Workforce, Icome ad Food Security Workig to improve the fiacial ad social well-beig of America s childre, families ad workers.
CONTENT KNOWLEDGE Family Support ad Child/Youth Developmet Workforce Developmet Cash assistace programs Child ad youth developmet programs Food security ad utritio assistace programs Paretig skills programs Post-secodary educatio ad occupatioal traiig Career pathways theory ad programs Worker Safety Programs to prevet tee pregacy ad other risk behaviors Workforce developmet policies ad programs Post-secodary educatio ad job traiig, icludig career pathway programs RESEARCH EXPERTISE Advaced statistical ad ecoometric methods Cost-beefit aalyses Experimetal ad quasiexperimetal studies Implemetatio ad evaluatio of large-scale, multi-site demostratio programs I-depth implemetatio studies Survey desig ad admiistratio Implemetatio research ad techical assistace Likig program desig ad implemetatio to impacts Solvig Complex Challeges Abt s approach to geeratig high quality results ivolves three key activities: Uderstadig the Issues, Policies ad Programs Abt has a deep grasp of the relevat research literature ad the issues, policies ad programs affectig low-skilled job seekers, low-icome childre ad families, ad at-risk youth. This kowledge is essetial to cliets seekig a team that ca deliver quality, fact-based solutios to challeges related to workforce developmet, icome ad work supports, food security ad utritio assistace, marriage support ad paretig itervetios, access to quality childcare, ad child ad youth developmet. Usig Advaced Methodologies Our refiemet ad use of cuttig-edge techical tools to gather ad aalyze the relevat data esures our cliets have the most reliable ad saliet iformatio about the implemetatio ad impact of social programs ad policies. Drawig o Experiece ad Iovative Thikig Today s social policy challeges require sophisticated resposes to address the icreasigly complex iformatio ad research eeds of our cliets. To guaratee accurate ad useful results, Abt produces solutios that are data-drive, isightful ad creative.
What We Offer Experiece For more tha 50 years, Abt has coducted high profile studies that have shaped U.S. programs ad policies helpig disadvataged childre, youth, families, ad workers improve their ecoomic ad social well-beig. Our work has spaed all aspects of evaluatio research, from fidig the most promisig social programs for evaluatio, brigig them up to scale whe eeded, desigig ad implemetig the most useful ad reliable evaluatio studies, ad workig collaboratively with practitioers ad policy makers to esure that results are relevat to the field. Pioeerig Work Abt s track record of pioeerig social experimets ad our broad methodological expertise are widely recogized for settig stadards i the field. We geerate highquality, evidece-based results to meet our cliets iterests ad eeds. Leadership Abt s leadership i rigorous evaluatios of social programs dates back to the early 1970s with the ladmark Natioal Day Care Study. Our expertise i evaluatig the atio s food security ad utritio assistace programs ad our groudbreakig research o workforce developmet ad welfare policy are regularly cited i the research literature. Our leadership i these areas cotiues today i our rigorous research of social programs desiged to serve vulerable populatios.
What We Do Family Support ad Child ad Youth Developmet Our work spas a wide variety of projects iteded to ehace the social ad emotioal well-beig of America s disadvataged families ad childre. These iclude determiig the effectiveess ad replicability of tee pregacy prevetio programs, assessig the value of couselig services for low-icome married couples, idetifyig what is most worthwhile ad sustaiable i the desig ad implemetatio of early childhood educatio programs, ad explorig the relatioship betwee paretig skills programs ad child developmet. Food Security ad Nutritio Assistace Abt desigs ad executes multifaceted research studies to assess the effectiveess ad impact of USDA s food assistace programs for childre, families, ad seior citizes. Our work covers all aspects of program delivery ad impact, icludig whether existig features or ew iitiatives promote utritio educatio ad healthy eatig ad if ew beefit-delivery systems improve food security for at-risk populatios. Workforce Developmet ad Icome Security Abt s research fidigs iform policies ad programs to raise the skills ad earigs of low-icome ad/or low-skilled workers through educatio ad traiig. Our most recet work icludes multiple evaluatios of career pathways ad sectoral traiig programs for low-icome workers, assessig the effectiveess of retur-to-work icetives for disabled workers, ad the effectiveess of job search programs for adults receivig Temporary Assistace for Needy Families (TANF) beefits.
Examples of our Work Work i Progress Determiig the effectiveess of replicatig evidece-based tee pregacy prevetio programs. Coductig multiple evaluatios of the impact of career pathways ad other job traiig programs o the employmet, earigs, ad well-beig of low-icome populatios. Documetig the quality of meals ad sacks offered i child care facilities relative to the curret Dietary Guidelies for Americas (DGA) ad the types of activities that might promote or ihibit healthy weight ad developmet. Evaluatig the effectiveess of programs desiged to trai low-icome idividuals i occupatios for which there is a shortage of America workers. Developig the Ceter for Research o Hispaic Childre ad Families to focus o research o self-sufficiecy, healthy marriage ad early child care ad educatio. Evaluatig the impact of USDA s Summer Electroic Beefits Trasfer Program for Childre o childre s food security ad utritioal status. Recetly Completed Projects Determied how differeces i child care subsidy programs ad policies affected the stability of paretal employmet ad earigs ad paret ad child well-beig. Coducted a study of the Family ad Medical Leave Act to lear employees reasos for leave ad employers costs of gratig it. Showed that verifyig school meal applicatios with Medicaid eligibility iformatio esures more childre are eligible for free or low-cost school meals. Evaluated the Healthy Icetives Pilot (HIP) that provided fiacial icetives to Special Nutritio Assistace Program (SNAP) households to determie if the icetives icreased their purchase ad cosumptio of fruits ad vegetables.
About Abt Associates We are a missio-drive, global leader i research ad program implemetatio i the fields of health, social ad evirometal policy, ad iteratioal developmet. Kow for its rigorous approach to solvig complex challeges, Abt Associates is regularly raked as oe of the top 20 global research firms ad oe of the top 40 iteratioal developmet iovators. The compay has multiple offices i the U.S. ad program offices i more tha 40 coutries. OUR RESOLVE Abt Associates is committed to improvig the fiacial ad social well-beig of America s childre, families ad workers. OUR TEAM Our team is composed of researchers i ecoomics, sociology, public policy, statistics, psychology, huma developmet ad other related disciplies. LEARN MORE Cidy Taylor, Ph.D. Vice Presidet & Practice Leader Workforce, Icome ad Food Security O: 617.520.3505 Cidy_Taylor@abtassoc.com Our Cliets U.S. Departmet of Agriculture U.S. Departmet of Health ad Huma Services U.S. Departmet of Labor Social Security Admiistratio State ad local etities www.abtassociates.com 20% Post-Cosumer Waste Recycled Paper SEPTEMBER 2015