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Abt’s assessment of HUD’s First-Time Homebuyer Education and Counseling Demonstration found improvements for younger people and women, but not  people of color.

The U.S. prison population declined one percent in 2021, another drop after sinking 14 percent in 2020 largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mariandrea Chamorro has 20 years of experience managing international development programs. She has provided oversight for the high-quality and compliant execution of large flagship USAID programs while contributing to business development. Chamorro’s areas of expertise include prevention of vector-borne diseases, infectious diseases, maternal and child health, and health systems strengthening. Her clients have included the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). 

Abt’s study found that people experiencing homelessness in LA County are more successful than other households at using a tenant-based federal housing voucher.

HUD’s Abt-produced report to Congress on homelessness shows people of color are wildly overrepresented, and chronic homelessness exploded among the elderly.

Funding for the Full Service Community Schools Program has doubled, so we’re offering three tips to make the most of this approach to support the whole child.

Abt has appointed Susan Longley as senior vice president for the U.S. Domestic Market and ZeAmma Brathwaite as vice president of U.S. Healthcare Services.

Through an award from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Leadership Montgomery commissioned Abt to evaluate the Racial Equity Action Leadership (REAL) Inclusion program.

HRSA has contracted Abt, HealthBegins, and the Preeclampsia Foundation’s MoMMA’s Voices program to help health centers implement innovative approaches to equitable maternal care.

Dr. Walid Sallam is an agricultural marketing expert with 23 years of experience advising and supporting agribusinesses and farmers in Egypt. He helps them expand their businesses and implement practical solutions to increase productivity, quality, and sales. Sallam has provided expert analysis and evaluations for businesses, international and local organizations, and the government of Egypt on topics ranging from agricultural marketing and finance to operations. For the past eight years, he has led five capacity building and technical assistance agribusiness programs in Egypt that have introduced innovative, low-cost solutions to increase smallholder farmers productivity, improve the livelihood of rural communities, equip recent graduates with job-related skills, empower women, and mitigate the effects of climate change. As Associate Professor in the Department of Agribusiness at Cairo University, he taught undergraduate and graduate courses in marketing, international trade, agricultural finance, price analysis, and operations research.