The Human Capital and Training Solutions (HCaTS) contracts create a new government-wide contract to support the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM’s) Training and Management Assistance program and provide customized human capital management and training services to all agencies. The HCaTS contracts are jointly managed by OPM and the General ...
Core competencies are the capabilities that are critical for afterschool staff to deliver high quality programs. These competencies are intended to set a foundation for professional development, provide opportunities for career advancement, and inform program quality and continuous improvement.
Your state has successfully designed a set of quality standards for the afterschool field, and practitioners are now using the standards across the state to improve their program practices. But are you really done? As the field advances, you may need to adapt the standards or add new components for ...
Homelessness can exacerbate substance use disorder (SUD) and can be a consequence of SUD. AIR CARES brings a depth of experience on homelessness, housing, and trauma-informed work.
Established in 1946, with headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, the American Institutes for Research® (AIR®) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance to solve some of the most urgent challenges in the U.S. and around the world. We advance evidence in the ...
For the past 75 years, AIR’s staff has worked with governments, organizations, and communities to confront some of the world’s biggest challenges by conducting rigorous research and evaluations to find what works and then helping people put that evidence into action. As we celebrate this milestone anniversary, we are deepening ...
The Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) Action Tool is a data visualization tool that helps organizations and individuals better understand and find solutions based on which SDoH factors—such as food insecurity, neighborhood walkability, and teenage birth rates—are affecting population health at the local level. ...
Learn about the American Institutes for Research and how we apply our mission to generate and use rigorous evidence that contributes to a better, more equitable world.
The Plan, Do, Study, Act Process is central to the improvement of instructional routines. Watch one of the Better Math Teaching Network members in real time and in a real classroom setting introduce the Plan, Do, Study, Act, or PDSA, process.
The Workforce Innovation and Learning team at AIR helps government, philanthropic, and non-profit decisionmakers create the most impact with their investments by testing and scaling evidence-driven innovation in workforce policies and programs.