This report presents findings from an evaluation of the National Farmworker Jobs Program. Authorized under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, the program serves migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents by offering services such as case management, skills training, and related...

This report presents findings from an evaluation of the National Farmworker Jobs Program. Authorized under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, the program serves migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents by offering services such as case management, skills training, and related...

This report provides initial findings from Mathematica’s evaluation, based on information about grantees’ activities collected from interviews with staff at workforce investment boards, intermediaries, One-Stop Career Centers, and FBCOs during the first-quarter of 2005. It describes...

Examines welfare offices' use of "intermediaries"--private or public organizations that act as brokers between the welfare system and employers--noting that a broad range of organizations act as intermediaries, including nonprofit and for-profit organizations, public sector agencies, and...

This report provides a foundation for Mathematica’s evaluation by reviewing the literature concerning partnerships between the workforce investment system and FBCOs. The report describes what is already known about the benefits of collaborations, as well as barriers and promotion strategies.

This report provides a foundation for Mathematica’s evaluation by reviewing the literature concerning partnerships between the workforce investment system and FBCOs. The report describes what is already known about the benefits of collaborations, as well as barriers and promotion strategies.

This report provides initial findings from Mathematica’s evaluation, based on information about grantees’ activities collected from interviews with staff at workforce investment boards, intermediaries, One-Stop Career Centers, and FBCOs during the first-quarter of 2005. It...

This issue brief describes the Employer Resource Network (ERN), an innovative, employer-based model that pulls together a consortium of small- to mid-size businesses to provide job retention services, work supports, and training opportunities for entry-level employees, many of whom are receiving...

This report describes the Employment and Training Administration’s Beneficiary Choice model, which offers ex-offenders a choice of community-based programs to help them reintegrate into their communities. The report discusses participants’ ability to find employment and remain free of crime...

This report examines implementation of the 2009 summer youth employment initiative, which placed more than 314,000 youth in summer jobs. As part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), states received $1.2 billion to fund employment and training targeted to disadvantaged...