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Issue: 2016-11
Formative Evaluation of the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP): Findings from Literature Review, Site Visits, Analysis of Program Administrative Data, and Options for Future Evaluation
DescriptionThe Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP) competitively awards funds for the provision of services to reintegrate homeless veterans into the labor force and to develop service delivery systems that are equipped to address the complex challenges for this population. Eligible applicants for funding include State and local Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs); public agencies; …
PopulationVeterans and Spouses
Research MethodologyLiterature Review, Qualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis
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Issue: 2016-13
The 2015 Longitudinal Survey of Unemployment Insurance Recipients-California Pilot: Survey Methodology Report
DescriptionThe Unemployment Insurance (UI) program was designed to reduce financial hardships for unemployed workers, assist with reemployment, and ameliorate the negative effects of unemployment on the economy as a whole. This report details the survey methods used for the Longitudinal Survey of Unemployment Insurance, which examined the extent to which the UI program reduces recipients' financial …
PopulationAdult
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Research MethodologyQuantitative Analysis
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Issue: 2016-02
Employer Views about the Short-Time Compensation Program: A Survey and Analysis in Four States
DescriptionThe U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) contracted with IMPAQ International, LLC (IMPAQ) to conduct a study of employer views about the Short-Time Compensation (STC) Program. STC, also known as work-sharing or shared-work, is an alternative to layoffs for employers that preserves employees' jobs and employers' trained workforces during disruptions to a …
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Issue: 2016-01
Veterans' Licensing and Certification Demonstration - A Summary of State Experiences, Preliminary Findings, and Cost Estimates: Final Report; September 2015
DescriptionThe Veterans' Licensing and Certification Demonstration Final Report presents a summary of the experiences of six states with accelerating occupation licensing pathways for veterans, identifies preliminary findings related to strategies to overcome gaps and barriers, and describes cost savings estimates for certain Federal programs. The report describes the demonstration efforts of state agency …
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Issue: 2016-15
Sector-Based Training Strategies: The Challenges of Matching Workers and their Skills to Well-Paying Jobs
DescriptionThis paper reviews what is known about sector-based training strategies, to date, including the evaluation evidence, and why they have become so popular with policymakers. The paper also reviews several major challenges to expanding sector-based training strategies while trying to maintain their quality. These challenges include the fact that only workers with strong basic skills and …
PopulationAdult, Dislocated Workers, Youth, Employers, New Entrants/Reentrants
ProgramApprenticeship, Job Corps, Wagner-Peyser/Employment Service (ES) Program
Research MethodologyLiterature Review
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Issue: 2015-09
Exploring the Role and Adoption of Technology-based Training and Employment Services
DescriptionThe dramatic evolution of computer and communications technology, coupled with an ever-increasing emphasis on cost-effectiveness, underscores the potential of technology-based learning (TBL), or e-learning, in the public workforce system. ETA launched a national initiative in 2008 to systematically explore the role and adoption of TBL within the public workforce system (see Training and …
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Issue: 2015-08
Evaluation of the Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge Grants: Interim Findings on Multiagency Collaboration and Cluster Progress
DescriptionThe Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge (JIAC) and Advanced Manufacturing JIAC grants include two rounds of grants and are funded by a total of five Federal agencies: ETA; the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration (EDA); the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA); the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Hollings …
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Issue: 2015-07
Evaluation of Programs Funded by Technology-Based Learning (TBL) Grants
DescriptionThe potential for technology-based learning (TBL) to increase the number of trained workers in high-growth, high-demand occupations led the Employment and Training Administration in the U.S. Department of Labor to launch the TBL Initiative in 2006 and provide $10 million in funding to 20 grantees to develop and implement TBL projects from 2009 to 2012. This study used administrative data on …
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Issue: 2015-06
Evaluating National Ongoing Programs: Implementing the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs Gold Standard Evaluation
DescriptionThe Adult Program and the Dislocated Worker Program, authorized under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) (followed by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, the successor to WIA), are two of the nation's largest publicly funded employment and training programs. The U.S. Department of Labor funded the first experimental evaluation of these programs: the WIA Adult and …
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Issue: 2014-08
Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED): A Summary of Findings from the Evaluations of Generation I, II and III WIRED Grants
DescriptionThis report presents findings from the two evaluations of the Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) grants. Three rounds (or "generations") of WIRED grants were awarded to consortia of business, education, economic development and workforce system leaders in 39 multi-county regions within (and sometimes between) states in the U.S. The initial 13 grants (Generation I) were …