Uncovering Barriers in Employment to Expand Workforce Access

Racial bias can be present in any step of the employment process. That includes how jobs are advertised, applications are screened, tasks and work hours are assigned, mentoring is offered, compensation is set, and retention and promotion decisions are…

Evidence-Based Strategies for Stronger US Unemployment Systems

Abts work on UIREP will identify evidence-based insights ,equipping  the UI system to address the challenges of the modern day labor market.

Supporting Litigation to Enforce the Clean Water Act

Wyoming Turns to Abt to Create Statewide Housing Plan

The State of Wyoming has turned to Abt Global to help it rapidly and effectively address its housing shortage by creating a statewide action plan. 

Increasing Education and Awareness of Heart Valve Disease

The Abt team developed, implemented, and evaluated a communication campaign to increase education about and awareness of heart valve disease among the public, those at risk, and healthcare professionals.  

Evaluating the Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services created the Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model to be able to negotiate with manufacturers on behalf of states to make high-cost specialty drugs available to beneficiaries and affordable to State Medicaid Agencies. 

TSPi Enhances the Efficiency of NOAA NMFS’s Consultation Process

Health Effects from Exposure to Aerosolized Cyanobacterial Toxins

Toxic cyanobacteria blooms, or cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs), are becoming increasingly problematic as a result of climate change processes and reduction of oxygen in bodies of water around the globe; Florida has been significantly impacted. 

Abt Fosters Finance for Climate Adaptation in the Caribbean

As the climate crisis continues to cause extreme weather, small island states are the hardest hit. For instance, most of the population in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean nations (the ESC) lives in coastal zones vulnerable to rising sea levels and…

Evaluating the Equitable Transition Models Demonstration

Low-income youth and young adults with disabilities (Y&YAD) face a myriad of unique and challenging obstacles to improving their economic well-being, from experiencing homelessness to involvement with the justice system. They along with their families…

Evaluating the Region 16 Comprehensive Center

The U.S. Department of Education has instituted 19 Comprehensive Centers, each committed to advancing educational outcomes for all students. The Centers work primarily with State Education Agencies (SEA) to build capacity in four areas: human,…

Research to Address Homelessness in California

As affordable housing shrinks and poverty persists—particularly in the wake of COVID-19—California continues to face a complex homelessness crisis. To get a true understanding of the scope and nature of the challenge, the California Legislature passed a…

Working Towards Ending Youth Homelessness

Each year, an estimated 4.2 million youth and young adults ages 13 to 25 experience homelessness in the United States. The real number may be higher, as it’s hard to contact unhoused people, many youth and young adults aren’t in shelters, and some move…

Combatting Inequities in Behavioral Health

Underserved and historically marginalized communities continue to experience disparities in behavioral health outcomes. Linguistic and cultural barriers, stigmatized pathways to care, lack of culturally adapted evidence-based interventions, and lack of…

USAID Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI)

The climate crisis, an existential challenge for all of humanity, disproportionately affects women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, and other marginalized groups. To avoid the most calamitous effects, governments must take decisive action soon to implement…