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Tobe, Erica; Eschbach, Cheryl; Weber, Robert; Ortquist, Jinnifer; Hendrian, William V. – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2021
An evaluation was implemented over a 3-year period to assess a statewide financial capability program for low-income, diverse clientele in Michigan. Pre- and post- program evaluation data was used to determine knowledge gain and intended behavior change. Follow-up evaluation data confirmed behavior changes across 10 financial practices. Using the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Low Income Groups, Money Management, Program Evaluation
Alterman, Emma; Treskon, Louisa – MDRC, 2022
The Reconnecting Youth project aims to systematically understand what programs and practices are available in the United States to support young people who experience disconnection from school and work during the transition period to adulthood (typically defined as ages 16 to 24). It focuses specifically on services to help them reconnect to…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Transitional Programs, Access to Education, Out of School Youth
Baird, Matthew D.; Engberg, John; Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Goughnour, Thomas; Gutierrez, Italo A.; Karam, Rita T. – RAND Corporation, 2019
The Office of Workforce Development (OWD) in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, implemented Career Pathways, an innovative program designed to increase the local talent pool and help lower-skilled, unemployed, and underemployed individuals train for work in growing fields. RAND Corporation researchers evaluated…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Job Training, Job Skills, Program Effectiveness
Baird, Matthew D.; Engberg, John; Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Goughnour, Thomas; Gutierrez, Italo A.; Karam, Rita T. – RAND Corporation, 2019
Lower-skilled workers in the United States face a shrinking pool of employment opportunities. To combat this, the city of New Orleans' Office of Workforce Development (OWD) developed a job training program with a grant, awarded in 2014, from the U.S. Department of Labor Workforce Innovation Fund. The program, Career Pathways, was designed to help…
Descriptors: Job Training, Disadvantaged, Unskilled Workers, Career Pathways
Brunetti, Irene; Corsini, Lorenzo – Education & Training, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of an Italian training program on the re-employment probability of young unemployed workers. The program consists exclusively of workplace training and is coordinated by employment centers, even if it is fully implemented by firms. Design/Methodology/Approach: The authors develop a…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Human Capital, Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness
Martinson, Karin; Williams, Julie; Needels, Karen; Peck, Laura; Moulton, Shawn; Paxton, Nora; Mastri, Annalisa; Copson, Elizabeth; Nisar, Hiren; Comfort, Alison; Brown-Lyons, Melanie – Abt Associates, 2016
This report summarizes the final results for the Green Jobs and Health Care (GJ-HC) Impact Evaluation, a study of selected grantees funded by two job training initiatives administered by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). In response to the 2008 recession and as part of the American Recovery and…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Program Evaluation, Partnerships in Education
Miller, Cynthia; Millenky, Megan; Schwartz, Lisa; Goble, Lisbeth; Stein, Jillian – MDRC, 2016
Young people have been hit especially hard by changes in the labor market over the past decades. Unemployment among 16- to 24-year-olds increased the most of any age group during the recent recession, and remains more than double that among older adults. The unemployment rate is especially high for young people without high school diplomas.…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Unemployment, Youth Programs, Vocational Education
Duru-Nnebue, Thomisha M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This project study is an evaluation of a job-training program designed to serve unemployed adult learners at a community college. The program lacked empirical data about participants finding employment. The rationale for selecting the problem is the need to provide skill development and vocational training in response to high unemployment rates.…
Descriptors: Job Training, Adult Learning, Community Colleges, Unemployment
WEISBROD, BURTON A. – 1966
BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT TRAINING PROGRAMS ORDINARILY INVOLVE BOTH BENEFITS (ADVANTAGES) AND COSTS (DISADVANTAGES), THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE FORM OF SUCH EFFECTS IN THE MANPOWER TRAINING AREA, AND PRESENTS SOME SUGGESTIONS REGARDING MEASUREMENT METHODS. THE NEED TO EVALUATE TRAINING PROGRAMS IN TERMS OF THEIR EFFECTS ON EFFICIENCY OF…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Employment Level, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Cohen, Malcolm S. – J Hum Resources, 1969
Descriptors: Community Action, Economic Research, Employment Level, Employment Programs
Klitzke, Elizabeth; And Others – 1987
An evaluation of secondary vocational education in Wisconsin was made using self-evaluation data from 55 schools. Each school gathered data from graduates, employers, advisory committee members, staff, and current students. Findings from the data were synthesized under five outcome areas: employment, postsecondary training, training satisfaction,…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
Scrivener, Susan; Hendra, Richard; Redcross, Cindy; Bloom, Dan; Michalopoulos, Charles; Walter, Johanna – 2002
An evaluation was conducted of Vermont's Welfare Restructuring Project (WRP), one of the earliest statewide welfare reform programs designed to increase work and reduce reliance on welfare. To assess the difference WRP made, parents applying for or receiving cash assistance in Vermont from July 1994 to December 1996 were assigned randomly to one…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility
WOLFBEIN, SEYMOUR L. – 1967
DURING THE EARLY 1960'S, THREE PRIMARY CHANGES OCCURRED IN THE UNITED STATES WHICH CALLED FOR A BASIC REORIENTATION IN ATTITUDES, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS OF ACTION. INVOLVED WERE (1) AN ECONOMIC POLICY TO REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT THROUGH ECONOMIC GROWTH (1964 REVENUE ACT), (2) AN ACTIVE MANPOWER POLICY TO PROVIDE A TRAINED LABOR SUPPLY (1965 MANPOWER…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Economic Progress, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Level
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2004
This report provides a summary of six summative evaluation studies that were implemented and completed between 1999 and 2002. The evaluations were conducted on three different streams of Canada's Youth Employment Strategy (YES). The Youth Employment Strategy was introduced by the federal government in 1997 to address employment related challenges…
Descriptors: Youth Employment, Underemployment, Summative Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Wisconsin Univ. - Stout, Menomonie. Center for Vocational, Technical and Adult Education. – 1988
This document contains an overview of the Wisconsin Secondary Vocational Program Evaluation Project and guidelines for educators making evaluation site visits to the 55 schools evaluated in 1986-87. The first section of the guide introduces the evaluation program and outlines its components. Three following chapters cover: (1) goals of the team…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Research, Employer Attitudes, Employment Level
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