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Seeks to empirically connect privatization to TANF program outcomes through multi-level models that incorporate and estimate both individual-level and contextual factors within the state of Florida.

This resource provides an overview of the practices of the Individual Placement and Support model developed by the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center, which are aimed at promoting veteran employment.

Explores work-sharing provisions included in the Middle Class Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 that help states reduce their unemployment rates and also save unemployment insurance costs.

Provides an overview of Short-Time Compensation as a strategy to avoid layoffs, its legislative history, and actions needed to take to revise the 1992 permanent law authorizing it.

Could expanding short-term compensation mitigate job loss during downturns? The report presents new evidence on the use of these programs during the 2009 recession.

Describes work sharing and the opportunity for federal action to expand its use.

Addresses the following: what is work sharing and how does it work, the costs and benefits associated with work sharing programs, work sharing programs in the U.S and best practices and recommendations for implementation of a work sharing program...

Systematically describes the key characteristics of job clubs sponsored by faith-based and community-based organizations (FBOs/CBOs), documents the similarities and differences of job clubs operated by publicly funded workforce agencies, and...

This rapid evidence review summarizes three strategies governments and businesses can use to retain employees during economic downturns: 1) work share or short-time compensation, 2) furloughs, and 3) employment protection programs.

The purpose of the Advanced Manufacturing, Mechatronics, and Quality Consortium (AMMQC) initiative, launched in late 2013, was to enhance job training programs in advanced manufacturing by shifting towards a career pathways approach to training...