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The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) workforce system serves veterans both through the dedicated Jobs for Veterans State Grants (JVSG) program, as well as through resources available to the broader population—most notably the Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult and Dislocated Worker programs and the Wagner-Peyser Employment Services (ES).

Recognizing the potential of evaluation research to improve employment and training services to veterans, DOL’s Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) in partnership with DOL’s Veterans Employment and Training Services (DOL VETS), awarded a design contract—the “Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Research Study Design”—to Abt Associates and its partners, RAND Corporation and Capital Research Corporation. The objective of this contract is to “develop design recommendations” in response to a series of research questions aimed to expand DOL’s understanding of its programs that serve veterans and how they might be improved. Among the research questions are those specified in Section 502 of the Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016 (PL 114-315), which directs DOL to fund a “longitudinal study of job counseling, training, and placement service for veterans.” The report presents design options to meet this requirement and add to the evidence base on veterans’ workforce development and employment assistance needs.

Citation

Klerman, J. A., Clarkwest, A. (2018). Abt Associates. Evaluation Design Options Report: Veterans’ Employment and Training Services (VETS) Research Study Design. 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.