Comprehensive research by the Analytics Hub and KFF shows that PEPFAR’s impact extends well beyond its core mission of fighting HIV/AIDS, influencing a range of health and socio-economic outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Using rigorous methods, we analyzed data from 157 LMICs—including 90 PEPFAR-supported countries—spanning 1990 to…

BU-ALPS is one-year HRSA-funded project dedicated to strengthening public health social work education at Boston University and nationally. Public health social work is a sub-discipline within social work that draws on both social work and public health theories, frameworks, research and practice to promote health equity and mitigate human…

Research Initiatives The Hub serves as a national resource center dedicated to supporting research, training, policy, advocacy, and knowledge translation in smart technology implementation for paralysis care. Our team of experts—including engineers, physicians, therapists, social workers, and individuals living with paralysis—continuously evaluates the effectiveness of our interventions to improve…

We foster Benefits Demonstration Sites The initiative provided funding to the following 12 demonstration sites across the country: Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center The Evaluation and Technical Assistance Provider, The University of Massachusetts—Lowell (PI: Dr. Serena Rajabiun) in partnership with AIDS United, Boston University Center for Innovation in Social…

The U.S. healthcare system faces a critical challenge: how to improve outcomes, contain costs, and address long-standing inequities. Social workers are uniquely positioned to meet this moment. Trained to integrate the social, psychological, and structural dimensions of care, they are often embedded across healthcare settings—providing essential services to individuals…

Adapted from a previous iteration, CoK is specifically tailored to meet the developmental needs of displaced children experiencing heightened vulnerability due to trauma before, during, and after migration. The program delivers 45-minute, play-based sessions in mobile classrooms—buses converted into vibrant preschool environments—which travel to 10 shelter sites in…

SURE Housing initiative is implementing and evaluating housing-related interventions for HIV positive people, including youth and young adults (aged 18-24), people involved in the legal system, and people who identify as LGBTQ+. The four-year project, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau, funds 10 Ryan…

Our team led the first comprehensive analysis of activity-based costing and management (ABC/M) data from Uganda and Tanzania, providing critical insights into how HIV services are delivered and resourced. We analyzed five key HIV services—antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV testing and counseling, prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), voluntary medical male…

The 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) provided temporary enhancements to the existing CTC for the tax years 2021 and 2022, including increasing the credit’s maximum value and removing the minimum income criterion for refundability. As a result, even households with no income were eligible for the full credit. These…