Browse Our Community Library

Three resources in Workforce System Strategies (WSS) highlight effective and promising initiatives designed to support individuals with specific challenges to employment. Learn more about individual placement and supports that help increase...

Four resources from Workforce System Strategies (WSS) highlight approaches for employers to promote and implement inclusive employment practices. Learn more about how community-based organizations can implement career bridge programs, the use and...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, over 15 million workers were self-employed in 2016. Self-employment can offer dislocated workers a path to financial security and economic mobility. In 2013, the Department of Labor funded the...

WIOA sets out to implement workforce education and employment system reforms to help strengthen the public workforce system. Although WIOA replaced WIA, recent studies under WIA sought to address research questions to inform such reforms. The...

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, healthcare occupations are projected to grow 19 percent from 2014 to 2024, much faster and with a higher median annual wage than the average for all occupations.  The following resources describe...

Explains the importance of expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for workers without qualifying children in order to subsidize the earnings of less-educated workers in the United States.

Used an experimental design to measure the impact of a national program providing educational, employment and training, and community service activities.

Explores the effects of a program funded under the John Chafee Foster Care Independence Program that seeks to improve employment outcomes among foster youth transitioning into adulthood by providing one-on-one job search counseling.

Presents findings from the pre-release and post-release interviews conducted with juveniles from four programs funded by the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative and comparison juveniles who did not receive services.

Discusses a new skills-building model designed to help low-income adults prepare for, enter, and succeed in quality jobs in high-demand fields with opportunities for career growth.