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

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

The Youth Transition Demonstration: Interim Findings and Lessons for Program Implementation

Thomas Fraker

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

Mary Anne Anderson and Michelle Derr

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

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

Forging Partnerships (In the Spotlight)

Emily Knas and M. C. Bradley

The Impact of Malpractice Liability Claims on Obstetrical Practice Patterns

Gilbert W. Gimm

Challenges and Successes of Pregnancy Assistance Fund Programs Supporting Young Fathers

Katherine Niland and Rebekah Selekman

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

Nick Beyler, Bruno Vizcarra, Don Jang and Amang Sukasih

Integrating Positive Youth Development into PREP Programming

Kristin A. Moore, Andrea Vazzano, Isabel Griffith, Mindy E. Scott and Deana Around Him

Medicare Advantage 2012 Spotlight: Plan Availability and Premiums

Marsha Gold, Gretchen Jacobson, Anthony Damico and Tricia Neuman

Evaluation of the Burkina Faso Agriculture Development Project: Design Report

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

Backlash or a Positive Response?: Public Opinion of LGB Issues After Obergefell v. Hodges

Emily Kazyak and Mathew Stange

Technical Documentation for the Fiscal Year 2009 SNAP QC Database and QC Minimodel

Joshua Leftin, Andrew Gothro, Esa Eslami, Daisy Ewell and Katherine Bencio

Health Insurance Exchange Study

Deborah Chollet, Su Liu, Kate Stewart, Alison Wellington, Allison Barrett, Mila Kofman and Amy M. Lischko

Independent Evaluation of Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) Second Annual Report: Appendices to the Supplemental Volume

Arkadipta Ghosh, Sean Orzol, Stacy Dale, Jessica Laird, Ning Fu, Pragya Singh, Min-Young Kim, Amanda Markovitz, Kaylyn Swankoski, Nancy Duda, Rachel Machta, Carol Urato, Mariel Finucane, Lauren Vollmer, Constance Delannoy, Lee-Lee Ellis, Grace Oh, Brianna Sullivan, Dana Jean-Baptiste, Ann O'Malley, Rosalind Keith, Randall Brown, Grace Anglin, Deborah Peikes and Et Al.

The Economic Consequences of the Dissolution of Cohabiting Unions

Sarah Avellar and Pamela J. Smock

Marriage Patterns of TANF Recipients: Evidence from Work First New Jersey

Robert G. Wood, Anu Rangarajan and John Deke

Managed Long Term Care: Options for New York and Examples from Other States

James M. Verdier

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

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

Kara Contreary, Jennifer Tennant and Yonatan Ben-Shalom

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

Marsha Gold and Maria Cupples Hudson

Taking a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program to the Home: The AIM 4 Teen Moms Experience, Implementation Report

Subuhi Asheer and Ellen Kisker

Expanding Access to Medicaid Data for Research: Feasibility of a MAX Sample

Audra Wenzlow, Ellen Bouchery and John Czajka

Choices, Challenges, and Options: Child SSI Recipients Preparing for the Transition to Adult Life

Pamela J. Loprest and David Wittenburg

Indicators of Child Family and Community Connections

Various Authors

En Bsqueda De Soluciones: Mejorando El Servicio Mdico Para Las Personas Con Dominio Limitado Del Ingls En Connecticut

Ann Bagchi and Beth Stevens

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

Case Study of Virginia: Exploring Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment Trends and Their Links to Policy and Practice

Embry Howell, Christopher Trenholm, Kathy Gifford and Bridget Lavin

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

Karen E. Cunnyngham

Tips for Supporting Elementary Writing Skills at Home

Christine Ross

Creating Capacity for Improvement in Primary Care: The Case for Developing a Quality Improvement Infrastructure

Erin Fries Taylor, Deborah Peikes, Janice Genevro and David Meyers

Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Results from the Second Year of a Randomized Controlled Study

Eric Isenberg, Steven Glazerman, Martha Bleeker, Amy Johnson, Julieta Lugo-Gil, Mary Grider, Sarah Dolfin and Edward Britton

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

Barry Burciul and Matt Sloan

Evolution of Medicaid Managed Care Systems and Eligibility Expansions

Leighton Ku, Marilyn Ellwood, Sheila Hoag, Barbara Ormond and Judith Wooldridge

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

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

Margo Rosenbach and Kimball Lewis

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

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

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

Matthew T. Johnson

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

Successfully Implementing SOAR: Lessons Learned from Six States

Jacqueline Kauff and Jonathan Brown

Expanding Employer Engagement and Job Placement

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

How States Can Better Understand their Dually Eligible Beneficiaries: A Guide to Using CMS Data Resources

Danielle Chelminsky

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

Prepared by Mathematica Policy Research

Electronic Health Records Demonstration Office Systems Survey: Spring 2011

Mathematica Policy Research

Forging Successful Partnerships Between Health Plans and States

James M. Verdier

Testing Municipal Wastewater to Flexibly Monitor Health and Safety

Aparna Keshaviah, Cindy Hu and Marisa Henry

Securing Coverage for Children by Advocating for the ACA: Experience from the KidsWell Grantees in New Mexico and New York

Sheila Hoag, Debra Lipson, Michaella Morzuch and Victoria Peebles

Preparing for Life After High School: The Characteristics and Experiences of Youth in Special Education. Findings from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012. Volume 1: Comparisons with Other Youth (Executive Summary)

Stephen Lipscomb, Joshua Haimson, Albert Y. Liu, John Burghardt, David R. Johnson and Martha Thurlow

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

Diane Schaak, Kate Tarrant, Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

Impacts of the National Health Service Corps: A Survival Analysis

Thomas R. Konrad, Kirsten Leysieffer, Rose Marie Martinez, Richard Niska and Barbara L. Wells

School Meal Program Participation and Its Association with Dietary Patterns and Childhood Obesity

Philip Gleason, Ronette Briefel, Ander Wilson and Allison Hedley Dodd

Assessment of the Quality of State SNAP Administrative Data

Karen Cunnyngham

Associations Between American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set Process Measures

Bradley Gray, Jonathan Vandergrift, Bruce Landon, James Reschovsky and Rebecca Lipner

Horseshoes, Hand Grenades, and Treatment Effects? Reassessing Bias in Nonexperimental Estimators

Kenneth Fortson, Philip Gleason, Emma Kopa and Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz

Reaching Those in Need: How Effective Is the Food Stamp Program?

Allen L. Schirm

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

Rosalind Keith, Rebekah Selekman and Andrew Burwick

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

Pathways to Careers Employer Case Study: Futura Industries

Noelle Denny-Brown and Marisa Shenk

Getting the Most Out of State QRIS Data: Secondary Analyses of Quality Ratings from the QRIS Assessment Project

Lizabeth Malone, Gretchen Kirby and Pia Caronongan

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

Deborah Chollet and Lee Reynis

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

Philip M. Gleason

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

An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification

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

Three Independent Evaluations of Healthy Kids Programs Find Dramatic Gains in Well-Being of Children and Families

Christopher Trenholm, Embry Howell, Ian Hill and Dana Hughes

Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS) Uniform Facility Data Set (UFDS), October 1, 1998 Questionnaire

Mathematica Policy Research

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

Design with Care: School Information Displays Can Impact School Choices

Ira Nichols-Barrer, Steven Glazerman and Jon Valant

The Role of Obesity in Federal Disability Determinations

Jody Schimmel Hyde

Current and Former WFNJ Clients: How Are They Faring 30 Months Later?

Anu Rangarajan and Robert G. Wood

Medicaid Substance Abuse Treatment Spending: Findings Report

Ellen Bouchery, Rick Harwood, Rosalie Malsberger, Emily Caffery, Jessica Nysenbaum and Kerianne Hourihan

Math Corps Successfully Replicated

Barbara Harris and Lindsay Fox

A Focused Look at Rural Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants

Linda Rosenberg, Megan Davis Christianson, Megan Hague Angus and Emily Rosenthal

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

Mathematica Policy Research

Strength in Numbers: Strategic Partnerships Helped Provide Better LMI

Diane Herz and Brittany English

Creation of the 2011 MATH SIPP+ Microsimulation Model and Database

Joshua Leftin, Joel Smith, Karen Cunnyngham and Carole Trippe

Does Weighting for Nonresponse Increase the Variance of Survey Means? (Conference Paper)

Roderick J. Little and Sonya Vartivarian

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

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

Implementing Large-Scale Studies of Children Using Clinical Assessments

Elizabeth T. Spier, Susan Sprachman and Cassandra Rowand

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

Arif A. Mamun

Vocational Rehabilitation on the Road to Social Security Disability

David C. Stapleton and Frank Martin

Nebraska Health Network’s Data Management System for Improving Quality and Reducing Costs (Case Study)

Mario Gruszczynski, Natalie Graves and Sonya Streeter

Influencing Mode Choice in a Multi-Mode Survey

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

Building Coalitions to Support Maternal Health Quality of Care in India

So O'Neil, Divya Vohra and Emma Pottinger

Developing a Health Care Information Portal for California Childrens Service's Providers: Functions, Models, and Issues

Deborah J. Chollet

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

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

Pathways to Using Health Services Research (HSR) in Policymaking: Lessons for Getting Beyond the Black Box

Marsha Gold

Do In-Person Interviews Reduce Bias in a Mixed-Mode Survey of Persons with Disabilities?

Eric Grau

A Profile of the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program: 1998-99. With Selected Data from 1997-98 and 1996-97

Wendy Mansfield, Kathryn Downey Sargent, Margaret W. Cahalan, Robert L. Belle, Jr. and Frances Bergeron

Comparison of With-Replacement and Without-Replacement Variance Estimates for a Complex Survey

Frank J. Potter, Stephen Williams, Nuria Diaz-Tena, James Reschovsky and Elizabeth Schaefer

Treatment Approach and HbA1c Control Among US Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: NHANES 1999-2004

Allison Hedley Dodd, Margaret S. Colby, Kristina S. Boye, Cheryl Fahlman, Sunny Kim and Ronette R. Briefel

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

Health Care Survey of DoD Beneficiaries 2008 Annual Report

Kristin Andrews, Katherine Bencio, Jonathan David Brown, Leslie Jackson Conwell, Cheryl Fahlman and Eric Schone

Early Implementation of the Welfare-to-Work Grants Program: Findings from Exploratory Site Visits and Review of Program Plans

Demetra Smith Nightingale, Terri Thompson, Nancy Pindus, Pamela Holcomb, Edgar Lee, Jesse Valente and John Trutko

Variation in Physicians’ Electronic Health Record Documentation and Potential Patient Harm from That Variation

Genna R. Cohen, Charles P. Friedman, Andrew M. Ryan, Caroline R. Richardson and Julia Adler-Milstein

Background of the School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study

John Burghardt and Barbara L. Devaney

Care Coordination for Children with Special Needs in Medicaid: Lessons from Medicare

Kate A. Stewart, Katharine W.V. Bradley, Joseph S. Zickafoose, Rachel Hildrich, Henry T. Ireys and Randall S. Brown

UnityPoint ACO's Home Visit Program (Case Study)

Natalie Graves and Sonya Streeter

Midpoint Evaluation of Oregon's Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration: Mid-2012 through Mid-2014

Carol V. Irvin, JudyAnn Bigby, Vivian Byrd, Michael Barna, Suzie Witmer and Maureen Higgins

The National Children's Study 2014: Commentary on a Recent National Research Council/Institute of Medicine Report

Marie C. McCormick, Dean B. Baker, Paul P. Biemer, Barbara Lepidus Carlson, Ana V. Diez Roux, Virginia M. Lesser, Sara S. McLanahan, George R. Saade, S. Lynne Stokes, Leonardo Trasande and Greg Duncan

Using Promotion Power to Identify the Effectiveness of Public High Schools in the District of Columbia

Max Gross, Menbere Shiferaw, Jonah Deutsch and Brian Gill