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Abt Global conducted a five-year Study of Nutrition and Wellness Quality in Child Care Settings for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). Congress asked the USDA to conduct the study in response to concerns about…

The Ready to Work (RTW) Partnership Grant program, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) following the 2008-2009 recession, was designed to prepare middle- to high-skilled individuals who had experienced long-term unemployment for occupations in…

Through the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) program, the U.S. Department of Labor provided four rounds of grants to community colleges and other eligible institutions of higher education to expand and improve…

The  goals of the Department of Labor’s Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) program were to address the reemployment needs of Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants and prevent and detect improper payments. Abt Global conducted a study of 250…

Municipal wastewater accounts for a substantial amount of methane emissions worldwide. Capturing and using methane from wastewater systems can help mitigate climate change and provide a source of local clean energy. However, cities in developing…

Cities in developing countries often lack the technical capacity, financial resources and technologies to improve solid waste management. They are often paralyzed by the rapidly growing rates at which waste is generated and needs to be disposed, and…

From 2012 to 2015, the research team including Abt Global and SRI International studied the implementation of a new system to improve educator effectiveness in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The research was conducted for the Massachusetts Department…

In its 2016 edition of Climate Change Indicators in the United States, more than 40 indicators of climate change demonstrate that global warming is already affecting the environment and society worldwide. The report, supported in part with data from Abt…

Misuse of opioid analgesics threatens public health and results in rising numbers of overdose deaths and admissions to emergency departments and treatment facilities. In the absence of adequate patient information systems, patients who engage in “doctor…

Career pathways strategies offer articulated education and training steps between occupations in an industry sector, combined with support services, to enable individuals to enter and exit at various levels and to advance over time to higher skills,…