Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) Grant Program Evaluation
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About the Study
In 2012 and 2014, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) to fund contractors Urban Institute and Abt Associates to conduct the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) Initiative National Evaluation. The implementation and outcomes evaluation, as well as a synthesis of third-party grantee evaluations, aims to document promising practices to deliver workforce education and training programs.
The TAACCCT grant program was a $1.9 billion initiative, with a total of 256 grants awarded between 2011 and 2018 to eligible institutions of higher education (mainly community colleges) to build their capacity to provide workforce education and training programs.
Learn more about the grantees.
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 community college and employment and training programs and policies and addresses Departmental strategic goals and priorities.
Explore findings from the implementation reports, synthesis reports, and topic briefs listed below.
- What service delivery or system reform innovations led to improved employment outcomes and increased skills for participants? Under what conditions can these innovations be most effectively replicated?
- What are the types of emerging ideas for service delivery change or system reform that seem the most promising for further research? Under what conditions are these ideas most effective?
- What was learned about directions for future research on the country’s public workforce system and workforce development in general?
Webinars
- Building Career Pathways Programs & Systems: Insights from TAACCCT (Webinar, November 2021)
Implementation Reports
Reports that analyze the service delivery approaches developed and the systems changed through the grants based on a survey of colleges and visits to selected colleges.
- A Picture of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grants: Results from a Survey of Round 4 Colleges (Final Report, December 2020)
- Special Topics Report (Round 4 compared to Rounds 1-3): Rural Colleges, Local Economic Recovery and Expansion, and Work-based Learning Activities (Topic Brief, December 2020)
- The TAACCCT Grant Program: Implementation of the Rounds 1 and 2 Grants (Final Report, September 2020)
- The TAACCCT Grant Program: Implementation of the Round 3 Grants (Final Report, September 2020)
- Context, Infrastructure, and Alignment Matter: Statewide Systems Change in Round 4 of TAACCCT (Topic Brief, September 2020)
- Building Career Pathways Programs and Systems: Insights from TAACCCT Round 4 (Topic Brief, September 2020)
- TAACCCT Goals, Design, and Evaluation (Program Brief, March 2017)
- Grantee Characteristics (Program Brief, March 2017)
- Approaches, Targeted Industries, and Partnerships (Program Brief, March 2017)
- Early Results of the TAACCCT Grants (Program Brief, March 2017)
Synthesis Reports
Reports that aim to draw a national picture of the implementation of the TAACCCT capacity-building strategies and build evidence of the effectiveness of the strategies on participants’ education and employment outcomes.
- Implementation, Outcomes, and Impact Synthesis Report: Round 4 TAACCCT Third-Party Evaluations (Final Report, December 2020)
- Synthesis of Findings from Rounds 1 and 2 TAACCCT Third-Party Evaluations (Final Report, September 2020)
- Systems Change in Community Colleges: Lessons from a Synthesis of the Round 3 TAACCCT Third-Party Evaluations (Final Report, September 2020)
- Synthesis of Impact Findings from Round 3 TAACCCT Third-Party Evaluations (Final Report, September 2020)
Outcomes Reports
Reports of nine Round 4 grantees using survey data and administrative records to better understand the characteristics of TAACCCT participants, their service receipt, and their education and employment outcomes.
- Round 4 Early Outcomes Study Report (Final Report, December 2020)
- Round 4 Early Outcomes Study Report (Appendices, December 2020)
- Grantee Profiles (December 2020)
Employer Perspectives
Studies of employer relationships with selected employer-partners to better understand employers’ perspectives on how to develop and maintain strong relationships with colleges.
- Employer Perspectives on Building Partnerships with Community Colleges: Lessons for Local Leaders and Practitioners from Round 4 (Topic Brief, September 2020)
- The Employers Perspectives Study: Insights on How to Build and Maintain Strong Employer-College Partnerships (Final Report, November 2018)
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.