Creating and Expanding Regional Workforce Partnerships for Skilled H-1B Industries and Occupations

This report describes findings from the America's Promise Implementation Study, including how grantees developed their partnerships and served participants.

Services Provided to Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP) Participants at American Job Centers

The HVRP focuses exclusively on employment services for veterans experiencing homelessness. This brief describes the types of services HVRP participants received at American Job Centers (AJCs) compared to veterans experiencing homelessness who did not participate in HVRP but received AJC services.

Supporting the Employment of Veterans Experiencing Homelessness

The HVRP focuses exclusively on employment services for veterans experiencing homelessness. This report describes program outreach and enrollment processes, core components of the HVRP model, the role of partnerships, and other community services available to veterans experiencing homelessness.

Co-Enrollment of Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP) Participants in a Program at an American Job Center

The HVRP focuses exclusively on employment services for veterans experiencing homelessness. This brief describes HVRP participants' co-enrollment at a program at American Job Centers (AJCs), including the percentage receiving services at the AJC and the processes used to co-enroll participants.

State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Case Studies: Summary of Innovative Programs Serving People with Low Income

The State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Case Studies project is designed to expand the knowledge base on innovative approaches to help people with low incomes, including TANF recipients, prepare for and engage in work and increase their overall stability.

Case Study of a Program Addressing Participants’ Barriers Before Providing Training and Other Work-Related Activities: Rhode Island Works

This case study, a part of the State TANF Case Studies project, describes Rhode Island Works, RI’s TANF program, and highlights how it provides supportive services to help participants overcome their barriers, participate in employment-related activities, and find sustainable employment.

National Evaluation of the Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3): Summary of the Evaluation’s Reports and Findings

This final project report summarizes the products and findings from the five-year National Evaluation of the Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3).

Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3): Implementation Study Findings of the Pilots' Experiences

This report assesses the 14 awarded pilots’ implementation of the Federal vision for the Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3).

Registered Apprenticeship: A Descriptive Study of States’ Systems and Growth

To learn about states’ efforts to expand registered apprenticeship, the U.S. Department of Labor contracted with Mathematica and its partners to administer a survey to states to document their efforts to support the expansion of apprenticeship programs and learn of their need for technical assistance...

Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3): Four Years After Initial Authorization

This paper assesses P3 four years after its initial authorization, and is based on data collected from interviews with Federal agency staff and two rounds of site visits to the nine original (Cohort 1) pilots, conducted between 2016 and 2018.

Early Experiences of the Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3): Cohort 1 Pilots

To assess the Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3), Federal agencies sponsored a five-year national evaluation, under the direction of the U.S. Department of Labor Chief Evaluation Office. Using data from the evaluation’s implementation study, this paper reflects on the early experiences...

An Institutional Analysis of American Job Centers: Study Highlights

This paper summarizes the Institutional Analysis of American Job Centers (AJCs) study design, key findings, and implications for the AJC system under the Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act.

Job Corps External Review: Highlights from an Evidence Scan of Promising Practices for Serving Disconnected Youth

This document highlights practices for delivering services to disconnected youth, as identified in the literature scan and described in the study’s Evidence Scan report.

The External Review of Job Corps: An Evidence Scan Report

The external review covers a broad range of topics that are relevant to the Job Corps program, including program operations and services.

National Experimental Evaluation of Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs: Study Highlights

This publication presents study highlights from a national experimental evaluation of the Adult and Dislocated Worker programs.

What Works to Help Job Seekers? Rigorous Evaluation Found Individualized Staff Assistance Effective, But Training Needs Improvement (Study Brief)

This brief presents the impact findings from a national experimental evaluation of the Adult and Dislocated Worker programs.

Providing Public Workforce Services to Job Seekers: 30-Month Impact Findings on the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs

This report presents the 30-month impact findings from a national experimental evaluation of the Adult and Dislocated Worker programs. It also provides the cost-benefit analysis results.

Providing Public Workforce Services to Job Seekers: 15-Month Impact Findings on the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs

This report presents findings from a study of the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker programs’ impacts on employment and earnings.

Case Studies of Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants: Final Report

The Study of School Turnaround (SST) examines the change process in a diverse, purposive sample of schools receiving federal School Improvement Grants (SIG) from 2010–11 to 2012–13.

Providing Public Workforce Services to Job Seekers: Implementation Findings on the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs

The Adult and Dislocated Worker programs are two of the largest public workforce investment programs in the United States, so it is important to determine the effectiveness of the services they offer.

Older Americans Act Nutrition Programs Evaluation: Meal Cost Analysis

The Elderly Nutrition Services Program Process Evaluation meal cost analysis examined the average cost of congregate and home-delivered meals provided under the Nutrition Services Programs, which is administered by the Administration on Aging, and whether the cost varied by program characteristics.

Evaluating National Ongoing Programs: Implementing the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs Gold Standard Evaluation

This report describes the implementation of the impact study of the Workforce Investment Act Gold Standard Evaluation.

Providing Services to Veterans Through the Public Workforce System: Descriptive Findings from the WIA Gold Standard Evaluation, Volume I

As thousands of military veterans return from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom and seek to enter the civilian labor market, providing effective employment and training services to veterans is becoming increasingly important.

Providing Services to Veterans Through the Public Workforce System: Descriptive Findings from the WIA Gold Standard Evaluation, Volume II

Using data collected from interviews with program staff and administrative data for the 28 local workforce investment areas randomly selected to participate in the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs Gold Standard Evaluation, we examined the characteristics of...

Improvement Efforts in Rural Schools: Experience of Nine Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants

Low-performing schools in rural settings can face challenges common to all struggling schools, such as low student motivation and maintaining a qualified teaching staff.

A Focused Look at Rural Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants (Book Chapter)

Case Studies of Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants

This report focuses on a small sample of schools receiving SIG during the first year of the revamped SIG program (2010–11).

A Focused Look at Rural Schools Receiving School Improvement Grants

This evaluation brief focuses on the nine SIG schools that were in rural areas and how respondents in these schools perceived their rural context to influence specific turnaround activities.

The Structure and Operations of Social Enterprises in REDF's Social Innovation Fund Portfolio: Interim Report

REDF social enterprises are businesses that advance the public good and sell goods and services in order to provide jobs for hard-to-employ individuals. Initial findings from Mathematica's evaluation show that the enterprises served the hard to employ.

Using TANF Funds to Support Subsidized Youth Employment: The 2010 Summer Youth Employment Initiative

In summer 2010, state and local Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and workforce agencies partnered to plan and administer summer youth employment initiatives.

Reinvesting in America's Youth: Lessons from the 2009 Recovery Act Summer Youth Employment Initiative

This report examines implementation of the 2009 summer youth employment initiative, which placed more than 314,000 youth in summer jobs.

Understanding Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Caseloads After Passage of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005

This paper examines how policy and structural changes states made in response to the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) may influence the level and composition of the TANF caseload.

The Implementation Evaluation of the Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts Demonstration

The implementation evaluation of the Military Spouse Career Advancement Account Demonstration describes the early experiences of demonstration sites, the characteristics of spouses who received CAAs and their military sponsors, and spouses’ plans for using their CAAs as of when they enrolled in the demonstration.

A Study of States' TANF Diversion Programs

In response to higher effective work participation rates that followed the reauthorization of the TANF program in 2005, states added new policies and programs that divert eligible families from the TANF system.

Seeding Entrepreneurship Across Campus: Early Implementation Experiences of the Kauffman Campuses Initiative

Entrepreneurship has long been a fundamental aspect of American society, serving as an important contributor to economic growth. However, only recently has entrepreneurship begun to develop as an academic field in U.S. colleges and universities.

Moving Clients into Self-Sufficiency: Summary of Findings from the WFNJ Evaluation

In 1998, Mathematica began a five-year comprehensive evaluation of WFNJ to determine how clients were faring under the new reforms, how reform was implemented, and how communities responded to welfare reform and local challenges and opportunities.

When Schools Stay Open Late: The National Evaluation of the 21st-Century Community Learning Centers Program, New Findings

Mathematica's latest report shows that 21st Century after-school programs, which currently spend $1 billion a year in federal funding, changed where and with whom students spent some of their after-school time.

Addressing Barriers to Employment: Detecting and Treating Health and Behavioral Problems Among New Jersey's TANF Clients

Examines New Jersey’s efforts to identify and provide services to TANF clients with health and behavioral problems. Estimates the prevalence of specific problems, the extent to which line staff identify clients with these problems, and the fraction of clients referred to relevant services.

Helping Working Families After Welfare: Access to New Jersey's Support Services

Discusses working TANF leavers' access to and participation in programs supporting (1) families' basic needs for items such as food and health insurance; (2) parents' efforts to work, by providing child care, transportation, and income supplements; and (3) workers' efforts to keep their jobs and advance...

When Schools Stay Open Late: The National Evaluation of the 21st-Century Community Learning Centers Program, First Year Findings

The first-year findings reveal that while the 21st Century Community Learning Centers changed where and with whom students spent some of their after-school time and increased parental involvement, they had limited influence on academic performance, no influence on feelings of safety or on the number...

Needs and Challenges in Three New Jersey Communities: Implications for Welfare Reform

Examines challenges facing low-income parents, employers, and service providers in three high-poverty areas: Camden City, Cumberland County, and Newark. Finds that many low-income parents do not make use of tax credits, child care subsidies, and job placement services for which they are eligible.

Leading the Way: Characteristics and Early Experiences of Selected Early Head Start Programs. Volume III: Program Implementation

Enhancing the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Evaluation: A Concept Paper

Describes how various components of Mathematica's complex study fit together and explains perspectives and principles related to 1) distinguishing implemented programs from intended ones, 2) ensuring broad coverage to explore competing theories of effective programming, 3) collecting longitudinal information...

Reshaping Welfare in New Jersey: Lessons from the Implementation of Work First New Jersey

Examines how local agencies have adapted WFNJ/TANF to their own counties. Finds that all counties have implemented the basic program, county staff support the goals of WFNJ, and partnerships exist at the state and county levels.

Leading the Way: Characteristics and Early Experiences of Selected Early Head Start Programs. Volume I: Cross-Site Perspectives

This publication, the first major report on the Early Head Start national evaluation, focuses on early implementation experiences and tells the story of the 17 programs that helped launch the first nationwide program for low-income infants and toddlers.

Leading the Way: Characteristics and Early Experiences of Selected Early Head Start Programs. Volume II: Program Profiles

This publication, the first major report on the Early Head Start national evaluation, focuses on early implementation experiences and tells the story of the 17 programs that helped launch the first nationwide program for low-income infants and toddlers.

The Andrew Hill High School Medical-Health Professions Magnet Program: A Summative Evaluation

A Positive Force: The First Two Years of Youth Fair Chance

Serving Elders at Risk: The Older Americans Act Nutrition Programs National Evaluation of the Elderly Nutrition Program 1993-1995. Volume II: Title VI Evaluation Findings

The Cost of Dropout Prevention Programs

Summary of Follow-up Findings: School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Program Evaluation

National Study of the Adult Component of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Volume 1: Results

National Study of the Adult Component of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Volume 2: Technical Appendices and Tables