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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...

Summarizes findings from a 2010 statewide summit and makes the case for policy makers and business to increase investment in early childhood programs for sound long-term economic returns.

Summarizes the lessons learned from the nine planning grant states under the Work Support Strategies (WSS), a multiyear initiative to help selected states test and implement more effective and integrated approaches to delivering key work supports,...

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.

Documents the extent to which adult recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) are connected to the Supplemental Security Insurance (SSI) system and how they contribute to the overall dynamics of caseload changes in SSI in order...

The goals of this in-depth analysis was to better understand the intermediary approach and identify promising models and practices that can be valuable in using intermediaries in the workforce development system to better serve youth with...

Measures the impact of the Youth Opportunity (YO) Initiative in targeting distressed neighborhoods throughout the U.S., and highlights effective practices for serving youth.

One-Stop services and employment outcomes of Social Security disability beneficiaries in four states that implemented the Disability Program Navigator have been assessed for program effectiveness.

Highlights exemplary practices in serving TANF and other low-income populations through WIA One-Stop Career Centers.

"This report profiles the farm labor use patterns in Michigan and the benefits of farm labor to Michigan agriculture and rural areas and also profiles the migrant and seasonal farmworker population in the state, identifies some of the current...