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More Than a Job: Final Results from the Evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Transitional Jobs Program
January 15, 2012This report presents the final results of the evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO)…Can Low-Income Single Parents Move Up in the Labor Market? Findings from the Employment Retention and Advancement Project
January 15, 2011A large fraction of the U.S. workforce earns wages that cannot lift a family above the poverty line, and…TANF and the Broader Safety Net
January 15, 2012This research brief summarizes what we know about the connections between TANF and other large safety net programs…
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A Bayesian Reanalysis of Results from the Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation Project
June 15, 2012Social policy evaluations usually use classical statistical methods, which may, for example, compare outcomes…Career Pathways as a Framework for Program Design and Evaluation: A Working Paper from The Innovative Strategies for Increasing Self-Sufficiency (ISIS) Project
May 15, 2012Career pathways is gaining steady acceptance as an integrative framework for promising approaches to…Providing Earnings Supplements to Encourage and Sustain Employment: Lessons from Research and Practice
May 15, 2012Three decades of mostly stagnant wages have made it difficult for many low-income parents to support their…
TANF Work Requirements and State Strategies to Fulfill Them
March 15, 2012A central component of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program is its emphasis on work…Career Pathways as a Framework for Program Design and Evaluation: A Working Paper from The Innovative Strategies for Increasing Self-Sufficiency (ISIS) Project
May 15, 2012Career pathways is gaining steady acceptance as an integrative framework for promising approaches to…TANF and the Broader Safety Net
January 15, 2012This research brief summarizes what we know about the connections between TANF and other large safety net programs…