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Issue: 2019-04
Feasibility Study and Evaluation of Non-Traditional Occupation Demonstrations
DescriptionInitiated in June 2013, the "Feasibility Study and Evaluation of Non-Traditional Occupation Demonstrations" project sought evidence-based strategies that increase opportunities for employment in occupations where specific populations and subpopulations are traditionally underrepresented (non-traditional occupations, or NTOs). Three reports were developed under this study. A literature review …
ProgramApprenticeship
Research MethodologyLiterature Review, Quantitative Analysis, RCT (Randomized Control Trial)
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Issue: 2019-13
National Job Corps Study: 20-Year Follow-Up Study Using Tax Data
DescriptionJob Corps is a national education and training program for at-risk youth between ages 16 and 24. Administered by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the program provides vocational, academic, health, and supportive services, primarily in a residential setting at Job Corps centers. The program's objective is to help disconnected youth become more responsible, employable, and productive citizens. …
PopulationYouth
ProgramJob Corps
Research MethodologyQuantitative Analysis, RCT (Randomized Control Trial)
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Issue: 2019-01
Findings from the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) 2015-2016: A Demographic and Employment Profile of United States Farmworkers - Research Report No. 13
DescriptionThe Department of Labor (DOL) has surveyed hired crop workers since 1988 through the NAWS. The survey collects employment, demographic, and health information, and provides an understanding of the workforce resources available to U.S. agriculture. Public and private service programs use the data for planning, implementing, and evaluating farm worker programs. DOL's Employment and Training …
PopulationEmployers, Farm Workers
Research MethodologyQuantitative Analysis
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Issue: 2018-07
Demonstration and Evaluation of Community College Interventions for Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities (Final Interim Report)
DescriptionTransitioning to college and employment can be challenging for youth and young adults with disabilities due to low student expectations, limited awareness of options, lack of access, and lackluster opportunities. In 2014, the Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) awarded two five-year cooperative agreements (grants) to Pellissippi State Community College (Universal …
PopulationAdult, Youth, Individuals with Disabilities
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis
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Issue: 2018-04
Providing Public Workforce Services to Job Seekers: 30-month Impact Findings on the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs
DescriptionInitiated in 2008, this final report from the WIA [Workforce Investment Act of 1998] Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs Gold Standard Evaluation, provides findings on participant outcomes 30-months after random assignment under the evaluation. The evaluation began in 2008 and used a random assignment design to examine the impact of higher-tiered services provided by the Adult and Dislocated …
PopulationAdult, Dislocated Workers
ProgramWagner-Peyser/Employment Service (ES) Program, Dislocated Worker Program, Adult Program
Research MethodologyQuantitative Analysis, RCT (Randomized Control Trial)
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Issue: 2018-03
Institutional Analysis of America Job Centers
DescriptionInstitutional Analysis of America Job Centers This study of American Job Center (AJC) institutional features was funded and overseen by the ETA. It was initiated just prior to the enactment of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). As such, the public workforce system was in the early stages of implementing WIOA. The study team visited 40 purposively selected AJCs. The study …
PopulationAdult, Dislocated Workers, Youth
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis, Technical Assistance
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Issue: 2018-02
New Perspectives on Creating Jobs Final Impacts of the Next Generation of Subsidized Employment Programs
DescriptionNew Perspectives on Creating Jobs - Final Impacts of the Next Generation of Subsidized Employment Programs The Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration (ETJD) evaluation, funded by ETA and the Administration for Children and Families of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), tested seven enhanced transitional jobs programs that targeted either people recently released from prison …
PopulationAdult
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis, RCT (Randomized Control Trial)
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Issue: 2018-01
Youth Build Evaluation
DescriptionLaying a Foundation: Four-Year Results from the National YouthBuild Evaluation YouthBuild is a program for 16- to 24-year olds who have dropped out of high school, are at risk of failing to reach key educational milestones, and face additional barriers to success. Those barriers include involvement with the juvenile or adult justice and/or foster care systems, having a disability, having an …
PopulationYouth
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis, RCT (Randomized Control Trial)
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Issue: 2018-05
Implementation of the Linking to Employment Activities Pre-Release (LEAP) Grants: Developing American Job Centers in Jails
DescriptionIn 2015 the Chief Evaluation Office funded the Evaluation of the Employment and Training Administration's Linking to Employment Activities Pre-Release (LEAP) Grants. The 36-month evaluation examined the early-start up and implementation of 20 LEAP pilots, which created jail-based American Job Centers (AJCs) to support the successful reentry of participants and directly link them to …
PopulationAdult
ProgramRe-integration of Ex-Offender
Research MethodologyLiterature Review, Qualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis
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Issue: 2018-06
Career Pathways Study
DescriptionCareer pathways initiatives have become a popular approach to increase credential attainment and prepare individuals to enter or advance within specific occupations or groups of occupations. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act defines career pathways and encourages states and local workforce development boards to adopt this strategy. Career pathways include a wide range of education and …
PopulationAdult, Dislocated Workers, Employers, New Entrants/Reentrants
Research MethodologyLiterature Review