This purpose of this paper, from MDRC, was to conduct a scan of the current state of the evidence regarding what works in helping disconnected young people. To develop the paper, MDRC conducted a literature review and…

Employment social enterprises offer individuals with employment barriers an opportunity to gain real-world work experience in settings that combine a transitional jobs model with a business mission of financial viability. Based on analysis of data…

The implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), signed into law in 2014, presents an extraordinary opportunity for the publicly-funded workforce development system. The system can now demonstrate its ability to improve job…

Approximately 6.7 million young adults in America are out of school and out of work. In order to answer questions about assistance to help young adults access employment and opportunities that service providers can leverage, this report from the…

This report presents findings from two components of the National Implementation Evaluation of the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG): the Descriptive Implementation Study and the Outcome Study. These two studies address the following…

This report, by Ernst…

This Jobs for the Future report provides recommendations for state community college systems to use real-time labor market information to build better middle-skill pathways in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). First, the…

This brief from the Urban Institute provides a framework for why workforce programs and employers must engage with one another. First, the brief presents the challenges that workforce programs may face when engaging employers. Employers may not see…

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was enacted in July 2014 to foster increased coordination among federal workforce development and related programs. This report from the Congressional Research Service details WIOA Title I state…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA), hosted the Gateway to Opportunity: Improving Parental Employment and Family Well-Being Outcomes…