National Health Emergency Demonstration Grants to Address the Opioid Crisis: Implementation Evaluation
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About the Study
In 2018, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) to fund contractor Mathematica to conduct the National Health Emergency (NHE) Demonstration Grants to Address the Opioid Crisis: Implementation Evaluation. The literature review and implementation study aims to document all facets of the six NHE demonstration grants and identify challenges and promising practices to generate information that will better inform grantees, sub-grantees, providers and partners delivering workforce services to individuals and communities affected by opioid addiction. The evaluation has produced a literature review, resource guide, and final report.
This Department of Labor-funded study was a result of the annual process to determine the Department’s research priorities for the upcoming year. It contributes to the labor evidence-base to inform employment and training programs and policies and addresses Departmental strategic goals and priorities.
From the literature review:
- What is currently known about the role of employment and training in addiction recovery and rehabilitation, both generally and with opioids, for different subpopulations? What services and factors appear to have been effective or promising in the past, with the different target groups? What models or approaches are currently being tested in the US and in other countries?
From the implementation study:
- How were the grants implemented? What factors influenced implementation? What challenges did grantees encounter in implementation and how were those addressed? Were there problems with outreach, service enrollment, retention, and completion? What factors affected job placement and job retention?
- Who were the major partners involved and what services did they provide? What are the variations in the model, structure, governance, partnerships, across grants and sites?
- National Health Emergency Demonstration Grants to Address the Opioid Crisis: Implementation Evaluation (Final Report, December 2021)
- Embedding employment services in an opioid treatment facility (Issue Brief, October 2021)
- Adapting work readiness training for people in recovery (Issue Brief, October 2021)
- Registered Apprenticeships for Community Health Workers and Dually Certified Peer Recovery Specialist-Community Health Workers (Issue Brief, October 2021)
- Supporting employers using the Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) model (Issue Brief, October 2021)
- National Health Emergency Disaster and SUPPORT Act Grantee Briefing (Webinar, April 2021)
- The Role of the Workforce System in Addressing the Opioid Crisis (Literature Review, March 2020)
- The Role of the Workforce System in Addressing the Opioid Crisis (Resource Guide, March 2020)
Project Duration: 36 Months
Contract End Date: November 2021
Contractor: Mathematica Policy Research
For More Information: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov
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.