Medicaid plays a key role in providing maternity-related services for birthing people, paying for slightly less than half of all births nationwide and nearly two-thirds of births to Black, Native, and Hispanic parents. AIR is investing in the field of maternal health equity through a mixed-methods study that aims to ...
AIR works around the globe to build evidence to improve the quality and relevance of programs and initiatives in developing countries to ensure equitable access for all.
AIR applies its decades of workforce research in developing the knowledge, tools, systems, and programs needed to maximize human and organizational potential in the 21st century.
AIR, through our work in justice, believes that evidence-based and practice-informed solutions can provide access and equity to opportunities for all people to thrive. AIR’s work in justice systems is committed to generating and using rigorous evidence to engender transformative change that dismantles structural factors that lead to racial and ...
Like many other states, Tennessee is facing an opioid epidemic. As part of their Prevention for States activities, the Tennessee Department of Health chose to host three community summits and engaged AIR to serve as a facilitator for these workshops in Nashville, Knoxville, and Memphis in April 2018. ...
Human capital solutions help employers address their current and future workforce related needs and span the entire employee life cycle. AIR’s Human Capital Solutions team uses evidence-based analyses and approaches to support projects that encompass the entire human capital life cycle and provide our public and private sector clients with ...
In this personal essay, AIR Principal Researcher Patricia Garcia-Arena shares her memories of being an English learner in preschool and elementary school—and how early literacy experiences can be better for ELs today, thanks to evidence-based instructional practices.
The School Improvement Grant (SIG) program will expire as ESSA is implemented, but the challenges of low-performing schools have not. SIG provided some promising examples, as well as caveats that can challenge and inform those of us who believe our nation’s most disadvantaged students deserve better. In our latest blog ...
Keeping high-quality care accessible and affordable is a priority as the nation continues to shift toward value-based provider payments that reward quality and improved outcomes rather than higher volume.
AIR experts use rigorous evidence to address all areas of health and well-being, including physical, social, and emotional, throughout the life cycle, from promotion and prevention to treatment and care.