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Issue: 2010-02
Assisting Newcomers through Employment and Support Services: An Evaluation of the New Americans Centers Demonstration Project in Arkansas and Iowa Final Report
DescriptionThe Urban Institute discusses in this report the final results for the evaluation of the New Americans Centers (NAC) Demonstration Project in Arkansas and Iowa. ; Focus groups with New Arkansan Resource Network (NARN) and New Iowan Center (NIC) participants, interviews with partners, data analyses, reviews of quarterly reports, and post-demonstration follow-up calls with project directors were …
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Issue: 2010-04
Pre-Design Study for the Evaluation of Recovery Act Green Jobs, Health Care, and Other High Growth Competitive Grants White Paper
DescriptionThis paper explores the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to evaluating grant initiatives under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Specifically, the report exploresfeatures of the grants that might influence the type of evaluation design that may be appropriate, possible objectives and types of research questions of interest to the Employment and Training …
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Issue: 2010-01
Evaluation of the Limited English Proficiency and Hispanic Worker Initiative Final Report
DescriptionThe Limited English Proficiency and Hispanic Workforce Initiative (LEPHWI) was a strategic effort of the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) to improve access to employment and training services for LEP persons and to better serve Hispanic workers through workforce investment programs that address the specific employment challenges faced by these individuals. The LEPHWI was intended to …
PopulationAdult, Youth, New Entrants/Reentrants
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Issue: 2010-03
Reinvesting in Americas' Youth: Lessons from the 2009 Recovery Act Summer Youth Employment Initiative
DescriptionOn February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law. Passed in response to the 2008 recession, the Act's purpose was to create jobs, pump money into the economy, and encourage spending Through the Act, states received $1.2 billion in funding for the workforce investment system to provide employment and training activities targeted to …
PopulationYouth
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Issue: 2009-22
Think Entrepreneurs: A Call to Action
DescriptionThe Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education analyzed current entrepreneurship operations and policies in the public workforce investment system, and collected information on ways Workforce Investment Boards and One-Stop Career Centers currently provide support for developing entrepreneurs. Utilizing this information, the Consortium developed an online clearinghouse and this report to broadly …
PopulationAdult
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis
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Issue: 2009-19
Nurturing America's Growth in the Global Marketplace
DescriptionThis is the first report from the evaluation of Generations II and III of the Workforce Innovations in Regional Economic Development Initiative.   The evaluation is being conducted by Public Policy Associates, Inc. in partnership with the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.   This interim report presents baseline information from all 26 regions.   It reflects the status of regional …
PopulationAdult
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Issue: 2009-21
Implementing the National Fund for Workforce Solutions
DescriptionThe National Fund for Workforce Solutions is an initiative designed to build workforce partnerships rooted in industry sectors and improve labor market outcomes for both low-income individuals and employers.   The initiative is built on three promising approaches: sector initiatives, career pathways programs and workforce intermediaries.   The Department of Labor supported the effort by funding …
PopulationAdult, Employers
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Issue: 2009-20
Characteristics of the Community-Based Job Training Grants (CBJTG) Program
DescriptionThis is the first report from the evaluation of the Community-Based Job Training Grants (CBJTG) that is being conducted by the Urban Institute with subcontractors Capitol Research Corporation and Johns Hopkins University .   The evaluation began in July 2008 with the purpose of documenting the different models and projects that are operating with grant funds, examining and assessing the …
PopulationAdult, Youth, New Entrants/Reentrants
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Issue: 2009-9
Trends in the Structure of the Labor Market and Unemployment
DescriptionThis report provides a timely review of the internal and external forces of change affecting the U.S. labor force within a global economy and the implications for the U.S. Unemployment Insurance (UI) System. Authored by Gary Burtless of the Brookings Institution, the report explores observed industrial shifts, trends in the U.S. business cycle, changes in the composition of the U.S. labor force, …
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
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Issue: 2009-8
Assisting Newcomers through Employment and Support Services
DescriptionArkansas and Iowa are among 22 states that historically were not major immigrant destinations, but whose foreign-born populations grew most quickly during the 1990s.   Like other states experiencing this growth, Arkansas and Iowa are only beginning to grow accustomed to the rapid flow of new immigrants and continue to work on how best to integrate these newcomers into the community and ensure …