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Abt Global and its partner, MDRC, evaluated a Job Corps pilot program, the Cascades Job Corps College and Career Academy (CCCA), for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The Cascades pilot was an ambitious and evidence-based attempt to increase education…

To streamline emissions data, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) is a modelling tool that helps policy makers, researchers, and communities explore data on releases of toxic substances from…

Mexico, the world’s 15th-largest economy, moved up in World Economic Forum rankings in 2016, thanks to gains in innovation, business, and financial markets. However, the country still faced significant challenges that hindered its economic growth and…

Schools and districts have long partnered with external organizations to deliver programming to students, both during and outside of the traditional school day. These school-based partnerships expose students to more diverse learning opportunities and…

Coaching-based interventions have shown promise in a range of settings to help people identify and develop self-regulation skills needed to set and make progress toward goals. Building on a growing body of evidence, the Administration for Children and…

The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) blowout released 3.19 million barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico over nearly three months. It exposed organisms to oil at various stages of processing, and the duration and size of the spill had the potential to harm many…

The SPECIATE database is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) repository of volatile organic gas and particulate matter (PM) speciation profiles of air pollution sources. The data are used to guide regulatory analysis and need to be kept up…

Despite tremendous economic growth, many Tanzanians remain underserved by public services such as health, education and agriculture. Two critical issues reduce access to quality services: the service delivery level lacks sufficient human and financial…

Abt Global provided technical assistance to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water to support the development of a draft report outlining potential approaches to inform a health-based benchmark for lead…

Climate change threatens human endeavors, including investments in developing countries. Since 2016, USAID has required that its new projects include a plan for Climate Risk Management (CRM), regardless of sector, to protect its investments and keep…