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Findings demonstrate that offenders who participated in community based employment programs were significantly more likely to obtain employment and significantly less likely to be re-arrested among the timeframes analyzed, unless they were younger...

Examines the characteristics and effectiveness of Alternative Staffing Organizations (ASOs).

Presents a practical method for measuring rates of program entry and completion using data on students’ actual course-taking behaviors rather than declared major or intent.

Explores the reasoning, process, outcomes, and lessons learned by a workforce policy change in Michigan that shifted away from emphasizing short-term job search and job placement services towards longer-term investment in training for in-demand...

Examines the extent to which individuals with disabilities receive Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits and the rate these individuals use the public workforce system and become employed after receiving services.

Examines the work of personal assistance services and their effect on workers with disabilities.

Examines the preparedness for transition of former 4-H participants and how it may have affected their readiness for transition to college.

Examines the data collected from three successful programs serving disconnected youth populations in order to distill key lessons for practitioners and policymakers aiming to improve outcomes for disconnected youth.

Provides an overview of the American Unemployment Insurance (UI) system in comparison to that of European ones and attempts to identify lessons for the U.S. from the European experience.

Explores the provision of personal and work supports intended to help TANF recipients living with disabilities participate in employment program activities and competitive work.