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Issue: 2022-37
Engaging Employers to Register Apprenticeship Programs: Outcomes from the American Apprenticeship Initiative Employer Engagement Demonstration
DescriptionETA launched the American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI) in October 2015 and provided five-year grants to 46 grantees to expand registered apprenticeship into new sectors and to populations historically underrepresented in apprenticeships. Some AAI grantees received no-cost extensions of their periods of performance through September 2021. In April 2016, ETA commissioned an evaluation of the AAI …
PopulationEmployers
ProgramApprenticeship, American Job Centers, H1-B Grant Programs
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis
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Issue: 2022-36
Do Employers Earn Positive Returns to Investments in Apprenticeship? Evidence from Registered Programs under the American Apprenticeship Initiative
DescriptionETA launched the American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI) in October 2015 and provided five-year grants to 46 grantees to expand registered apprenticeship into new sectors and to populations historically underrepresented in apprenticeships. Some AAI grantees received no-cost extensions of their periods of performance through September 2021. In April 2016, ETA commissioned an evaluation of the AAI …
PopulationEmployers
ProgramApprenticeship, American Job Centers, H1-B Grant Programs
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis
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Issue: 2022-35
Expanding Apprenticeship to New Sectors and Populations: The Experiences and Outcomes of Apprentices in the American Apprenticeship Initiative
DescriptionETA launched the American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI) in October 2015 and provided five-year grants to 46 grantees to expand registered apprenticeship into new sectors and to populations historically underrepresented in apprenticeships. Some AAI grantees received no-cost extensions of their periods of performance through September 2021. In April 2016, ETA commissioned an evaluation of the AAI …
PopulationAdult, Youth, Employers, New Entrants/Reentrants, Veterans and Spouses
ProgramApprenticeship, Job Corps, YouthBuild, American Job Centers, H1-B Grant Programs
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis
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Issue: 2022-34
Issue Brief: Workforce Supports for the Reentry Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic
DescriptionThis short paper, developed under a multi-part evaluation of the Pathway Home grants, describes the implementation experiences of the first cohort of grants from June 2020 to December 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 20 grants in this cohort were awarded to service providers to test use of linked pre- and post-release employment-focused services for individuals in state correctional …
PopulationAdult, Youth
ProgramRe-integration of Ex-Offender
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis, Focus Groups
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Issue: 2022-33
Pathway Home Grant Program: Implementation Evaluation Design and Overview of Impact Evaluation
DescriptionThis report describes plans for a multi-part evaluation of 42 Pathway Home grants, which provide employment-focused reentry services for individuals in state correctional facilities and local jails. Since July 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has awarded approximately $113 million to two cohorts of Pathway Home grantees, whose planned interventions include linked pre- and post-release …
PopulationAdult, Youth
ProgramRe-integration of Ex-Offender
Research MethodologyLiterature Review, Qualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis
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Issue: 2022-32
Workforce Programs Serving Older Workers and Other Populations with Employment Barriers: Older Workers Implementation and Descriptive Study
DescriptionThis report provides demographic and economic information on older workers as well as a targeted review of the literature covering the workforce challenges facing older workers, the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on them, the employment and training programs serving them, and knowledge gaps regarding various programs. The report was developed as part of a larger research initiative, the Older …
PopulationAdult, Dislocated Workers, Individuals with Disabilities
ProgramSenior Community Service Employment (SCSEP), Trade Adjustment Assistance, American Job Centers
Research MethodologyLiterature Review, Quantitative Analysis
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Issue: 2022-26
The Unemployment Insurance System in Two Recent Economic Downturns: Lessons from the Great Recession and the COVID-19 Pandemic
DescriptionThis report explores how the federal-state Unemployment Insurance (UI) system responded to the Great Recession (2007-2009) and the COVID-19 pandemic (beginning in March 2020). The report discusses the economic contexts to which the UI system was responding, including the number unemployed, new UI programs (or changes to existing ones), and how states responded to staffing, financing, and other …
PopulationAdult, Dislocated Workers, Employers
ProgramUnemployment Insurance
Research MethodologyLiterature Review, Qualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis, Research Brief
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Issue: 2022-25
The Workforce Innovation Fund (WIF) Evaluations: A Synthesis Report on Findings and Experiences
DescriptionThis report provides information on the interventions and the third-party evaluations conducted under 43 Workforce Innovation Fund (WIF) grants. The grants were intended to test new and innovative approaches to workforce services and to expand use of evaluation research in the workforce system. Grantees were required to procure, fund and oversee an independent "third-party evaluation" (TPE) in …
PopulationAdult, Dislocated Workers, Youth, Employers, New Entrants/Reentrants
ProgramAdult Program, American Job Centers, Other Competitive Grants
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis, RCT (Randomized Control Trial), Technical Assistance, Research Brief
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Issue: 2022-24
Process Study of the U.S. Department of Labor's "Pay for Success" Pilots in Two States: Final Report
DescriptionThis report documents later implementation experiences and final results for two U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) pilot projects that tested use of a Pay for Success (PFS) approach. Under PFS, financing for the initial costs of services comes from investors who are repaid, possibly with a substantial return, only when specific, pre-determined results are achieved and verified. The DOL PFS projects …
PopulationAdult, Youth
ProgramRe-integration of Ex-Offender, Adult Program, Other Competitive Grants
Research MethodologyLiterature Review, Qualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis, RCT (Randomized Control Trial)
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Issue: 2022-23
Options for Building Evidence on RESEA Programs (Final Report)
DescriptionIn 2018, amendments to Section 306(c) of the Social Security Act (SSA) permanently authorized the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments (RESEA) program and introduced substantive changes, including formula-based funding to states and a series of requirements intended to increase the use and availability of evidence-based reemployment interventions and strategies. The Department of …
PopulationAdult, Dislocated Workers, Employers
ProgramUnemployment Insurance, Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments
Research MethodologyQualitative Analysis, Evidence Review