Contributing and working alongside Native Nations, AIR has a deep commitment to engaging communities, fostering shared vision and values, building capacity, and developing strategic alliances to achieve sustainable systems change in Indian Country.
The science of learning and development (SoLD) is a cross-disciplinary body of knowledge that describes how people learn and develop. AIR is part of the SoLD Alliance, which serves as a resource to connect and support leaders in research, practice, and policy to transform America’s education systems and achieve equity ...
AIR’s evaluation of the program, which was designed to improve the processing and disposition of serious juvenile offenders for four jurisdictions across the country, focused on the program’s effects on file charges, case processing, and case outcomes.
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.
As the number of federal disaster declarations increases, so does the challenge of protecting more than 60,000 youth in residential and correctional facilities from disaster-related injury and trauma. In June 2014, AIR trained representatives from six juvenile justice systems in disaster planning on topics such as preparing to shelter in ...
The rapid growth in opioid overdoses has put a spotlight on prescribing patterns, with increased pressure on clinicians to reduce opioid prescribing, especially for long-term management of chronic, noncancer pain. As part of a grant provided by National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), AIR is working ...
The COVID‐19 pandemic has had a significant impact on Medicare recipients. This project aims to better understand how the combination of potentially delayed care and rise in telehealth shaped the utilization, cost, and quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries with ambulatory care sensitive conditions. ...
Educating students who have been neglected, delinquent, or are otherwise at-risk requires specialized training and careful collaboration across the agencies responsible for serving for these students. For this reason, each state receives funding from the U.S. Department of Education through the Title I, Part D Neglected or Delinquent Programs. Determining ...
Taylor Melanson is a researcher in the Evaluation, Methods, and Analytics program area within the Health Division at AIR. He is a health economist with training and experience in quantitative research, econometric analysis, program evaluation, and causal inference using experimental and quasi-experimental research methods. His areas of expertise include chronic ...