A growing body of research shows that having an involved father enhances a child's well-being. This four-page issue brief, based on Mathematica's evaluation of the Early Head Start Fatherhood Demonstration, delineates lessons for policymakers and practitioners who are embarking on new efforts to...

Examines work-based learning activities in high school, noting that a diverse mix of students--including both high- and low-achievers--participates in some work-based activity. However, females are more likely to do so than males. Also notes that internships arranged through school are in a...

Using data from a population survey of 261 Early Head Start programs and a father involvement demonstration of 21 programs, the authors examine the extent to which fathers participate in Early Head Start intervention programs for infants and toddlers. Fathers were present in the lives of a...

This report presents early findings from the evaluation of the ITA experiment, which aims to provide federal, state, and local policymakers with information on the effectiveness of, and trade-offs inherent in, three different approaches to managing customer choice in Workforce Investment Act...

Finds that most WtW grantees, except recently funded ones, are now delivering services, but restrictive eligibility rules still in effect in late 1999 continue to impede enrollment. Despite low enrollment, grantees have moved expeditiously to place WtW participants in work activities. To date,...

The U.S. Department of Labor awards National Emergency Grants (NEGs) to states or local areas that need supplemental resources to provide workforce development services. This report summarizes an evaluation of NEGs to military communities to support U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) employment...

The Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (SEBTC), a demonstration by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, aims to mitigate summer child food insecurity by leveraging existing electronic benefit transfer technologies used by the Supplemental Nutrition...