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Interview with Arun Asok: Mobilizing Private Capital for SDGs
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Discusses Abt’s work mobilizing private capital to advance SDGs, critical challenges and opportunities in private capital mobilization & related webinar series.
Homelessness Up Across All Groups, Underscoring Lack of Affordable Housing and Loss of COVID-Era Protections
News
HUD’s 2023 PIT Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) shows unprecedented increases in the number of people experiencing homelessness in the U.S.
HUD Report to Congress Finds Fewer Families in Shelters, Suggesting Stronger Social Safety Net Is Working
News
The 2021 AHAR, HUD’s report to Congress on homelessness, is limited due to COVID-19 but points to the success of relief efforts such as the CARES Act.
Evaluating REL Pacific’s Secondary Writing Toolkit
Project
Literacy—including writing—is closely tied to student success throughout K–12 education, impacting high school graduation and, ultimately, income after graduation. But students across the United States perform poorly on assessments of writing and,…
Health Security Evolution and the Path for Pandemic Preparedness: Where Do We Go From Here?
Impact Brief
We know how to prepare for inevitable epidemics. It takes will and wisdom. Do we have them?
School Meals’ Effect on Student Performance in Mozambique
Project
In most provinces in Mozambique, schools are overcrowded, student-teacher ratios are high, and reading and math test scores are low. Many Mozambican children suffer from food insecurity, including poor diet quality, which hinders their ability to learn. …
Engaging Employers to Disrupt Racial Bias in the Workplace: Strategies for Workforce Practitioners
Event
This webinar will present key findings on racial bias in employment processes – and strategies for employment and training programs to disrupt this bias.
Improving Postsecondary Education Access and Success
Project
Access to middle-class jobs increasingly requires a college degree or other postsecondary credential. However, students from disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely than their more advantaged peers to have awareness of—and access to—the resources…
Yes, We Can! – Strategies for Raising Compensation for the Child Care Workforce
Event
Inadequate compensation of the early care and education (ECE) workforce has been a persistent problem in the U.S. and has reached a critical juncture. Particularly in the current economic environment, childcare providers are struggling to find and retain qualified educators, leaving fewer options for parents and less quality care and education for their young children. At the same time, those who do serve as early childhood educators, disproportionately women and individuals of color, often contend with low pay, limited benefits, and few opportunities for job advancement.