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Issue: 2021-28
Sector Training Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Issue Brief - Lessons from America's Promise Partnerships
DescriptionThe America's Promise Job Driven Training grants support creating and expanding regional workforce partnerships-including workforce development agencies, institutions of higher education, economic development agencies, employers, and community-based organizations-aimed at preparing workers for careers in middle- to high-skilled industries and occupations. The COVID-19 pandemic required these …
PopulationAdult, Dislocated Workers, Employers
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis
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Issue: 2021-27
Training Vouchers, Cash Transfers, and Their Effects on Employment-Related Outcomes: A Review of the Literature
DescriptionIn 2021, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) and the Employment and Training Administration funded a contract to conduct a literature review (2010-2020) on the employment impacts of training vouchers and cash transfer programs. The review also included a limited number of older studies and studies describing the impact of these interventions in similar economic contexts, including Canada and …
PopulationAdult, Dislocated Workers, Youth, Veterans and Spouses
ProgramUnemployment Insurance, Dislocated Worker Program, Adult Program
Research MethodologyLiterature Review
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Issue: 2021-26
State Experiences Expanding Registered Apprenticeship: Findings from a Federal Grant Program
DescriptionETA awarded $100 million in State Apprenticeship Expansion (SAE) grants to 36 states and one territory between 2016 and 2018. The key goals of the grants were to expand apprenticeship—including apprenticeship in nontraditional industries—and increase the diversity of the apprentice population. This report presents an analysis of activities under the grants, based on interviews with grantee …
ProgramApprenticeship
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis
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Issue: 2021-25
Assessment of National Industry Intermediaries' and National Equity Partners' Efforts to Expand Apprenticeship Opportunities
DescriptionIn September 2016, to expand apprenticeship opportunities across the United States, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) awarded $20.4 million over four years in competitive one-year, renewable contracts to 10 national industry intermediaries and 4 national equity partners. The main purpose of these contracts was to complement ETA's work in expanding the availability of and access to …
ProgramApprenticeship
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis
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Issue: 2021-24
Registered Apprenticeship: A Descriptive Study of States’ Systems and Growth
DescriptionIn 2016, the Employment and Training Administration awarded small accelerator grants to states, territories, and the District of Columbia to encourage states to expand apprenticeship opportunities. ETA later awarded another $51 million in State Apprenticeship Expansion (SAE) grants to 36 states and one territory to support states' in continuing this work and developing and implementing …
ProgramApprenticeship
Research MethodologyQuantitative Analysis
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Issue: 2021-23
Expanding Registered Apprenticeship in the United States: Description of American Apprenticeship Initiative Grantees and Their Programs
DescriptionIn October 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI) provided funding to 46 grantees across the country to expand registered apprenticeship into new sectors, such as healthcare and information technology, and to populations underrepresented in apprenticeships, such as women, racial and ethnic minorities, and …
PopulationAdult, Youth, Employers, New Entrants/Reentrants, Veterans and Spouses
ProgramApprenticeship, Job Corps, YouthBuild, Youth Program, Adult Program
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis
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Issue: 2021-22
Findings from the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) 2017-2018: A Demographic and Employment Profile of United States Farmworkers - Research Report No. 14
DescriptionThis report is the fourteenth in a series on hired crop workers' demographic and employment characteristics. Its findings are based on 2,586 interviews that were conducted in fiscal years 2017 and 2018. The report's nine chapters summarize national-level findings on key characteristics, including place of birth and legal status; education and language skills; housing and transportation; job …
PopulationAdult, Farm Workers
ProgramNational Farmworker Jobs Program, Wagner-Peyser/Employment Service (ES) Program
Research MethodologyQuantitative Analysis, Survey
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Issue: 2022-30
Operating a Youth Homelessness Prevention Program: A Case Study from the P3 Pilot in Sacramento, California
DescriptionTo promote a more integrated system of federal, state, local, and tribal services for disconnected youth, Congress authorized the Performance Partnership Pilots (P3) for Disconnected Youth initiative under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014. The Act allowed up to ten grantee organizations and their partners, together called "pilots", to waive regulations, such as spending and performance …
PopulationYouth
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis, Focus Groups
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Issue: 2021-21
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Research Portfolio: A Scan of Key Trends in the Labor Market and Workforce Development System
DescriptionThe Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) requires the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to conduct periodic, independent evaluations to inform the effective operation of WIOA programs and services. To support the development of DOL's research portfolio, this scan describes four economic and policy developments with relevance for the public workforce system: economic trends and …
PopulationAdult, Dislocated Workers, Youth, Employers
ProgramApprenticeship, Job Corps, YouthBuild
Research MethodologyLiterature Review
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Issue: 2021-20
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Research Portfolio: A Research Evidence Scan of Key Strategies Related to WIOA
DescriptionThe Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) requires the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to conduct periodic, independent evaluations to inform the effective operation of WIOA programs and services. To support the development of DOL's research portfolio, this scan examines existing evidence on four key topics related to WIOA programs and services: case management, integrated …
PopulationAdult, Dislocated Workers, Youth, Employers, New Entrants/Reentrants
ProgramApprenticeship, Job Corps, YouthBuild
Research MethodologyLiterature Review