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National Disability Employment Awareness Month, gives American Job Center service providers an opportunity to not only honor the contributions workers with disabilities make to America’s workplaces and the economy but to also examine program and...

How do you know if your program or initiative is effective? How do you gather proven practices or implement evidence-based practices? To respond to these questions, WSS presents three research and evaluation resources! The following resources...

Effective workforce development programs can help meet the needs of participants and employers. However, the delivery of such programs requires thoughtful planning and implementation. These resources discuss how research results and accountability...

In recent years, decision makers have become interested in behavioral science and its potential to motivate and improve results for program participants. US DOL’s Behavioral Interventions (DOL-BI) project explores how these interventions can...

This week, we highlight resources that describe innovative alternative pathways that develop the skills of opportunity youth and adults. The first resource presents a six-pillar career pathways framework that includes enrollment policies,...

Examines state and federal workers’ compensation program changes in the 1990s and their effects on the disability insurance (DI) application rate.

Innovative and replicable model that successfully enabled transition from the street to home living for a small group of youth that experienced homelessness.

Traces the history of seven regional workforce collaboratives in the initiative, from before the launch of the National Fund through early 2010.

Analyses of Safer Foundation (SF) recidivism rates demonstrate that formerly incarcerated persons seeking services at SF are significantly less likely to return to the Illinois Department of Corrections than are members of the general releasee...

Examines the need to create a comprehensive support system for African American homeless veterans with disabilities around issues of employment, mental health, housing, and financial stability.