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, ...
Caitlin Dawkins, a principal technical assistance consultant at AIR, helped to develop the concept of Second Chance Month, with colleagues at Prison Fellowship. In this Q&A, Dawkins explains why successful reentry is hard to measure and dispels some misconceptions around reentry.
Vanessa Hoffman is a researcher in the International Development Division at AIR. She has over 8 years of experience leading qualitative approaches for evaluations and assessments in developing country settings. Her current work evaluates energy efficiency and renewable energy generation activities in Kosovo, improving children’s educational outcomes in Burkina Faso, ...
AIR will operate a national survey system that assesses consumers’ experiences with the Health Insurance Marketplaces created under the Affordable Care Act, and the qualified health plans sold on them. AIR won a five-year contract from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to update, validate, process, score, ...
Experts from AIR will present on a broad range of research topics—including Africa’s unconditional cash transfers, children’s literacy development, and mixed methods approaches for enhancing systematic reviews—during the What Works Global Summit (WWGS) September 26-28 in London.
Indonesia and the Philippines face challenges in creating policy frameworks to combat exploitative labor practices, including forced labor and trafficking, on fishing vessels. AIR is conducting an evaluation to assess Plan International’s interventions to tackle labor abuses in the fishing industry in these countries. ...
The Colombia Youth Resilience Activity (YRA) aims to address these challenges in high-risk communities across the country by designing a holistic solution that fosters youth assets and agency, while also strengthening protective environments, healthy relationships, and economic opportunities.
AIR has been awarded a five-year, federal contract, consisting of a base year and four option years, to provide continued support for the evaluation, review, and maintenance of qualified health plans (QHP) offered on the Marketplace exchange through the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
AIR experts recently examined a federal approach to address a growing shortage in primary care providers, finding its incentives were not equally effective in increasing provider supply across U.S. counties. They suggest further investigation into a number of factors that may be driving the shortage. ...
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.