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Money Follows the Person Demonstration: Overview of State Grantee Progress, July to December 2011

Susan R. Williams, Debra Lipson, Noelle Denny-Brown, Rebecca Lester, Bailey Orshan, Christal Stone and Matthew Kehn

Design Options Report for a National Survey of Home Health Aides

Richard Strouse, Nancy Clusen, David DesRoches, Rita Stapulonis, John Hall and Brian Roff

BOND Implementation and Evaluation: 2017 Stage 1 Interim Process, Participation, and Impact Report

Sarah Croake, Priyanka Anand, Christopher Jones, Katherine Morrison, Cara Orfield, David Stapleton, Denise Hoffman, David R. Mann, Judy Geyer, Daniel Gubits, Stephen Bell, Andrew McGuirk, Tyler Rose and David Wittenburg

Early Learning About Healthy Relationships, Data Snapshot: Healthy Marriage Programs for Youth

Sarah Avellar, Alexandra Stanczyk, Nikki Aikens, Mathew Stange and Grace Roemer

An Assessment of Computer Matching in the Food Stamp Program Vol. III: Appendix Tables

William S. Borden and Robbi L. Ruben-Urm

What Do Quality Rating Levels Mean? Examining the Implementation of QRIS Ratings to Inform Validation

Gretchen Kirby, Pia Caronongan, Lizabeth M. Malone and Kimberly Boller

How Low-Income Fathers in Responsible Fatherhood Programs Perceive and Provide Financial Support for Their Children: Summary Brief

Quinn Moore, Rebekah Selekman, Ankita Patnaik and Heather Zaveri

Spring 2013 School Administrator Survey

David DesRoches and Kelley Borradaile

Statistical Theory for the RCT-YES Software: Design-Based Causal Inference for RCTs

Peter Z. Schochet

Sources of Variation in State-Level Food Stamp Participation Rates

Scott Cody, Allen Schirm, Elizabeth Stuart, Laura Castner and Alan Zaslavsky

Type of Health Insurance and the Substance Abuse Treatment Gap

Ellen Englert Bouchery, Henrick J. Harwood, Joan Dilonardo and Rita Vandivort-Warren

Inform Responsible Reopening Practices with Workforce Planning

Andrew Hurwitz and Michael Pappas

Scheduler Issues in the Transition to Blaise

Leonard Hart

A Brief Description of the Examining Data Informing Teaching (EDIT) Measure (brief)

Lauren Akers, Shannon Monahan, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Barbara Wasik, Judy Carta and Felicia Hurwitz

State Strategies for Coordinating Medicaid and Housing Services

Rebecca Kleinman, Matthew Kehn, Allison Wishon Siegwarth and Jonathan Brown

The Promise and Challenge of Using Volunteers to Provide Community-Based Marriage Education

M. Robin Dion and Sarah A. Avellar

False Choices, Policy Framing, and the Promise of "Big Data"

Paul Decker

Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 2005

Allison Barrett

Insights from Federal Evaluation Technical Assistance Liaisons on the Partnerships Supporting Local Evaluations

Lindsay Cattell and Cay Bradley

Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Site Visit Report: The State of Louisiana's LaCHIP Program

Nancy Fasciano

Developing and Evaluating Methods for Using American Community Survey Data to Support the School Meals Program: Interim Report

Allen Schirm Nancy Kirkendall and Editors

Perspectives on HeA PA from Certified Application Assistants

Adam Dunn, Dana Petersen and Leslie Foster

Pretest Measures of the Study Outcome and the Elimination of Selection Bias: Evidence from Three Within Study Comparisons

Kelly Hallberg, Thomas D. Cook, Peter M. Steiner and M. H. Clark

The Early Experience of the Lovelace Case Management Program

Sherry Aliotta and Jennifer Schore

Ancillary Services to Support Welfare-to-Work

Amy Johnson and Alicia Meckstroth

The Negative Income Tax Experiment in New Jersey: General Discussion

David Kershaw

Indonesia Got Schooled: 15 Years of Rising Enrolment and Flat Learning Profiles

Amanda Beatty, Emilie Berkhout, Luhur Bima, Thomas Coen, Menno Pradhan and Daniel Suryadarma

Measuring Up: Learning About Improving Equity from Australia’s Early Childhood Development Census

Kimberly Boller and Yasmin Harman-Smith

Predicting Disability Among Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries Using Claims-Based Indicators

Yonatan Ben-Shalom and David C. Stapleton

QRS Profile: Delaware Stars for Early Success

Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout

The Status of Families on Child-Only TANF Cases

Robert G. Wood and Debra A. Strong

Measuring Up: A Novel Approach to Assessing State Oversight of Medicaid Managed Care

Jenna Libersky and Debra Lipson

Addressing Mental Health Problems Among TANF Recipients: A Guide for Program Administrators

Michelle K. Derr, Heather Hill and LaDonna Pavetti

Oral Health Promotion, Prevention, and Treatment Strategies for Head Start Families: Early Findings from the Oral Health Initiative Evaluation Volume II Site Profiles

Patricia Del Grosso, Amy Brown, Heather Zaveri, Sandra Silva, Beth Zimmerman, Anne Hopewell and Diane Paulsell

Evaluation Interim Report for the Georgia II Improving General Education Quality Project's School Rehabilitation and Training Activities

Ira Nichols-Barrer, Nicholas Ingwersen, Camila Fernandez, Elena Moroz and Matt Sloan

Food Stamp Program Operations Study: Synthesis Report

Ruy A. Teixeira and William L. Hamilton

Calibration of Self-Report Tools for Physical Activity Research: The Physical Activity Questionnaire (PAQ)

Pedro F. Saint-Maurice, Gregory J. Welk, Nicholas K. Beyler, Roderick T. Bartee and Kate A. Heelan

Landscape Analysis of Non-Cognitive Measures

Sally Atkins-Burnett, Camila Fernandez, Lauren Akers, Jessica Jacobson and Claire Smither-Wulsin

Nonrespondents and Nonresponse Bias: Evidence from a Survey of Former Welfare Recipients in Iowa

Jacqueline Kauff, Robert Olsen and Thomas Fraker

Improving Evaluations of the Medical Home

David Meyers, Deborah Peikes, Stacy Dale, Eric Lundquist and Janice Genevro

The Application and Importance of Disability Policy Research to the Mental Health Field

Crystal R. Blyler

Improving the Outcomes of Youth with Medical Limitations Through Comprehensive Training and Employment Services: Evidence from the National Job Corps Study

Heinrich Hock, Dara Lee Luca, Tim Kautz and David Stapleton

Methodological Notes Regarding the Impact Analysis

Peter Z. Schochet, Ronald D'Amico, Jillian Berk and Nathan Wozny

Evaluation of the Recent Experience of the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Program: Beneficiaries Served, Services Provided, and Program Costs

Jody Schimmel, Allison Roche and Gina Livermore

Personal Reemployment Accounts: How Would They Work?

Paul T. Decker and Irma Perez-Johnson

Do Consumer-Directed Medicaid Supportive Services Work for Children with Developmental Disabilities?

Leslie Foster, Stacy Dale, Randall Brown, Barbara Phillips, Jennifer Schore and Barbara Lepidus Carlson

Spotlight on Massachusetts

Mynti Hossain, Grace Anglin, Rebecca Peters, Adam Weiss and Emily Hayes

Case-Mix Analysis Using Demonstration Data: Home Health Prospective Payment Demonstration

Barbara R. Phillips, Randall S. Brown, Jennifer L. Schore, Amy C. Klein, Peter Z. Schochet, Jerrold W. Hill and Dexter O. Chu

Tracking Medicare Health and Prescription Drug Plans: Monthly Report for September 2012

Winnie Wang and Marsha Gold

Lessons from Pilot Tests of Recruitment for the Promoting Opportunity Demonstration

Heinrich Hock, Michael Levere, Kenneth Fortson and David Wittenburg

Children's Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables: Do School Environment and Policies Affect Choices at School and Away from School?

Ariun Ishdorj, Mary Kay Crepinsek and Helen Jensen

Economic Conditions of Head Start Families: Connections with Social Supports and Child and Family Well-Being

Elizabeth Doran, Nikki Aikens, Lizabeth Malone, Jeff Harrington and Judy Cannon

Informal Caregivers Research Project (INCARE): Ecomap Interview Protocol

C. Jacobs Johnson, J. Thomas, K. Boller and M. Young

Using Hospital Data to Predict Child Maltreatment Risk

Emily Putnam-Hornstein, John Prindle, Rebecca Rebbe, Jeannie Huang, Cynthia Kuelbs, Sarah Vega and Regan Foust

Improving Access to Language Services in Health Care: A Look at National and State Efforts

Melanie Au, Erin Fries Taylor and Marsha Gold

Paying the Doctor: Evidence-Based Decisions at the Point-of-Care and the Role of Fee-for-Service Incentives

Eugene C. Rich, Timothy K. Lake, Christal Stone Valenzano and Myles M. Maxfield

Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fiscal Year 2015 (Summary)

Kelsey Farson Gray, Sarah Fisher and Sarah Lauffer

The Complier Average Causal Effect Parameter for Multiarmed RCTs

Peter Z. Schochet

Managing the Care of Dual Eligible Beneficiaries: A Review of Selected State Programs and Special Needs Plans

James M. Verdier, Melanie Au and Jessica Gillooly

Timing of Introduction of Complementary Foods and Beverages and Growth, Size, and Body Composition: A Systematic Review

Laural K. English, Julie E. Obbagy, Yat Ping Wong, Nancy F. Butte, Kathryn G. Dewey, Mary Kay Fox, Frank R. Greer, Nancy F. Krebs, Kelley S. Scanlon and Eve E. Stoody

Evaluation of School Nutrition Policy

Philip Gleason

Care Coordination and Disease Management

Debra Lipson and Melanie Au

Assessment of Bias When Field Operations Are Curtailed in a Mixed-Mode Telephone and Face-to-Face Survey of Persons with Disabilities

Eric Grau

Can a Redesigned Child Support System Do Better?

Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer and Robert G. Wood

KIPP Middle Schools: Impacts on Achievement and Other Outcomes (Executive Summary)

Christina Clark Tuttle, Brian Gill, Philip Gleason, Virginia Knechtel, Ira Nichols-Barrer and Alexandra Resch

Relaxing the FSP Vehicle Asset Test: Findings from the North Carolina Demonstration

Nancy Wemmerus and Bruce Gottlieb

Serving Elders at Risk: The Older Americans Act Nutrition Programs National Evaluation of the Elderly Nutrition Program 1993-1995. Volume II: Title VI Evaluation Findings

Michael Ponza, James C. Ohls, Barbara E. Millen, Audrey M. McCool, Karen E. Needels, Linda Rosenberg, Dexter Chu, Catherine Daly and Paula A. Quatromoni

Diet Quality of American Young Children by WIC Participation Status: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2008 (Summary)

Elizabeth Condon, Susan Drilea, Carolyn Lichtenstein, James Mabli, Emily Madden and Katherine Niland

Promoting Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE): Maryland PROMISE Process Analysis Report

Jacqueline Kauff, Todd Honeycutt, Karen Katz, Joseph Mastrianni and Adele Rizzuto

Replicating and Scaling Up Evidence-Based Home Visiting Program: The Role of Implementation Research

Diane Paulsell

Youth Transition to Employment: Creating and Using a Community of Practice to Generate New Knowledge

Kelli Crane, Sarah Palmer and Todd Honeycutt

Evaluation of the Teach For America Program (Presentation)

Paul T. Decker, Daniel P. Mayer and Steven Glazerman

Evaluation of UNICEF's Early Childhood Development Programme with Focus on Government of Netherlands Funding (2008-2010): Ghana Country Case Study Report

Kimberly Boller, Kathy Buek, Andrew Burwick, Minki Chatterji, Diane Paulsell, Samia Amin, Evan Borkum, Larissa Campuzano and Jessica Jacobson

Spotlight on Maryland: Health Insurance Premiums, the Underwriting Cycle and Carrier Surpluses

Deborah Chollet

Improving the School Attendance of New Jersey's Youngest Learners: Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades: Risk Factors and What Schools Can Do

Martha Bleeker, Jaimie Grazi and Felicia Hurwitz

Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Site Visit Report: The State of Colorado's Child Health Plan Plus CHP

Nancy Fasciano and Ruchika Bajaj

Baseline Report on the Farming Practices Survey

Kenneth Fortson, Daniel Player, Randall Blair and Anu Rangarajan

The ARRA Investment in CER: A Description of the Midstream Evaluation and How the Funds Were Allocated and CER Priorities Addressed

Dominick Esposito, Pierre L. Yong, Eugene Rich, Kristin Geonnotti and Laura D. Kimmey

Understanding the Disability Dynamics of Youth: Health Condition and Limitation Changes for Youth and Their Influence on Longitudinal Survey Attrition

David R. Mann and Todd Honeycutt

Politics and Policy of Comparative Effectiveness: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Eugene C. Rich and Elizabeth Docteur

Providing Services to Veterans Through the Public Workforce System: Descriptive Findings from the WIA Gold Standard Evaluation, Volume II

Linda Rosenberg, Mark Strayer, Stephanie Boraas, Brittany English and Deanna Khemani

Employment Retention for TANF Recipients: Lessons From GAPS

Robert G. Wood and Diane Paulsell

Quantifying the Health Insurance Needs of Employed and Potentially Employed Persons with Disabilities

Jack Gettens, Alexis Henry and Pei-Pei Lei

Durable Medical Equipment and Home Health Among the Largest Contributors to Area Variations in Use of Medicare Services (Summary)

James D. Reschovsky, Arkadipta Ghosh, Kate A. Stewart and Deborah J. Chollet

Detailed Qualitative Data, Case Studies and Cost Data

Arif Mamun, David Kisitu and Minki Chatterji

Implementing Parenting Interventions in Early Care and Education Settings: A Guidebook for Implementation

Tamara Halle, Diane Paulsell, Sarah Daily, Anne Douglass, Shannon Moodie and Allison Metz

Six Features of Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Programs that Cut Hospital Admissions of High-Risk Patients (Journal Article)

Randall S. Brown, Deborah Peikes, Greg Peterson, Jennifer Schore and Carol M. Razafindrakoto

Making a Plan and Sticking to It: Implementing an Enhanced Version of HealthTeacher in Chicago

Rachel Shapiro and Ellen Kisker

Enriching the Home Environment of Low-Income Families in Colombia: A Strategy to Promote Child Development at Scale

Orazio Attanasio, Sally Grantham-McGregor, Camila Fernández, Emla Fitzsimons, Marta Rubio-Codina and Costas Meghir

Designing Participant-Centered Programs: Participant Reflections on What Works Well in Social Services Programs

Akanksha Jayanthi, Asaph Glosser and Jordan Engel

The Impact of the Regional Partnership Grant Program on Adult Recovery and Well-Being, and Child Safety, Permanency, and Well-Being Outcomes

Russell Cole, Alyson Burnett and Debra Strong

Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers' Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns

Robert G. Wood, Sarah Avellar and Brian Goesling

Crime and Parenthood: Factors Affecting the Outcomes of Adolescents With and Without Disabilities

Todd C. Honeycutt and David R. Mann

Student Selection, Attrition, and Replacement at KIPP Middle Schools (Presentation)

Ira Nichols-Barrer, Christina Clark Tuttle, Brian Gill and Philip Gleason

Program Subgroups: Patterns of Impacts for Home-Based, Center-Based, and Mixed-Approach Programs

Rachel Chazan-Cohen, Helen H. Raikes and Cheri Vogel

Economic Costs of Excessive Alcohol Consumption in the U.S., 2006

Ellen E. Bouchery, Henrick J. Harwood, Jeffrey J. Sacks, Carol J. Simon and Robert D. Brewer

Are Low-Performing Schools Adopting Practices Promoted by School Improvement Grants? (In Focus Brief)

Mariesa Herrmann, Lisa Dragoset and Susanne James-Burdumy

The Quality Oncology Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration Program After One Year

Arnold Chen, Jennifer Schore, Randall Brown, Deborah Peikes, Sean Orzol, Clara Soh and Karen Sautter

Implementation of Career STREAMS: An Integrated Employment and Healthy Relationship Program for Young Adults

Daniel Friend, Heather Zaveri and Kathleen Feeney

White Paper on the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)

Charlotte Cabili, Esa Eslami and Ronette Briefel