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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 …
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Issue: 2014-07
Workforce Development as a Catalyst for Economic Revitalization: Final Report of the Evaluation of Generation II and III Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) Grants
DescriptionThis is the final report from the evaluation of the second and third rounds (or "generations") of grants in the Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) Initiative. The funds were awarded to consortia of business, education, economic development and workforce system leaders in 26 multi-county regions within (and sometimes between) states in order to effect "transformations" …
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Issue: 2015-10
The Evaluation of the Re-Integration of Ex-Offenders (RExO) Program: Final Impact Report
DescriptionThe Evaluation of the Re-Integration of Ex-Offenders (RExO) Program: Final Impact Report The evaluation of the Reintegration of Ex-Offenders (RExO) initiative, precursor to the Reentry Employment Opportunities program, was launched in 2005 as a joint initiative by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the U.S. Department of Justice. The programs funded …
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Issue: 2014-06
Transforming Regional Economies: Challenges and Accomplishments Final Report of the Evaluation of Generation I Workforce Innovation Regional Economic Development (WIRED) Grants
DescriptionThis is the third and final report from the evaluation of the first of three rounds of grants in the Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) Initiative. The grants were provided to consortia of business, education, economic development and workforce system leaders in 13 multi-county regions within (and sometimes between states). Grants were to be used to effect …
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Issue: 2015-11
The United Services Military Apprenticeship Program (USMAP): Implementation Study and Feasibility of an Impact Study
DescriptionThe United Services Military Apprenticeship Program (USMAP), operated by the Department of the Navy, provides active duty Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy service members with the opportunity to undertake and complete apprenticeships that meet the requirements of civilian Registered Apprenticeships. USMAP offers three potential benefits: (1) a vehicle for service members to increase their …
PopulationVeterans and Spouses
ProgramApprenticeship
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis