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Many studies investigate how to improve employment outcomes for low-income adults, resulting in a vast body of research that can be challenging for practitioners and policymakers to navigate. The Employment Strategies for Low-Income Adults...

Reviews business and policy conditions that influence scheduling practices in low-level hourly jobs to determine how flexibility in these schedules can be implemented meaningfully.

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).

Examines an example of on-the-job training and its role in overall workforce development.

Examines the Jobs to Careers model for workforce development and how it aims to help hospitals focus on the careers and skills development of all members of the existing workforce.

Investigates how local employer practices can enable employees to successfully use the work-family programs designed to benefit them.

Provides key lessons learned through passing and implementing California’s Paid Family Leave program.

Details a demonstration project’s initial results in providing ex-offenders with workforce readiness training, career counseling, and an intensive follow-up process, to prevent recidivism and to support the transition back into civic society.

Explores the struggles and challenges of older workers in today's economy and offers suggestions so that older Americans who want or need to work can do so.