Sample Publications by Research Area
We provide applied social policy research and evaluation services using rigorous, inclusive, people-centered methodologies in the following areas. Click on each field to see sample reports. Please note that the topics discussed in some reports could fall into multiple research areas.
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Education
- Thrive in Five Initiative
- Massachusetts Adult Basic Education and ESOL Distance Learning Programs, Final Report
- Handbook of Screening For Instructors and Administrators of Online ESOL Programs
- Handbook of Screening For Instructors and Administrators of Online GED Programs
- Handbook of Support For Instructors and Administrators of Online ESOL Programs: For Supporting Students for Persistence and Success
- Handbook of Support For Instructors and Administrators of Online GED Programs: For Supporting Students for Persistence and Success
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Employment
- To Work More or Not to Work More: Difficult Choices, Complex Decisions for Low-Wage Parents
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Women in the Down Economy:
Impacts of the Recession and the Stimulus in Massachusetts - Counting on Care Work: Human Infrastructure in Massachusetts (Executive Summary) (Full Report)
- Brokering Up: The Role of Temporary Staffing in Overcoming Labor Market Barriers
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Immigrant Workers in the Massachusetts Health Care Industry:
A Report on Status and Future Prospects - Continuity and Change in Low-wage Work in U.S. Retail Trade
- Fits & Starts: The Difficult Path for Working Single Parents
- Bridging the Gaps between Earnings and Basic Needs in Massachusetts
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Bridging the Gaps:
A Picture of How Work Supports Work in Ten States - Reality and Analysis: Personal and Technical Reflections on the Working Lives of Six Women
- Alternative Job Brokering: Addressing Labor Market Disadvantages, Improving the Temp Experience, and Enhancing Job Opportunities
- Bridging the Gap: Industry Needs and Employment Opportunities for Tri-City Residents in TeleCom City
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Family Social and Economic Security
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Health
- Health Disparities
- Health Care Access
- Health Care Disparities
- Health Care Jobs
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Housing Security
- The First Two Years of Housing First in Quincy, Massachusetts: "This Place Gives Me Peace, Happiness, and Hope"
- Preventing Homelessness and Promoting Housing Stability: A Comparative Analysis
- Looking Back and Looking Ahead: Policy Visions from the New Deal and Great Society
- Housing Resources Leveraged by the Special Homeless Initiative of the Massachusetts DMH 1992-2006: Evaluation of the Special Homelessness Initiative Massachusetts
- History, Principles, Context, and Approach: The Special Homelessness Initiatives
- Moving Here Saved My Life: The Experience of Formally Chronically Homeless Women and Men in Quincy's Housing First Projects (Interim Report)
- Transitions at DTA: Homeless Pilot Programs at the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (2003-2005)
- Partners in Prevention, Community-Wide Homelessness Prevention in Massachusetts and the United States
- Managing Project Expectations in Human Services Information Systems Implementations: The Case of Homeless Management Information Systems
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Nonprofits and Social Change