The misuse of and addiction to opioids—including prescription pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl—is a national crisis. Between 2003 and 2018, AIR supported the information management and data analytic needs of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration related to certification of opioid treatment programs. ...
Lucy Cutting has over ten years of experience in project management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), research, impact evaluation, and data analysis. Ms. Cutting primarily focuses on implementing labor-related technical assistance projects in Mexico and Central America and currently leads a portfolio of projects with approximately 50 staff. She has ...
Caitlin Dawkins, is a principal TA consultant at AIR where she serves as the Co-Director for the National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC). Dawkins provides leadership and oversight for the technical assistance and data, helpline, local reentry community of practice and field engagement strategies of the NRRC.
Prior to her time at AIR, ...
State health benefit mandates require specific health plans to provide or increase coverage for specific conditions, treatments, health care providers, etc. While health benefit mandates may improve access to care and health outcomes, they may increase the cost of health care or health insurance. For the Minnesota Department of Commerce, AIR ...
Michelle Perry is a senior technical assistance consultant in the Youth, Family, and Community Development program area at AIR. She currently serves as deputy project director for the Corrections and Community Engagement Technical Assistance Center, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance. In this role, she ...
Karen Frazier is a senior researcher at AIR with nearly a decade of experience in health services and communication research. Much of her work focuses on managing projects and tasks related to assessing access to care, especially vulnerable populations; eliminating health disparities; and engaging patients, families, and communities in healthcare, ...
Since its inception, the Safe and Successful Youth Initiative has shown promise for reducing violent crime at the community level in Massachusetts. Most recently, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services contracted with AIR and WestEd to evaluate SSYI at the individual level of impact. ...
Behavioral health problems are widely known to affect one in five people in the Unites States, with 75% of lifetime cases of mental illness beginning by age 24. A 2015 Institute of Medicine report, Unleashing the Power of Prevention, calls for reducing the prevalence of behavioral health problems among young ...
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.
Left untreated, chronic kidney disease can progress to kidney failure, known as end-stage renal disease. AIR works to address the disparities in care and the high cost of caring for patients with ESRD.