This issue of At Work demonstrates the importance of evidence-based approaches for policy and programs. We explore the expansion of apprenticeships into new sectors, lessons for workforce programs serving long-term unemployed workers, and much more. Dive in and check out our latest findings!
Abt is evaluating the U.S. Department of Labor’s American Apprenticeship Initiative and found apprenticeships in new sectors expanded, as did the number of apprentices from previously underrepresented populations.
Citing evidence from 80 research studies, Abt offered 10 recommendations to the Social Security Administration on how to use evidence of the effectiveness of community-based services and supports for youth who receive Supplemental Security Income. This work is one of several short-term research studies Abt has completed for the SSA since 2018.
In the third in a series of reports for the U.S. Department of Education, Abt and Manhattan Strategy Group identified innovative practices from nine adult education programs. This report describes practices that enable adults to participate in integrated education and training or transition to postsecondary education or training.
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Abt and MEF Associates conducted an implementation study of the Ready to Work Partnership Grant program funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. The report details the ways grantees served long-term unemployed workers and lessons for workforce programs.
Do education and career training programs that use a career pathways approach improve educational outcomes, entry to career-track employment and earnings, and other life outcomes? This three-year cross-site report of nine programs in the Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education project and of the Health Profession Opportunity Grants 1.0 Program provides insight on these impacts.
Millions of adults lack the postsecondary credentials to obtain jobs in the current economy. This brief, using data from three Administration for Children and Families-funded studies, summarizes options for helping nontraditional students combine school and work.
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