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Youth At-Risk of Homelessness: Design for an Implementation Study of "Pathways to Success"

Rosalind Keith, Rebekah Selekman and Andrew Burwick

Tailored Teaching: The Need for Stronger Evidence About Early Childhood Teachers' Use of Ongoing Assessment to Individualize Instruction

Lauren Akers, Patricia Del Grosso, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Shannon Monahan, Kimberly Boller, Judith Carta and Barbara A. Wasik

The Role of the Workforce System in Addressing the Opioid Crisis: A Review of the Literature

Michaela Vine, Colleen Staatz, Crystal Blyler and Jillian Berk

Good Things Come in Small Packages: Lessons Learned from the Ohio High School Transformation Initiative

Sarah Jones, Monica Martinez and Cindy Cai

The School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study: Public Use Documentation, Volume I: School-Level Data

Dexter Chu and John Burghardt

Household Food Security in the United States, 1995-1997: Technical Issues and Statistical Report

James Ohls, Larry Radbill and Allen Schirm

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

Head Start Children’s Developmental Progress and Kindergarten Experiences

Nikki Aikens, Lizabeth Malone, Ashley Kopack Klein, Jerry West and Louisa Tarullo

State-By-State Mental Health Services and Expenditures in Medicaid, 1999

James Verdier, Ann Cherlow, Allison Barrett, Jeffrey Buck and Judith Teich

Medicare Advantage 2012 Spotlight: Plan Availability and Premiums

Marsha Gold, Gretchen Jacobson, Anthony Damico and Tricia Neuman

Imputation of Multiple-Response Items in SESTAT and Its Component Surveys

Nick Beyler, Bruno Vizcarra, Don Jang and Amang Sukasih

Capacity Building for Strategic Learning: Findings from the Pilot Cohort

Emma Pottinger, Emily Gardner, Ramya Tallapragada, Alexandra Resch and Virginia Knechtel

Dynamics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation from 2008 to 2012

Joshua Leftin, Nancy Wemmerus, James Mabli, Thomas Godfrey and Stephen Tordella

An Effectiveness Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Registered Apprenticeship in 10 States

Debbie Reed, Albert Yung-Hsu Liu, Rebecca Kleinman, Annalisa Mastri, Davin Reed, Samina Sattar and Jessica Ziegler

Analysis of Reform Models for Extending Health Care Coverage in New Mexico

Deborah Chollet and Lee Reynis

Minnesota’s SGA Project Demonstration: An Interim Evaluation Report

Matthew Kehn, Liz Babalola, Todd Honeycutt, Gina Livermore, Annie Doubleday, David Stapleton and Purvi Sevak

CHIP Improves Children's Access to Care, Eases Financial Burden on Families (In Focus Brief)

Mathematica Policy Research

Quality Rating and Improvement Systems: Frameworks for Early Care and Education Systems Change

Diane Schaak, Kate Tarrant, Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

Assessing the Impact of Medically Tailored Meals and Medical Nutrition Therapy on Type 2 Diabetes: Protocol for Project MiNT

Kristin L. Rising, Mackenzie Kemp, Patricia Davidson, Judd E. Hollander, Serge Jabbour, Eric Jutkowitz, Benjamin E. Leiby, Cheryl Marco, Ian McElwee, Geoffrey Mills, Laura Pizzi, Rhea E. Powell and Anna Marie Chang

Health Information Technology in the United States: Driving Toward Delivery System Change, 2012

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

Small Area Estimation: New Developments and Directions for HHS Data

John L. Czajka, Amang Sukasih and Alyssa Maccarone

Tightening Income Documentation in a Means-Tested Program: Who Stays Away? (Journal Article)

Philip Gleason, John Burghardt, Paul Strasberg and Lara Hulsey

Hospital Response to Public Reporting of Quality Indicators

Mary A. Laschober, Myles Maxfield, Suzanne Felt-Lisk and David J. Miranda

How Are the Experiences of Individuals with Severe Mental Illness Different from Those of Other Medicaid Buy-In Participants?

Su Liu and Sarah Croake

A Broader View: The National Evaluation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, Design Report, Volume I

Mark Dynarski, Susanne James-Burdumy, Wendy Mansfield, Daniel P. Mayer, Mary T. Moore, John Mullens, Tim Silva, Carol Pistorino and Douglas Hermond

Income Supports and Work Requirement Policies: An Equity-Focused Policy Research Agenda

Brittany English and Diane Paulsell

Measuring Employment of People with Disabilities

David Wittenburg

Not Just Numeracy and Literacy: Theory of Mind Development and School Readiness among Low-Income Children

Elizabeth Woodburn Cavadel and Douglas A. Frye

Medicare Advantage Benefit Design: What Does It Provide, What Doesn't It Provide, and Should Standards Apply?

Marsha Gold and Maria Cupples Hudson

Learning from Charter School Management Organizations: Strategies for Student Behavior and Teacher Coaching

Robin Lake, Melissa Bowen, Allison Demeritt, Moira McCullough, Joshua Haimson and Brian Gill

Changes in the Availability of Community-Based Mental Health Care for Various Population Groups from 2014 to 2020

Brigitte Manteuffel, Luke Horner, Natalie Hazelwood and Ruchir Karmali

Evaluation of the Nutrition Assistance Program in Puerto Rico, Volume II: Effects on Food Expenditures and Diet Quality

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

Third Report to Congress on the Evaluation of the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration

Deborah Peikes, Randall Brown, Arnold Chen and Jennifer Schore

Building Coalitions to Support Maternal Health Quality of Care in India

So O'Neil, Divya Vohra and Emma Pottinger

Indicators of Child Family and Community Connections

Various Authors

A National Assessment of Children with Special Health Care Needs: Prevalence of Special Needs and Use of Health Care Services Among Children in the Military Health System

Thomas V. Williams, Eric M. Schone, Nancy D. Archibald and Joseph W. Thompson

Evaluating the Impact of Community-Based Interventions on Schooling Outcomes Among Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Lusaka, Zambia (Working Paper)

Minki Chatterji, Paul Hutchinson, Nancy Murray, Kathy Buek, Yvonne Mulenga and Tom Ventimiglia

Senegal’s Irrigation and Water Resources Management Project at Five Years Post-Compact: Findings from a Mixed-Methods Evaluation

Anthony Harris, Sarah Leser, Ahmadou Kandji and Sarah Hughes

Energy and Fat Intakes of Children and Adolescents in the United States: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys

Richard P. Troiano, Ronette Briefel, Margaret D. Carroll and Karil Bialostosky

Competency-Based Education in College Settings

Ann Person

Impacts of the 2010 VA PTSD Rule Change on Participation in SSA Disability Programs

Kara Contreary, Jennifer Tennant and Yonatan Ben-Shalom

Challenges and Solutions to Conducting Intensive Studies in Early Care and Education Settings

Julia Lyskawa, Gretchen Kirby, Pia Caronongan, Annalee Kelly and Andrew Burwick

Advancing Evidence-Based Decision Making: A Toolkit on Recognizing and Conducting Opportunistic Experiments in the Family Self-Sufficiency and Stability Policy Area

Alicia Meckstroth, Alexandra Resch, Jonathan McCay, Michelle Derr, Jillian Berk and Lauren Akers

Quarterly Youth Unemployment Rates in Large Metro Areas, 2021

Hande Inanc and Megan Caruso

Characteristics of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Provider Network: Implications for Access to Care Under the Affordable Care Act

Ellen Bouchery, Boyd Gilman, Sylvia Trent-Adams and Laura Cheever

New Data on the Nutritional Quality of School Lunches (In Focus Brief)

Mary Kay Fox

Using the SAS Output Delivery System Report Writing Interface to Produce Codebooks for Survey Data

Nancy Cole and Cassandra Baxter

Teacher and Teaching Effects on Students' Academic Behaviors and Mindsets

David Blazar and Matthew Kraft

Outcomes of Competency-Based Education in Community Colleges: Summative Findings from the Evaluation of a TAACCCT Grant

Ann E. Person, Jaime Thomas, Julie Bruch, Alexander Johann and Nikhail Maestas

WIC Eligibles and Coverage 1994-2007: Estimates of the Population of Women, Infants, and Children Eligible for WIC Benefits

Ed Harper, Jay Hirschman, James Mabli, Sandi Nelson and Kerianne Hourihan

Meeting the Challenges: A Data-Driven Approach to Building Behavioral Health System Capacity

Mathematica

Student Participation in the School Nutrition Programs: An Econometric and Simulation Model

Philip M. Gleason

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

Measuring Multi-Dimensional Change: Challenges and Opportunities in The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program (Presentation)

Barry Burciul and Matt Sloan

Consolidation of Providers Into Health Systems Increased Substantially, 2016–18

Michael F. Furukawa, Laura Kimmey, David J. Jones, Rachel M. Machta, Jing Guo and Eugene C. Rich

Evaluation of a Medicaid Psychotropic Drug Management Program in Utah

Dominick Esposito and James M. Verdier

Evaluation of the Burkina Faso Agriculture Development Project: Design Report

Christopher Ksoll, Chantal Toledo, Seth Morgan, Anca Dumitrescu and Kristen Velyvis

Characteristics of Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities Participating in the Federal Disability Programs

Gina A. Livermore and Maura Bardos

Rethinking the Mental Health Treatment Skills of Primary Care Staff: A Framework for Training and Research

Jonathan D. Brown and Lawrence S. Wissow

The Impact of Malpractice Liability Claims on Obstetrical Practice Patterns

Gilbert W. Gimm

Assessing Cultural Perspectives on Healthcare Quality

Ann D. Bagchi, Raquel af Ursin and Alicia Leonard

Transforming Teachers' Practice: The Impact of EL Education's English Language Arts Curriculum and Professional Learning on Teacher Practices

Jane Choi, Scott Richman and Sarah Dolfin

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

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

Synthesis of Findings on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment in Five States

Sheila D. Hoag

What Does $1,000 in Seed Capital Buy? Emerging Lessons from the SET Program’s Offer of Microgrants for Business Start-Ups

Mary Anne Anderson, Samia Amin, Irma Perez-Johnson and Caroline Massad Francis

Technical Appendices to Trends in Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: 1999 to 2001

Karen E. Cunnyngham

Vocational Rehabilitation on the Road to Social Security Disability

David C. Stapleton and Frank Martin

Influencing Mode Choice in a Multi-Mode Survey

Geraldine Mooney, Cheryl De Saw, Xiaojing Lin, Andrew Hurwitz and Flora Lan

Feasibility of a Single-Payer Health Plan Model for the State of Maine

Deborah Chollet, Glen Mays, January Angeles, RolMcDevitt and Ryan Lore

Accountable Care Organizations: Will They Deliver?

Marsha Gold

How Do Work-Related Overpayments Affect the Earnings of Overpaid Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries?

Denise Hoffman, Priyanka Anand, John Jones and Serge Lukashanets

Background of the School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study

John Burghardt and Barbara L. Devaney

Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage in the Community Tracking Study and the Current Population Survey

Margo Rosenbach and Kimball Lewis

Forging Partnerships (In the Spotlight)

Emily Knas and M. C. Bradley

Sources of Nutrients in Students Diets

Anne Gordon and Patricia M. McKinney

Forging Successful Partnerships Between Health Plans and States

James M. Verdier

A Behaviour Change Intervention with Lipid†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

Local Health Departments Lead Efforts Against Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

Megan McHugh, Rose Marie Martinez, Rebecca Kliman and Sara Roschwalb

The White Picket Fence Dream: Effects of Assets on the Choice of Family Union

Arif A. Mamun

Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Improper Payments Data Collection Pilot Project

Rhoda Cohen, Lara Hulsey, Stacie Feldman, Claudia Gentile and John Hall

Effects of Four Responsible Fatherhood Programs for Low-Income Fathers: Evidence from the Parents and Children Together Evaluation

Sarah Avellar, Reginald Covington, Quinn Moore, Ankita Patnaik and April Wu

Using Coaching and Navigation to Promote Economic Mobility: How Might Programs Provide These Services Virtually?

Mary Anne Anderson and Michelle Derr

The Charlestown Retirement Community Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program After One Year

Nancy Archibald, Jennifer Schore, Randall Brown, Deborah Peikes and Sean Orzol

Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE): Recommendations of the Technical Advisory Panel Regarding the Use of Incentive Payments and the Evaluation Design (Appendices)

Thomas Fraker and Todd Honeycutt

To Apply or Not to Apply: The Employment and Program Participation of Social Security Disability Insurance Applicants and Non-Applicants

Allison Thompkins, Todd Honeycutt, Claire Gill, Joseph Mastrianni and Michelle Bailey

Job Skills and Minority Youth: New Program Directions (Book Review)

Matthew T. Johnson

An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification

Jill Constantine, Daniel Player, Tim Silva, Kristin Hallgren, Mary Grider and John Deke

Using Administrative Data to Address Federal Contractor Violations of Equal Employment Opportunity Laws

Nan Maxwell, Aravind Moorthy, Caroline Massad Francis and Dylan Ellis

Can Vertically Integrated Health Systems Provide Greater Value: The Case of Hospitals Under the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model?

Rachel M. Machta, James Reschovsky, David J. Jones, Michael F. Furukawa and Eugene C. Rich

Understanding College Match Among KIPP Northern California Students

Naihobe Gonzalez and Dan Thal

Promising Models of Care Coordination in Medicare: Lessons for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Chronic Illnesses

Deborah Peikes, Randall Brown, Greg Peterson and Jennifer Schore

Valuing Student Competencies: Which Ones Predict Postsecondary Educational Attainment and Earnings, and for Whom?

John Deke and Joshua Haimson

Tips for Enrolling and Retaining Evaluation Participants

Sarah Avellar, Kelley Borradaile and Debra Strong

Quality Rating Systems in Medicaid Managed Care

Patricia Rowan, Ruth Hsu, Télyse Masaoay and Stephanie Parver

Hand in Hand: Enhancing the Synergy between Money Follows the Person and Managed Long-Term Services and Supports

Jenna Libersky, Debra Lipson and Kristie Liao

Characteristics and Dietary Patterns of Healthy and Less-Healthy Eaters in the Low-Income Population

Yonatan Ben-Shalom, Mary Kay Fox and P.K. Newby

Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 1998 (Issue Brief)

Laura Castner and Jacquelyn Anderson

Getting Ready for Kindergarten: Children's Progress During Head Start, FACES 2009 Report

Nikki Aikens, Ashley Kopack Klein, Louisa Tarullo and Jerry West

Value-Added Estimates for Phase 1 of the Pennsylvania Teacher and Principal Evaluation Pilot

Stephen Lipscomb, Hanley Chiang and Brian Gill

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

Steven Glazerman and Allison Seifullah