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Understanding Successful School-Based Partnerships
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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…
Employment Coaching Evaluation for TANF
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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…
Toxicity Testing for the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment
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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…
SPECIATE: EPA's Repository of Volatile Organic Gas and Particulate Matter Speciation Profiles of Air Pollution Sources
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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…
Strengthening Government Capacity in Tanzania
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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…
Setting a Health-Based Benchmark for Lead in Drinking Water
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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…
Helping USAID Integrate Climate Risk Management into its Missions and Bureaus
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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…
EvidenceNOW: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care
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EvidenceNOW, funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), is helping more than 1,500 small- and medium-sized primary care practices across the U.S. use the latest evidence to improve the heart health of millions of Americans…
The National Evaluation of Investing in Innovation (I3)
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Investing in Innovation (i3) is a signature U.S. Department of Education-funded competitive grant program to fund school districts and nonprofit organizations to improve student outcomes. The i3 program has awarded more than $1.3 billion to 172 grantees…
Reducing the Harm from Malaria in Zimbabwe
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Malaria is the third most common cause of illness in Zimbabwe. Approximately 1 in 12 children die before their fifth birthday due to malaria, according to the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey. While the country had made progress in the last decade,…