California was the first state in the nation in 2002 to enact paid family leave for workers to bond with a new child or care for an ill family member. AIR led a research study, in collaboration with the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, to examine the relations ...
The D.C. Department of Health Care Finance Medicaid Behavioral Health Transformation Demonstration aims to strengthen the continuum of care and move Medicaid toward a more integrated model of behavioral health care delivery by expanding treatment options for substance use disorder, serious mental illness in adults, and serious emotional disturbance in ...
Even though the coronavirus pandemic has pushed interaction, learning, and professional development to online environments, that doesn’t mean these activities can’t be just as effective as they would be in person. In this episode of AIR Informs, Melissa Rasberry and Marshal Conley discuss communities of practice and how they can ...
Amy Syvertsen is a principal researcher in AIR’s Youth, Family, and Community Development area. Dr. Syvertsen is an applied developmental scientist, and a content expert in positive youth development in childhood and adolescence with an emphasis on the developmental processes and contextual supports that undergird strong youth-adult relationships and civic ...
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.
Considering the decline in preventive care services and the continuing pandemic, it is important that health care providers ensure that their patients understand the continued need for preventive care and the efforts health care providers and systems have taken to make health care seeking behavior safe. ...
School-day and afterschool programs must work together to support young people as they develop. Although research shows that both in-school and afterschool staff find social and emotional learning important, the ways in which these different settings support young people vary. This tool is designed for afterschool and in-school staff first ...
A recent high-profile study of sharply rising mortality rates for some Americans brought to light the hazards of chronic stress. Principal researcher Kathryn Paez explores why the health of middle-aged white women in particular is suffering.
We have little information about the adults who work in out-of-school time settings. AIR is conducting the Power of Us Workforce Survey with a constellation of partners and with support from the Wallace Foundation to learn more.
In order to have the greatest impact, local workforce development boards use strategic planning and connected systems innovation to drive regional economic prosperity, create career pathways for job seekers and workers, and advance equity in the communities they serve. Over the course of several years, AIR supported the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County ...