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Did You Get Your Shots? Experimental Evidence on the Role of Reminders

Matías Busso, Julián Cristia and Sarah Humpage

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

Reaching the Underserved Elderly and Working Poor in SNAP: Evaluation Findings from the Fiscal Year 2009 Pilots

Jacqueline Kauff, Lisa Dragoset, Elizabeth Clary, Elizabeth Laird, Libby Makowsky and Emily Sama-Miller

Design and Analysis Considerations for Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials That Have a Small Number of Clusters

John Deke

Year 2 Demonstration Impacts of Using Medicaid Data to Directly Certify Students for Free School Meals

Lara Hulsey, Joshua Leftin, Anne Gordon, Claire Smither Wulsin, Nicholas Redel, Allen Schirm, Nicholas Beyler, Sheila Heaviside, Brian Estes and Carole Trippe

Early Implementation of the Welfare-to-Work Grants Program: Report to Congress

Irma Perez-Johnson and Alan M. Hershey

Early Care and Education Partnerships: A Review of the Literature

Patricia Del Grosso, Lauren Akers, Andrea Mraz Esposito and Diane Paulsell

Understanding the Variation in Costs Among HIV Primary Care Providers

Boyd H. Gilman and Jeremy C. Green

Critical Research Questions for Improving the Full Integration of Persons with Disabilities in the Workforce

Craig Thornton

Exploiting Spatial Dependence to Improve Measurement of Neighborhood Social Processes

Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz and Stephen W. Raudenbush

Medicaid-Financed Institutional Services: Characteristics of Nursing Home and ICF/IID Residents and Their Patterns of Care

Jeffrey Ballou, Valerie Cheh, Dean Miller and Audra Wenzlow

Food Security and Food Access Among Emergency Food Pantry Households

James Mabli and David Jones

Building Advocacy Capacity Where Grantees Started

Jung Kim, Debra A. Strong, Judith Wooldridge and Margaret Gerteis

Ready, Steady, Grow: Preparing Students for Changing Career Requirements (Infographic)

Jan Anderson

Delivery System Reform Incentive Payments: Interim Evaluation Report

Julia B. Baller, James Woerheide, Keanan Lane, Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz and Marian V. Wrobel

Building Youth Life Skills: 8 Tips for Practitioners

Swetha Sridharan, Poonam Ravindranath, Emma Pottinger and Clemencia Cosentino

Lessons from the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration and Other Studies on Coordinating Care for People with Disabilities

Deborah Peikes and Randall Brown

Employment Research in Brief: An Annotated Bibliography of ETA-Sponsored Studies

Annalisa Mastri, Emily Evans, Stacy Pancratz and Carrie Wolfson

Kindergartners' Skills at School Entry: An Analysis of the ECLS-K

Sara Bernstein, Jerry West, Rebecca Newsham and Maya Reid

Medicare+Choice in California: Lessons and Insights

Marsha Gold and Timothy Lake

Implementing Coordinated Care for Dual Eligibles: Conflicts and Opportunities

James M. Verdier

We Grow Together Professional Development System: Professional Development Experiences in Infant-Toddler Care

Ann Li, Sally Atkins-Burnett and Tutrang Nguyen

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

Reporting Sources of Error in U.S. Federal Government Surveys

Daniel Kasprzyk and Lee Giesbrecht

National Directory of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Programs: 2001

Various Authors

Where the Jobs Are: Using Real-Time LMI for Green Jobs

Elizabeth Laird, Brittany English and Jillian Berk

Planning a WIC Research Agenda

Institute of Medicine Food and Nutrition Board Committee to Review the WIC Food Packages of which Barbara Devaney is a Member

Evaluation of the National Long-Term Care Demonstration: An Analysis of Site-Specific Results

Robert A. Applebaum, Randall S. Brown and Peter Kemper

Improving Processes and Increasing Efficiency: The Case for States Participating in a Process Improvement Collaborative

Sheila Hoag and Judith Wooldridge

Do Environmental Messages Work on the Poor? Experimental Evidence from Brazilian Favelas

Chantal Toledo

Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE): New York State PROMISE Process Analysis Report

AnnaMaria McCutcheon, Karen Katz, Rebekah Selekman, Todd Honeycutt, Jacqueline Kauff, Joseph Mastrianni and Adele Rizzuto

Special Needs Plans: Assessing the Value and Proper Role of SNPs

James M. Verdier

Healthcare Utilization and Interest in Employment Services among Behavioral Health Home Patients with Mental Health Disorders

Judith A. Cook, Pamela J. Steigman, Lisa A. Razzano, Jane K. Burke-MIller and Nicole Pashka

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

Superutilization of Child Welfare, Medicaid, and Other Services (Executive Summary)

Elizabeth Weigensberg, Derekh Cornwell, Lindsey Leininger, Matthew Stagner, Sarah LeBarron, Jonathan Gellar, Sophie MacIntyre, Richard Chapman, Erin J. Maher, Peter J. Pecora and Kirk O’Brien

Ten Years of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA): Interpreting the Research on WIA and Related Programs

Paul T. Decker and Jillian A. Berk

The Social Security Administration's Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Interim Report on West Virginia Youth Works

Thomas Fraker, Arif Mamun, Michelle Manno, John Martinez, Debbie Reed, Allison Thompkins and David Wittenburg

Is It Time to Establish a National Disability Data System?

David C. Stapleton and Craig Thornton

The Association Between Maltreatment and Obesity Among Preschool Children

Robert C. Whitaker, Shannon M. Phillips, Sean M. Orzol and Hillary L. Burdette

Comparing the Reliability and Predictive Power of Child, Teacher, and Guardian Reports of Noncognitive Skills

Shuaizhang Feng, Yujie Han, James Heckman and Tim Kautz

Measuring the Effect of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation on Food Security (Executive Summary)

James Mabli, Jim Ohls, Lisa Dragoset, Laura Canstner and Betsy Santos

Payment Models and Benefit Design

Deborah Chollet

Simple Encouragement Emails Increased Take-Up of Reemployment Program (Infographic)

Matthew Darling, Christopher O’Leary, Irma Perez-Johnson, Jaclyn Lefkowitz, Ken Kline, Ben Damerow, Randall Eberts, Samia Amin and Greg Chojnacki

Nutrition Supports for Families with Young Children: An Equity-Focused Policy Research Agenda

Andrew Burwick and Diane Paulsell

Technical Working Paper: Creation of the September 2009 Baseline of the 2005 MATH SIPP+ Microsimulation Model and Database

Joel Smith

Educating Beneficiaries About the Cost of Care: Health Accounts in Arkansas, Indiana, and Michigan

Rachel Miller and Kara Contreary

Quick Steps to Improve Programs Using Behavioral Insights

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

Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries with Intellectual Disability

Gina A. Livermore, Maura Bardos and Karen Katz

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

Doubling Down: Reforming Retirement and Disability Policy at the Same Time

David Stapleton

Accelerated Benefits (AB) Demonstration: Recruitment, Process, and Impact Findings After One Year

David Wittenburg, Charles Michalopoulos and Robert Weathers (Speakers)

Strengthening Unmarried Parents' Relationships: The Early Impacts of Building Strong Families (Presentation)

Robert G. Wood, Sheena McConnell, Quinn Moore, Andrew Clarkwest and JoAnn Hsueh

Strategies for Increasing TANF Work Participation Rates: Summary Report

LaDonna Pavetti, Jacqueline Kauff, Michelle K. Derr, Jeffrey Max, Ann Person and Gretchen Kirby

Equity, Inclusivity, and Innovative Digital Technologies to Improve Adolescent and Young Adult Health

Sonoo Thadaney Israni, Michael E. Matheny, Ryan Matlow and Danielle Whicher

The Seeds to Success Modified Field Test: Implementation Lessons

Patricia Del Grosso, Kristin Hallgren, Diane Paulsell and Kimberly Boller

Reforming School Discipline: School-Level Policy Implementation and the Consequences for Suspended Students and Their Peers

Matthew P. Steinberg and Johanna Lacoe

Shrinkage of Value-Added Estimates and Characteristics of Students with Hard-to-Predict Achievement Levels

Mariesa Herrmann, Elias Walsh, Eric Isenberg and Alexandra Resch

The Evidence Base for How We Learn: Supporting Students’ Social, Emotional, and Academic Development

Stephanie M. Jones and Jennifer Kahn

The RETAIN Demonstration: Practical Implications of State Variation in SSDI Entry

Michael Anderson, Yonatan Ben-Shalom, David Stapleton and David Wittenburg

How Are States and Evaluators Measuring Medical Homeness in the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program?

Stacey McMorrow, Anna Christensen, Brenda Natzke, Kelly Devers and Rebecca Peters

The Economic Well-Being of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care

Amy Dworsky

Review of WIC Food Packages: Proposed Framework for Revisions

Committee to Review WIC Food Packages, Food Nutrition Board and of which Mary Kay Fox is a Committee Member

Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fiscal Year 2015

Kelsey Farson Gray, Sarah Fisher and Sarah Lauffer

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

Minors' Behavioral Responses to Parental Involvement Laws: Delaying Abortion Until Age 18

Silvie Colman and Ted Joyce

The Evaluation of Abstinence Education Programs Funded Under Title V Section 510: Interim Report

Barbara Devaney, Amy Johnson, Rebecca Maynard and Christopher Trenholm

Employment Strategies for Low-Income Adults Evidence Review: Standards and Methods

Annalisa Mastri, Emily Sama-Miller and Andrew Clarkwest

Bridging Workforce Development and Corrections Cultures

Heather Lewis-Charp

Approaches for Engaging Fathers in Child Support Programs (Fact Sheet)

Rebekah Selekman and Pamela Holcomb

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

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

Study of Enhanced College Advising in Upward Bound: Impacts on Steps Toward College (Report)

Alina Martinez, Tamara Linkow, Hannah Miller and Amanda Parsad

Hospital Public Reporting Summit: The Link Between Public Reporting and Quality Improvement

Mary A. Laschober and Myles Maxfield

Vocational Rehabilitation: A Bridge to Self-Sufficiency for Youth Who Receive Supplemental Security Income?

Denise Hoffman, Jeffrey Hemmeter and Michelle Stegman Bailey

Obesity Prevention in Pediatric Primary Care: Four Behaviors to Target

Robert C. Whitaker

Spotlight on Maine

Grace Anglin, Kelly Devers, Rachel Burton, Emily Lawton and Amanda Napoles

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

John Cawley, David Frisvold, Anna Hill and David Jones

Launching a National Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program: Title V State SRAE Program Plans

Theresa Neelan, Danielle DeLisle and Susan Zief

Integrating Physical Health Care in Behavioral Health Agencies in Rural Pennsylvania

Angela M. Gerolamo, Jung Y. Kim and Jonathan Brown

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

Developing and Enhancing Data Systems (In Focus Brief)

Mathematica Policy Research

The NIH Intramural Research Loan Repayment Program: Synthesis of Findings from Process and Outcomes Analyses

Steven Glazerman, Tim Silva and Neil Seftor

Operating a Youth Homelessness Prevention Program: A Case Study from the P3 Pilot in Sacramento, California

Caitlin Grey and Melissa Mack

Advanced Analytics for Government Agencies (In Focus Brief)

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

Evaluation Brief: Improving Land Management for Hydropower Generation in Malawi

Thomas Coen, Anthony D'Agostino, Naomi Dorsey and Arif Mamun

Employment and Economic Well-Being of People With and Without Disabilities Before and After the Great Recession

Gina A. Livermore and Todd C. Honeycutt

Health Care Costs Are a Key Driver of Growth in Federal and State Assistance to Working-Age People with Disabilities

Gina Livermore, David C. Stapleton and Meghan O'Toole

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

Keeping Workers with Medical Problems Employed: Can an Intervention That Succeeded Inside Workers’ Compensation Succeed Outside? (Policy Brief)

David Stapleton and Jennifer Christian

Using Vouchers to Deliver Social Services: Considerations Based on the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program Experiences

Gretchen Kirby and Andrew Burwick

Delivering Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Services to High-Risk Youth in Alternative School Settings

Rachel Shapiro, Robert G. Wood, Jean Knab and Lauren Murphy

Using External Quality Review Organizations to Improve the Quality of Preventive and Developmental Services for Children

Tara Krissik, Melissa Faux, Henry T. Ireys and James M. Verdier

Implementation of a 2-for-1 Price Incentive for Fruits and Vegetables in a Grocery Retail Setting

Rebecca Franckle, R. J. Boulos, A. N. Thorndike, A. J. Moran, N. Khandpur, J. Greene, J. P. Block, E. B. Rimm and M. Polacsek

Publishing Nutrition Research: Validity, Reliability, and Diagnostic Test Assessment in Nutrition-Related Research

Philip M. Gleason, Jeffrey Harris, Patricia M. Sheean, Carol J. Boushey and Barbara Bruemmer

Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Through Coaching and Navigation: Insights from Convening Panelists

Ryan Ruggiero and Shaun Stevenson

The Role of Assistant Principals: Evidence and Insights for Advancing School Leadership, Study Highlights

Ellen Goldring, Mollie Rubin and Mariesa Herrmann

Recruiting Parents for Entry into Middle- and High-Skilled Employment

Jessica Harding, Elizabeth Brown, Kara Conroy, Nickie Fung, Jeanette Holdbrook, Grace Roemer and Max Rankin

Implementation Fidelity in Early Childhood Home Visiting: Successes Meeting Staffing Standards, Challenges Hitting Dosage and Duration Targets

Deborah Daro, Kimberly Boller and Bonnie Hart

Medicaid and Medicare Managed Long-Term Services and Supports: What States Are Doing

James M. Verdier

Child Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems: Approaches to Integrating Programs for Young Children in Two States

Gretchen Kirby, Kimberly Boller and Heather Zaveri