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Did You Get Your Shots? Experimental Evidence on the Role of Reminders: MatÃas Busso, JuliÃ¡n Cristia and Sarah Humpage
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
Quick Steps to Improve Programs Using Behavioral Insights: Matthew Darling, Jaclyn Lefkowitz, Samia Amin, Greg Chojnacki and Irma Perez-Johnson
Establishing and Managing a Successful Special Needs Program: James Verdier
Simple Encouragement Emails Increased Take-Up of Reemployment Program (Infographic): Matthew Darling, Christopher Oâ€™Leary, Irma Perez-Johnson, Jaclyn Lefkowitz, Ken Kline, Ben Damerow, Randall Eberts, Samia Amin and Greg Chojnacki
State Contracting with Medicare Advantage Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans: Issues and Options: James Verdier, Alexandra Kruse, Rebecca SweetlLester, Ann Mary Philip and Danielle Chelminsky
Employment Coaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned: Miranda Kharsa and Kristen Joyce
How Can My Organization Connect Children to Coverage? A Guide to Fundamentals and Promising Practices: Leslie Foster and Frank Martin
Critical Research Questions for Improving the Full Integration of Persons with Disabilities in the Workforce: Craig Thornton
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 Promise of Care Coordination: Models that Decrease Hospitalizations and Improve Outcomes for Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Illnesses: Deborah Peikes, Randall Brown, Greg Peterson and Jennifer Schore
Do Environmental Messages Work on the Poor? Experimental Evidence from Brazilian Favelas: Chantal Toledo
Vocational Rehabilitation Outcomes for Students Participating in a Model Transition Program: Richard G. Luecking, Ellen S. Fabian, Kara Contreary, Todd C. Honeycutt and Debra Martin Luecking
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
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
School Principals' Perspectives on the Passport to Teaching: Steven Glazerman, Christina Tuttle and Gail Baxter
Effectiveness of Selected Supplemental Reading Comprehension Interventions: Impacts on a First Cohort of Fifth-Grade Students (Conference Paper): Susanne James-Burdumy
Consumers Face Higher Costs as Health Plans Seek to Control Drug Spending: Glen P. Mays, Robert E. Hurley and Joy M. Grossman
Ready, Steady, Grow: Preparing Students for Changing Career Requirements (Infographic): Jan Anderson
Examining States' Use of Policies and Practices Promoted by Race to the Top (In Focus Brief): Lisa Dragoset, Susanne James-Burdumy, Kristin Hallgren, Irma Perez-Johnson, Mariesa Herrmann, Christina Tuttle, Megan Hague Angus, Rebecca Herman, Matthew Murray, Corutney Tanenbaum and Cheryl Graczewski
Integration of Medicare and Medicaid for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: State Efforts Inside and Outside Demonstration Authority: James M. Verdier
Equity, Inclusivity, and Innovative Digital Technologies to Improve Adolescent and Young Adult Health: Sonoo Thadaney Israni, Michael E. Matheny, Ryan Matlow and Danielle Whicher
Implementation Fidelity in Early Childhood Home Visiting: Successes Meeting Staffing Standards, Challenges Hitting Dosage and Duration Targets: Deborah Daro, Kimberly Boller and Bonnie Hart
Improving Processes and Increasing Efficiency: The Case for States Participating in a Process Improvement Collaborative: Sheila Hoag and Judith Wooldridge
Costs and Benefits of Providing In-Person Professional Medical Interpreters in the Emergency Department: Results of a Randomized Controlled Study: Ann D. Bagchi, Stacy Dale, Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Sky Andrecheck, Kathleen Zavotsky and Robert Eisenstein
Data Gaps Could Hinder Efforts to Educate Enough Nurses to Meet Demand: Amy Overcash, Grace Roemer and Angela Gerolamo
Pathways Clearinghouse Guide for Researchers: Leah Shiferaw, Diana McCallum and Dana Rotz
Is It Time to Establish a National Disability Data System?: David C. Stapleton and Craig Thornton
Better Beginnings: Partnering with Families for Early Learning Home Visit Observations: Kristin Hallgren, Kimberly Boller and Diane Paulsell
Encouraging Survey Response Among Diverse, Hard-to-Reach Populations: Use of Differential Incentives (Presentation): Alicia Harrington
HHS/ASPE Webinar Series: Developing and Using Learning Agenda Approach to Evidence-building (Webinar 5 Video: SBA): Brittany Borg, Amanda Cash and Jessica McNab
Using Tau-Argus and sdcTable to Conduct Secondary Cell Supression for Linked Tables: Amang Sukasih, Donsig Jang and David Edson
We Grow Together Professional Development System: Professional Development Experiences in Infant-Toddler Care: Ann Li, Sally Atkins-Burnett and Tutrang Nguyen
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
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
Lessons Learned Delivering Remote Services to Job Seekers with Low Incomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Ryan Ruggiero, Katie Eddins and Benjamin Christensen
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
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
Work Overpayments Among New Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries: Denise Hoffman, Monica Farid, Serge Lukashanets, Michael Anderson and John T. Jones
Perils of Pioneering: Monitoring Medicaid Managed Care: Judith Wooldridge and Sheila D. Hoag
Medicare+Choice Becomes Medicare Advantage: Will Past Be Prologue?: Marsha Gold
Impacts of Dropout Prevention Programs: Mark Dynarski, Philip M. Gleason, Anu Rangarajan and Robert G. Wood
Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) Model: Findings at a Glance Evaluation of Second Year (2018): Deborah Peikes, Grace Anglin, Janice Genevro and Et Al.
Health Information Exchange: The Role of Safety-Net Providers: Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Melanie Au and Patricia Higgins
Who Enrolls in Medicaid Managed Care Programs that Cover Long-Term Services and Supports? Implications of Enrollee Diversity for a National Cross-State Evaluation: Jessica Kasten, Debra Lipson, Paul Saucier and Jenna Libersky
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
Market Rate Surveys and Alternative Methods of Data Collection and Analysis to Inform Subsidy Payment Rates: Eiizabeth Davis, Lynn A. Karoly, Bobbie Weber, Pia Caronongan, Kathryn Tout, Patti Banghart, Sara Shaw and Anne Partika
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
State Differences in the Vocational Rehabilitation Experiences of Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities: Todd Honeycutt, Allison Thompkins, Maura Bardos and Steven Stern
Addressing Teacher Shortages in Disadvantaged Schools: Lessons from Two Institute of Education Sciences Studies: Melissa Clark, Sheena McConnell, Jill Constantine and Hanley Chiang
Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 2001: Christina Tuttle and Daisy Ewell
Program Churning and Transfers Between Medicaid and CHIP: Sean M. Orzol, Lauren Hula and Mary Harrington
Advanced Analytics for Government Agencies (In Focus Brief): Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research
The Gary Experiment in Welfare Reform: Kenneth Kehrer Stanley Stephenson and Jr.
The Early Experience of the Charlestown Communities Case Management Program: Nancy Archibald and Jennifer Schore
Early Care and Education Partnerships: A Review of the Literature: Patricia Del Grosso, Lauren Akers, Andrea Mraz Esposito and Diane Paulsell
Reporting Sources of Error in U.S. Federal Government Surveys: Daniel Kasprzyk and Lee Giesbrecht
Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fiscal Year 2015: Kelsey Farson Gray, Sarah Fisher and Sarah Lauffer
A Profile of the Talent Search Program: 1999-2000: Justin Humphrey, Nancy Carey and Wendy Mansfield
Ten Years of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA): Interpreting the Research on WIA and Related Programs: Paul T. Decker and Jillian A. Berk
The Power of Nutrition: How It Is Working and Early Learnings: Anitha Sivasankaran, Anu Rangarajan, Nikita Ramchandani and Heather Ingraham
Operating a Youth Homelessness Prevention Program: A Case Study from the P3 Pilot in Sacramento, California: Caitlin Grey and Melissa Mack
Technical Documentation for the Fiscal Year 2008 SNAP QC Database and QC Minimodel: Kari Wolkwitz and Daisy Ewell
Toddlers in Early Head Start: A Portrait of 2-Year-Olds, Their Families, and the Programs Serving Them. Volume 2: Technical Appendices: Cheri A. Vogel, Pia Caronongan, Jaime Thomas, Eileen Bandel, Yange Xue, Juliette Henke, Nikki Aikens, Kimberly Boller and Lauren Murphy
Accelerated Benefits (AB) Demonstration: Recruitment, Process, and Impact Findings After One Year: David Wittenburg, Charles Michalopoulos and Robert Weathers (Speakers)
Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries with Intellectual Disability: Gina A. Livermore, Maura Bardos and Karen Katz
Independent Evaluation of Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+): First Annual Report, Supplemental Volume: Grace Anglin, Deborah Peikes, 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
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
The Association Between Maltreatment and Obesity Among Preschool Children: Robert C. Whitaker, Shannon M. Phillips, Sean M. Orzol and Hillary L. Burdette
Shrinkage of Value-Added Estimates and Characteristics of Students with Hard-to-Predict Achievement Levels: Mariesa Herrmann, Elias Walsh, Eric Isenberg and Alexandra Resch
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
Pennsylvania Medical Assistance Program Reform Options: Jim Verdier
The Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Prices and Product Availability: John Cawley, David Frisvold, Anna Hill and David Jones
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
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
Market Signals: Evidence on the Determinants and Consequences of School Choice from a Citywide Lottery (Journal Article): Steven Glazerman and Dallas Dotter
Job Loss After Injury or Illness: Making Stakeholders More Accountable: Steve Bruns
The Underappreciated Success of Home-Based Primary Care: Next Steps for CMS' Independence at Home: Laura Kimmey and Valerie Cheh
Evaluation of Oakland Unite: Year 1 Strategy Report: Naihobe Gonzalez, Johanna Lacoe, Ebo Dawson-Andoh, Armando YaÃ±ez, Natasha Nicolai and Sarah Crissey
Using Coaching and Navigation to Promote Economic Mobility: How Might Programs Provide These Services Virtually?: Mary Anne Anderson and Michelle Derr
Higher Practice Intensity Is Associated with Higher Quality of Care but More Avoidable Admissions for Medicare Beneficiaries (Journal Article): Bruce E. Landon, A. James O'Malley, M. Richard McKellar, Jack Hadley and James D. Reschovsky
Instructional Practices and Student Math Achievement: Correlations from a Study of Math Curricula (Issue Brief): Douglas H. Clements, Roberto Agodini and Barbara Harris
Student Participation in the School Nutrition Programs: An Econometric and Simulation Model: Philip M. Gleason
How Changes in Washington University's Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Pilot Ultimately Achieved Savings: Deborah Peikes, Greg Peterson, Randall S. Brown, Sandy Graff and John P. Lynch
Not Just Numeracy and Literacy: Theory of Mind Development and School Readiness among Low-Income Children: Elizabeth Woodburn Cavadel and Douglas A. Frye
Quarterly Youth Unemployment Rates in Large Metro Areas, 2021: Hande Inanc and Megan Caruso
Does Intensive Mentoring Improve Teaching? Results from a Randomized Experiment: Steven Glazerman, Eric Isenberg, Sarah Dolfin, Martha Bleeker, Amy Johnson, Mary Grider and Matthew Jacobus
Small Area Estimation: New Developments and Directions for HHS Data: John L. Czajka, Amang Sukasih and Alyssa Maccarone
Bayesian Interpretation of Cluster-Robust Subgroup Impact Estimates: The Best of Both Worlds: Erin R. Lipman, John Deke and Mariel Finucane
Toddlers in Early Head Start: A Portrait of 3-Year-Olds, Their Families, and the Programs Serving Them. Volume I: Age 3 Report: Cheri A. Vogel, Pia Caronongan, Yange Xue, Jaime Thomas, Eileen Bandel, Nikki Aikens, Kimberly Boller and Lauren Murphy
Local Health Departments Lead Efforts Against Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Megan McHugh, Rose Marie Martinez, Rebecca Kliman and Sara Roschwalb
Consumer and Consultant Experiences in the New Jersey Personal Preference Program: Leslie Foster, Barbara Phillips and Jennifer Schore
Income Supports and Work Requirement Policies: An Equity-Focused Policy Research Agenda: Brittany English and Diane Paulsell
Selecting the Best Comparison Group and Evaluation Design: A Guidance Document for State Section 1115 Demonstration Evaluations: James D. Reschovsky, Jessica Heeringa and Maggie Colby
Testing Municipal Wastewater to Flexibly Monitor Health and Safety: Aparna Keshaviah, Cindy Hu and Marisa Henry
A Behaviour Change Intervention with Lipidâ€ Based Nutrient Supplements had Little Impact on Young Child Feeding Indicators in Rural Kenya: Kendra Byrd, Holly N. Dentz, Anne Williams, Marion Kiprotich, Amy J. Pickering, Ronald Omondi, Osborne Kwena, Gouthami Rao, Charles D. Arnold, Benjamin F. Arnold, Kathryn G. Dewey, John M. Colford, Jr., Clair Null and Christine P. Stewart
Influencing Mode Choice in a Multi-Mode Survey: Geraldine Mooney, Cheryl De Saw, Xiaojing Lin, Andrew Hurwitz and Flora Lan
A Focused Look at Rural Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants: Linda Rosenberg, Megan Davis Christianson, Megan Hague Angus and Emily Rosenthal
State Agenciesâ€™ Use of Administrative Data for Improved Practice: Needs, Challenges, and Opportunities: Scott W. Allard, Emily R. Wiegand, Colleen Schlecht, A. Rupa Datta, Robert M. Goerge and Elizabeth Weigensberg

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