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Evaluation of Advanced Waste-to-Energy Technologies in New York State
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In 2012, New York state (NYS) generated over 17.8 million tons of municipal solid waste. An assessment of the options for reducing landfilled waste and emissions through the use of advanced waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies was needed, as was an…
Rent-to-Save Pilot in Cambridge, MA
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The Cambridge Housing Authority and Compass Working Capital collaborated to test the effects of automatically enrolling families in an asset-building program within two public housing developments. The goal was to answer two questions: How could asset…
Monitoring the Use of Illegal Drugs for Law Enforcement: ADAM II
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Existing and emerging drug-use problems can surprise and overwhelm community systems and resources. An accurate understanding of a community’s drug-use problem needs to include the full range of people arrested who may who use drugs, from recreational…
Measuring Photo-Induced Toxicity of North West Shelf Oil in Australia
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Photo-induced toxicity of crude oil occurs when ultraviolet light (UV) contacts certain photo-active polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which act as catalysts and produce reactive oxygen species. When this reaction occurs in the tissues of…
eGRID: Estimating Air Pollution Emission Rates for Power Generation in the United States
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The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) is the preeminent source of data on the environmental characteristics of electric power generated in the United States. It’s based on available plant…
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…
Evaluating the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program
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To date, evidence on the effectiveness of school voucher programs is mixed. That’s why the U.S. Congress mandated an evaluation of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), the only federally funded voucher program. The Department of Education’s…
Estimating the Prevalence of ‘Doctor Shopping' for Prescription Drugs
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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…
Evaluating an Innovative Job Corps Pilot Program
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Abt Global and its partner, MDRC, evaluated a Job Corps pilot program, the Cascades Job Corps College and Career Academy (CCCA), for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The Cascades pilot was an ambitious and evidence-based attempt to increase education…
Massachusetts High Risk for Domestic Violence Re-assault and Homicide Prevention
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The goal of domestic violence high risk response teams (DVHRTs) is to reduce domestic violence homicide and severe multiple assaults. But little is known about how to measure and evaluate the performance of these programs.