American Job Centers in Jails: Implementation of the Linking to Employment Activities Pre-Release (LEAP) Grants: Jeanne Bellotti, Samina Sattar, Alix Gould-Werth, Jillian Berk, Ivette GHutierrez, Jillian Stein, Hannah Betesh, Lindsay Ochoa and Andrew Wiegand
How Well is CHIP Addressing Primary and Preventive Care Needs and Access for Children?: Kimberly V. Smith and Claire Dye
Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fiscal Year 2015: Kelsey Farson Gray, Sarah Fisher and Sarah Lauffer
School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study III: Public-Use File Documentation, Version 2: Anne Gordon, Elizabeth Condon, Melissa Clark, Karin Zeller, Elaine Hill, Ander Wilson and Ronette Briefel
The Seeds to Success Modified Field Test: Implementation Lessons: Patricia Del Grosso, Kristin Hallgren, Diane Paulsell and Kimberly Boller
Informing the Performance-Based Contract Between First 5 LA and LAUP: Child Progress in the 2010-2011 Program Year: Emily Moiduddin, Yange Xue and Sally Atkins-Burnett
Left Home High and Dry-Reduced Migration in Response to Repeated Droughts in Thailand and Vietnam: Esteban J. QuiÃ±ones, Sabine Liebenehm and Rasadhika Sharma
Medicaid Managed Care in Rural Areas: A Ten-State Follow-Up Study: Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Pam Silberman, Sheila Hoag and Rebecca Slifkin
Adding Design Elements to Improve Time Series Designs: No Child Left Behind as an Example of Causal Pattern-Matching: Manyee Wong, Thomas D. Cook and Peter M. Steinerd
Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Through Coaching and Navigation: Insights from Convening Panelists: Ryan Ruggiero and Shaun Stevenson
Multi-Armed RCTs: A Design-Based Framework: Peter Z. Schochet
Empirical Bayes Shrinkage Estimates of State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates in 2006-2008 for All Eligible People and the Working Poor: Karen E. Cunnyngham, Laura A. Castner and Allen L. Schirm
Money Follows the Person Demonstration: Overview of State Grantee Progress, January to December 2014: Eric Morris, Melissa Medeiros, Noelle Denny-Brown, Victoria Peebles, Bailey G. Orshan, Rebecca Coughlin, Rebecca SweetlLester, Susan R. Williams and Brynn Hagen
Student Victimization in U.S. Schools: Results from the 2013 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey: Deborah Lessne, Melissa Cidade, Amy Gerke, Karlesha Roland and Michael Sinclair
Integrating Physical Health Care in Behavioral Health Agencies in Rural Pennsylvania: Angela M. Gerolamo, Jung Y. Kim and Jonathan Brown
Evaluation Exemplar: The Critical Importance of Stakeholder Relations in a National Experimental Abstinence Education Evaluation: Paul R. Brandon, Nick L. Smith, Christopher Trenholm and Barbara Devaney
The Evaluation Design for the Teenage Parent Demonstration: Rebecca Maynard, Denise Polit, Alan Hershey, John Homrighausen, Ellen Kisker, Myles Maxfield, Charles Nagatoshi, Walter Nicholson and Shari Dunstan
Pathways Clearinghouse Guide for Researchers: Leah Shiferaw, Diana McCallum and Dana Rotz
Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Year 1 Impact Findings from an RCT: Steven Glazerman, Sarah Dolfin, Martha Bleeker, Amy Johnson, Eric Isenberg, Julieta Lugo-Gil, Mary Grider and Edward Britton
Proven Strategies in Health Care Coverage Program Outreach and Enrollment: Sean Orzol, Linda Barterian and Michael Barna
Making Medical Homes Work: Moving from Concept to Practice: Paul B. Ginsburg, Myles Maxfield, Ann S. O'Malley, Deborah Peikes and Hoangmai H. Pham
Market Signals: Evidence on the Determinants and Consequences of School Choice from a Citywide Lottery (Journal Article): Steven Glazerman and Dallas Dotter
Medicare+Choice Becomes Medicare Advantage: Will Past Be Prologue?: Marsha Gold
Title I School Choice and Supplemental Educational Services: Brian Gill, Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Scott Naftel, Karen Ross, Mengli Song, Jennifer Harmon and Georges Vernez

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