This MDRC policy brief identifies the positive earnings and employment outcomes of three programs designed to support upward mobility in youth: YouthBuild, Year Up, and New York City’s Young Adult Internship Program. In particular, a key finding…

The analysis of this report, prepared by a study group of researchers from the Brookings Institution and the American Enterprise Institute, has two key parts: it identifies individuals who constitute the working class by location, educational…

This Administration for Children and Families (ACF) blog post discusses the “power of work” relative to the nation’s safety net, as well as ACF’s encouragement of state TANF programs to harness this power when striving to improve employment outcomes…

This infographic from the Aspen Institute outlines seven steps that employers can take to increase their employees’ soft skills, which are necessary for organizational sustainability. These crucial soft skills that lead to organizational success…

Apprenticeships play an important role in preparing workers for successful and sustainable careers. This set of three tools, created by the U.S. Department of Labor, provides guidance on developing and expanding apprenticeship programs that can…

The Office of Family Assistance has published a series of success stories from the HPOG program. Each of the dozen stories reflects the first-person narrative of an HPOG participant, drawn from Tribal and non-Tribal HPOG grantees, who has…

Greater awareness of the opioid epidemic and its impact on participants and employer partners as well as on workforce service delivery is needed. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration, the U.S. Department of Health…

On October 17, Mathematica Policy Research will discuss the historical trends of the work activity of people with disabilities, as well as new insights from three studies on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) recipients. Background on the…