Employment Research Brief: The Impact of Regional Sectoral Training Partnerships: Findings from America’s Promise

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Release Date: October 27, 2023

Employment Research Brief: The Impact of Regional Sectoral Training Partnerships: Findings from America’s Promise

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Apprenticeships ,  Community College ,  Employment and Training

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The America’s Promise job-driven grants were designed to develop and expand regional partnerships to provide sectoral training programs that address the immediate needs of the regional labor market. The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office contracted with Mathematica and its partner, Social Policy Research Associates, to conduct an evaluation of the America’s Promise grants including an implementation study and an impact study. The brief summaries the impact study that estimated the impact of participation in an America’s Promise program relative to a comparison group of similar people who received light-touch employment services. The effects were estimated between 2020 and 2022 which was a time heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Key Takeaways

  • Most participants received at least one credential through the America’s Promise program (75 percent) and completed their training program (80 percent).
  • Compared to Wagner-Peyser participants with similar demographics and earnings history, participants in America’s Promise had a 6 percentage point higher employment in the fourth quarter after program enrollment and a 4 percentage point higher employment in the eighth quarter after enrollment, both statistically significant.
  • Relative to the same group of Wagner-Peyser participants, participants in America’s Promise had a $2,697 higher total earnings in the second year after program enrollment. This effect was statistically significant.

Citation

Spitzer, A., English, B., Williams, B., Thal, D., Weiss, C., Forde, J., Bellotti, J., Berk, J. (2023). Mathematica. The Impact of the America’s Promise Sectoral Training Partnerships. Chief Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of Labor.

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The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) sponsors independent evaluations and research, primarily conducted by external, third-party contractors in accordance with the Department of Labor Evaluation Policy and CEO’s research development process.