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Local Workforce Boards are charged with coordinating their local plans with their state’s workforce goals. The implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) created changes to the responsibilities and structure of these...

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...

Highlights promising and rigorous evidence that suggests mature, nonprofit-led, sector-focused programs can increase the earnings of disadvantaged populations. This analysis also highlights these programs’ common elements for success.

Introduces a four-stage framework for scaling up education reform through community college system innovation to strategically increase the odds of successful expansion, impact, and sustainability relevant to K-12 systems, four-year colleges, and...

Examines the response of state workforce agencies in providing public workforce and unemployment insurance services to unemployed workers before, during, and after the recent recession.

Assesses the extent to which priority of service requirements under the Jobs for Veterans Act are being met, with a particular focus on implementation of priority of services at the state and local levels through the One-Stop Career Center system.

This literature review synthesizes several rigorous quasi-experimental studies conducted on Workforce Investment Act programs and other sector-focused workforce programs

Contains results of a summative evaluation of California's Integrated Service Delivery (ISD) Initiative which was designed to integrate local Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Programs with Wagner-Peyser Programs inside One-Stop Career Centers...

Examines the difference in earnings progression between individuals who received any WIA Title I-B Adult service (core, intensive, and training) and those who received only Labor Exchange services.

Contributes to the understanding of the role of Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Employment Services (ES) for individuals who have left Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The study was conducted in four states.