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In 2017, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and funded contractor Insight Policy Research to conduct the Estimating Job Corps Cost per Enrollee and Cost per Graduate study. This study examined six methodologies for estimating the cost per enrollee and cost per graduate for program year 2017 to help inform ETA’s performance reporting on the Job Corps program, as required by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).
Return on Investment
Children and Youth
Administered by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the Job Corps program trains approximately 60,000 participants on workforce skills in a residential environment each year. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act requires DOL to present the cost per enrollee and cost per graduate of each Job Corps center every year. The report presents the methodology used to estimate cost per enrollee and cost per graduate for program year 2017. The average Job Corps center cost is $34,301 per enrollee and $57,312 per graduate.
Return on Investment
Children and Youth
In 2016, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) to fund contractor Westat to conduct the Survey of Employer Policies on the Employment of People with Disabilities. The survey, administered in 2018, collected information from employers about organizational policies, practices, successes, and challenges, as well as attitudes and beliefs regarding the recruitment, hiring, retention, and advancement of people with disabilities. The 2,023 survey respondents represent businesses across the United States.
Survey
In 2017, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) funded contractors Mathematica Policy Research, American Institutes for Research, ideas42, the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, and Urban Institute to explore how insights from behavioral science can be used to improve the performance and outcomes of Department of Labor programs.
Report of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Disability Employment Policy's (ODEP) Survey of Employer Policies on the Employment of People with Disabilities. The executive summary begins with a brief description of the methodology followed by an overview of major findings from the survey. A more in-depth review of findings plus methodological detail is contained in the remainder of this report and its technical appendices.
Survey
Brief related to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Disability Employment Policy's (ODEP) Survey of Employer Policies on the Employment of People with Disabilities that uses data from the survey to examine implementation of disability-inclusive workplace policies and practices by federal contractors and non-federal contractors.
Survey
The brief related to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Disability Employment Policy's (ODEP) Survey of Employer Policies on the Employment of People with Disabilities examines the extent to which companies implement disability-inclusive recruitment, hiring, retention, and advancement practices and which practices are related to hiring of people with disabilities.
Survey
The brief related to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Disability Employment Policy's (ODEP) Survey of Employer Policies on the Employment of People with Disabilities examines employers’ efforts to employ, recruit, and hire people with disabilities and their attitudes toward people with disabilities.
Survey
The literature scan highlights promising applications of behavioral insights to challenges that are specifically relevant to U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) programs, workers, job seekers, and employers. It synthesizes this information for DOL and others who are interested in applying behavioral interventions to address challenges within the labor context. DOL’s own work in this area contributes to this evidence base. Suggestions of areas in which to extend this body of work are also noted.
The literature review summarizes evidence on three topics related to the intersection of employment and the opioid crisis: (1) effective and promising practices for providing employment services to people with opioid use disorder; (2) employer best practices for preventing negative effects of opioid use disorder in the workplace and creating recovery-friendly workplaces; and (3) key considerations for developing the health care workforce that is addressing the opioid crisis.
Literature Review
Adult workers
The guide provides resources to support the recipients of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) National Health Emergency (NHE) Dislocated Worker Grants, for demonstration projects and disaster recovery, as well as other interested parties, in their efforts to provide employment services to people affected by the opioid crisis, help employers address opioid use disorder in the workplace and support affected individuals, and develop the health care workforce to help address the opioid crisis.
Implementation Evaluation
Adult workers
The Evaluation of the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) Program aimed to estimate the impact of the U.S. Department of Labor’s REA program, which supported states to address the reemployment needs of Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants and to prevent and detect UI improper payments. The evaluation included both an implementation study and an impact study. The report presents the results of the impact study.
The body of the Evaluation of Impacts of the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) Program Impact Report is deliberately brief. This separate appendix volume provides additional detail. Appendix A develops a formal economic theory of REA-like programs. Appendix B provides additional detail on the econometric specification and other estimation issues.
The Evaluation of the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) Program was designed to estimate the impact of the REA program on Unemployment Insurance (UI) duration (the length of time claimants spent on UI, in weeks), employment, and earnings. The evaluation was conducted in four states—Indiana, New York, Washington, and Wisconsin— and included both an implementation study and a large impact study. The brief summarizes the results of the impact study, which randomly assigned more than a quarter of a million UI claimants in a multi-armed design over a one-year period.
The brief describes methodological lessons from Evaluation of the Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) Program impact study that may inform future evaluations of reemployment interventions.
In 2020, the Chief Evaluation Office funded contractor American Institutes for Research (AIR) to develop and conduct an innovative assessment of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) capacity to generate and use evidence. This initial capacity assessment encompassed 16 DOL agencies and was designed to:
In 2020, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) to fund contractors Mathematica Policy Research with Social Policy Research Associates and the Council of State Governments Justice Center to conduct the Pathway Home Reentry Evaluation. The study aims to develop design options for an impact and implementation evaluation to assess the feasibility of conducting an impact evaluation and examine the implementation of the Pathway Home Reentry Grant program.
In 2020, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) to fund Abt Associates to conduct the Support to Communities Grant Program Evaluation. This implementation study aims to provide new and critical information on promising practices and implementation challenges in providing services that address both employment and treatment needs for those with opioid use disorders (OUDs) and substance use disorders (SUDs).
Implementation Evaluation
The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) and commissioned contractor ICF Incorporated to conduct the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) Impact Evaluation and TAP Employment Navigator and Partnership Pilot (ENPP) Formative Evaluation.
Veterans
In 2020, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and funded contractor Mathematica Policy Research to conduct the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Research Portfolio Project.
Focusing on ten states in the Midwest and Appalachia, the researcher analyzes the effects of right-to-work (RTW) law on labor unions. There are two main chapters to this report. The first examines whether RTW law affects the frequency and type of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) representation petitions filed and petition outcomes.
Secondary data analysis
Adult workers
In the report, the researchers engage in the first qualitative analysis of charge data filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleging employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) discrimination. The researchers analyze the narratives of 964 charges of SOGI discrimination.
Secondary data analysis
The report, the second of the Youth CareerConnect (YCC) project’s implementation study, examines the evolution of YCC program implementation, and focuses on the third and fourth years of the grant, when grant funding was scheduled to end. It also examines grantee approaches to sustainability of YCC activities and services as they approached the end of grant funding.
Employment and Training
Children and Youth
In July 2012, Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kansas, received a grant totaling $1.5 million to develop and implement the water technologies training program for residents of the Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex (KJCC) in Topeka. The goal of the training program was to increase incarcerated youth’s employment and earnings potential and reduce their recidivism rates after release from the correctional facility. Obtaining good job placements in high-demand occupations could help youth develop economic stability and, ultimately, self sufficiency.
Children and Youth
Youth from low-income neighborhoods are at risk of poor outcomes throughout their lives. Many will drop out of school, which can lead to economic hardship and a greater chance of getting involved in the criminal justice system—making their lives even more difficult.
Children and Youth