Resource Type: Research paper or report
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A New Justice Paradigm: Collaborative Approaches for an Equitable System
This report, A New Justice Paradigm: Collaborative Approaches for an Equitable System, explores the U.S. justice system from the perspective of criminal justice practitioners and young adults ages 18 to 24 who are or have been involved in the justice system. The approaches explored in the publication serve to better understand the system that exists…
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Stability and Change in Afterschool Systems, 2013-2020
January 2021 — This report is a follow-up to FHI 360’s 2013 baseline study of afterschool coordination programs, which includes environmental scans to identify respondents’ knowledge about U.S. city-level afterschool systems, survey design and collection, data cleaning and reporting. For the 2013 study, researchers conducted interviews or online surveys with representatives from 69 cities. The…
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LEGO Nurturing Care and COVID-19: Research Briefs
February 2021 — These research briefs examine three pillars of nurturing care during the COVID-19 pandemic: responsive caregiving, early learning and play, and children’s safety and security. One brief summarizes the results of a rapid review that examined emerging research on nurturing care for young children during the COVID-19 crisis. Another brief describes the implementation…
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Perceptions of VE Drivers: A Quantitative Analysis
FHI 360 completed the Perceptions of VE Drivers: A Quantitative Analysis study in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in 2020. Researchers applied multilevel latent class models to estimate the prevalence of support for violent extremism (VE) in the Central Sahel region, to identify its determinants and to track its evolution between 2008 and 2019. This…
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The Advantages of an Intermediary Agency to Youth Reentry
This resource reviews literature and other findings from nongovernmental organizations that point to an intermediary agency as providing the best model for delivering wraparound services to youth returning to their communities after involvement in the U.S. justice system. It describes how FHI 360’s Compass Rose project delivers comprehensive services, forges local partnerships and supports youth…
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Job Demand and Employment Market Analysis
October 2019 — FHI 360, working with BRAC, conducted assessments in 2019 on the economic outlook for adolescent girls and young women in Liberia and Sierra Leone. The assessments were conducted to inform BRAC’s economic empowerment strategy, but they are intended to benefit all development practitioners in these countries who are concerned with improving programming…
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Final Report: Access to Contraceptive Implant Removal in Ghana
January 2019 — Access to implant removal services is key for the success of contraceptive implant programs and, more importantly, for informed choice in contraceptive use. This report summarizes results from a mixed-methods study that included a quantitative survey with implant users and qualitative interviews with users and providers to explore access to and experiences…