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About this Study
In 2016, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) to fund contractors Abt Associates in partnership with MEF Associates to conduct the Ready to Work (RTW) Partnership Grant Evaluation program. It includes an implementation study to understand how the programs were designed and implemented and an impact study to measure the effectiveness of these programs in improving participants' short and long-term outcomes. The RTW grants are intended to assist long-term unemployed workers in gaining the skills and competencies needed to obtain employment in high-growth industries or economic sectors, and to better meet employer needs for jobs currently being filled through the H-1B visa program.
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.
- How were each of the four grantee programs designed? What training components do they include? Who are they serving? How were they implemented?
- What are the RTW programs' effects on participant outcomes of interest, including educational attainment, employment, earnings, and other short- and long-term outcomes for the long-term unemployed?
- The Ready to Work Partnership Grant Evaluation: Final Report of the Impact Study of Four Employment Services Programs for the Long-Term Unemployed (Final Impact Report, December 2022)
- The Ready to Work Partnership Grant Evaluation: Technical Appendix for the Final Report of the Impact Study of Four Employment Services Programs for the Long-Term Unemployed (Technical Appendix, December 2022)
- Providing Employment Services to the Long-Term Unemployed: Insights on Program Impact from the Ready to Work Partnership Grant Evaluation (Summary Brief, December 2022)
- How Did Workers with a History of Long-Term Unemployment Fare during the COVID Recession? (Topic Brief, December 2022)
- Survey Non-Response Bias in the Evaluation of the Ready to Work Partnership Grant Program (Topic Brief, December 2022)
- The Ready to Work Partnership Grant Evaluation: Findings from the Interim Impact Study of Four Employment Services Programs for the Long-Term Unemployed (Interim Impact Study, May 2022)
- The Ready to Work Partnership Grant Evaluation: Technical Appendix for the Interim Impact Study of Four Employment Services Programs for the Long-Term Unemployed (Appendix: Interim Impact Study, May 2022)
- Providing Employment Services to the Long-Term Unemployed: Implementation and Sustainability of the Programs in the Ready to Work Partnership Grant Evaluation (Implementation Report, July 2021)
- Providing Employment Services to the Long-Term Unemployed: Insights on Implementation and Sustainability from the Ready to Work Partnership Grant Evaluation (Summary Brief, July 2021)
- Evaluation of the Ready to Work Partnership Grant Program: Findings from the Implementation Study of Four Training Programs for Long-Term Unemployed Workers (Interim Implementation Report, November 2017)
Project Duration: 72 Months
Contract End Date: September 2022
Contractor: Abt Associates, MEF
For More Information: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov
This study was sponsored by the Employment and Training Administration, Office of Policy Development and Research, Division of Research and Evaluation, and was produced outside of CEO’s standard research development process.