Share/Save/Bookmark Print this page. Get our RSS Feed Get Updates via Email
Mathematica Policy Research Disability Early Childhood Education Family Support Health International Labor Nutrition
  • Press Releases
  • Company News

Medicaid Buy-In: Spending and Service Use
(October 30, 2009)
Participants are less expensive for states than other adult disabled Medicaid enrollees.

School Meal Programs
(October 20, 2009)
IOM committee recommends new nutritional requirements for school meal programs to foster healthy eating habits.

Diets of Young Children
(October 18, 2009)
Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study data reveal progress for infants and areas of concern for toddlers and preschoolers.

Mathematica in the News

2009-11-04 Business Week
2009-11-03 Philadelphia Inquirer
2009-10-29 PublicCEO.com
2009-10-26 Education Week
2009-10-26 The American Prospect
2009-10-23 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
2009-10-21 KY 3 News
2009-10-16 Los Angeles Times
2009-10-16 Kaiser Health News
2009-10-08 New America Foundation

Abstinence Study Receives Award from AEA

Mathematica's abstinence study team, led by senior economist Christopher Trenholm and senior vice president Barbara Devaney, has received the 2009 Outstanding Evaluation Award from the American Evaluation Association (AEA). The AEA cited the congressionally mandated, comprehensive nine-year study for its rigor, balance, and impact, which led to major changes in federal policy and funding. The study was downloaded more than 100,000 times and was widely cited in the national and international media. The award will be presented at AEA's conference in Orlando on November 13. Read more about the evaluation.

What's New

Will Health Reform Address Challenges for People with Disabilities Who Work?

Leading health care financing reforms might mitigate, or even eliminate, challenges that the current system creates for people with disabilities who work, or want to work, but there is no guarantee. A new brief summarizes the challenges posed by the current system and considers how features of leading reform proposals would, or would not, address these challenges.

 

National Survey to Shed Light on Household Food Choices and Expenditures

photo of bag of groceriesMathematica has been selected to conduct the National Household Food Purchase and Acquisition Study for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This five-year effort will fill in critical gaps in existing data on the food purchases of U.S. households and help USDA assess its food assistance programs for low-income families. Read the release.