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With the burdens of student debt falling disproportionately on Black students, this blog suggests new policy responses to address the inequities.

Through an evolving network of LGBTQIA+ leaders, Abt is bolstering and empowering operationalization of USAID’s recent LGBTQI+ Inclusive Development Policy.

"We don’t have any food. They are going to take my kids! Can you help me?" The desperate plea of a mother came through my voicemail. It was dinner time; I had already left the office for the day. I had been working with this family for months to address several safety risk factors. It was a tough case, and my job as a Prevention Specialist with the Department of Social Services (DSS) was to keep this family safely intact. I felt the weight of this responsibility every day. I knew if I did not intervene, foster care would be imminent for the children. However, the call came during the few hours I slept between jobs. I made less than $30,000 per year at DSS and, to make ends meet, worked a second full-time job at a residential program for youth aging out of foster care.

Abt’s experts dive into how climate change aggravates the behavioral health pandemic and what steps can be taken to effect positive outcomes.

Participants in the new Global Methane Pledge will need to quickly adopt consistent principles for methane emissions reduction measurement, reporting, and verification.

Our thoughts on where the UK’s new international development strategy should focus for maximum impact, and why.

In this blog, Abt’s Jonathan Dorn, Ph.D., explains why “scientific uncertainty” doesn’t mean scientists aren’t certain that humans are causing climate change.

Lessons learned from the technology response in a Hurricane Katrina shelter can help us manage and focus technology responses to Hurricane Ida.

In this blog, Abt’s James White outlines what it might take to create resilient supply chains that can function unimpeded during crises such as COVID-19.

With Abt’s support, the Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is developing rules to reduce methane emissions from natural gas pipelines.