The primary purpose of California's Birth Through 3 Program is to increase the number of the most vulnerable children receiving high quality comprehensive services that meet their needs for early learning, health and family support. This paper details the program's purpose and design, and concludes that the proposed enactment of ...
Experts from AIR and IMPAQ, an AIR affiliate, will present several sessions at the upcoming virtual AcademyHealth 2021 Annual Research Meeting. Presentations will cover a wide array of topics, including antibiotic prescribing trends during COVID-19, building effective multi-stakeholder research teams, food insecurity among the U.S. health care workforce, aligning systems ...
The vital role that community members serve in a successful research-to-practice continuum echoed throughout our Pathways to Peace public symposium in Nashville, Tennessee. The themes we heard are critical, particularly as we consider how the AIR Equity Initiative can deepen and grow our efforts to engage in community conversations and ...
Amanda Latimore, Ph.D., leads AIR’s Center for Addiction Research and Effective Solutions (AIR CARES). She also teaches social epidemiology as an adjunct assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
In this first of two blogs on apprenticeships in the U.S., AIR senior researcher Marjorie Cohen discusses how the U.S. might benefit from implementing the European model of registered apprenticeships.
Elizabeth Spier is a principal researcher at AIR. She has over 20 years of experience designing and managing large-scale, policy-relevant studies examining the effectiveness of programs, and interventions designed to improve developmental and educational outcomes for children. Her expertise includes child development, safe and supportive learning environments, child and family ...
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). Paving the way for people with disabilities to receive a high-quality education and be prepared to enter the workforce not only benefits people with disabilities directly, but also benefits their families, businesses, and communities. ...
This presentation focused on the use of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) as an evidence-based treatment for children involved with the child welfare system and their families.
This spotlight takes a look at the history of Title I, how the program has changed over time, and how it affects children, schools, families and education policy. Experts weigh in on the program's past and future in interviews, briefs, and blogs.
Virginia’s state workforce partner agencies joined together to create a Sector Strategy and Career Pathways Academy and online Community of Practice. The agency partners sought to use sector strategies and career pathways to strengthen the workforce system partners’ responsiveness to the demands of business and needs of jobseekers. ...