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Supporting Measurement, Learning, and Evaluation Efforts
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Economic Mobility & Opportunity (EMO) team aims to improve the lives of people experiencing poverty and to catalyze systemic changes to promote upward mobility. Abt has been brought on board as a thought partner to…
Evaluating HUD’s Community Choice Demonstration
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More than 2.3 million households participate in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Housing Choice Voucher program, and almost a million of these households are comprised of families with children. With these vouchers, families…
Evaluating JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Challenge and PRO Neighborhoods Competition
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Through the AdvancingCities Challenge and PRO Neighborhoods Competitions, JPMorgan Chase leverages a spectrum of solutions. Whether focused on neighborhood-level interventions or city-wide systems change, these initiatives encourage applicants to embody…
Developing LocalHousingSolutions.org
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Households around the U.S. face growing housing affordability challenges. While there are important roles for the federal and state governments to play in addressing this problem, many of the most critical policy solutions can only be adopted at the…
Building Resilience and Growth in Eastern Europe
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Our joint challenge with domestic reform owners was to: Pivot to a response to the outbreak of war in Ukraine and support war recovery efforts Reform regulation of the business environment and economic governance to promote broad-based economic growth…
Technical Assistance for Behavioral Health Workforce & Apprenticeship Programs
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As evidenced by programs such as Justice40, the Biden Administration understands that some of the communities most in need of social services often receive the least support. The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Bureau of Health…
Abt’s Evaluations of Compass Working Capital’s Innovative Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program
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Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program designed to help housing assistance recipients increase their earnings and build savings to make progress toward economic security. The standard FSS program…
Exploring Lessons from SSA Disability Policy Demonstrations
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Since the 1980s, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has tested many new policies and programs to improve work outcomes for Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income recipients. These demonstrations covered…
Short-Term Research and Evaluations Inform SSA Policy
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SSA administers two of the nation’s largest entitlement programs: Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). SSA’s Office of Retirement and Disability Policy needs short-term research and evaluation…
Evaluating Guaranteed Income Programs
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Guaranteed income (GI) refers to recurring cash payments made directly to individuals with no strings attached. The concept—along with universal basic income—has regained traction in recent years as a way to address systemic economic inequities. Mayors…