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Assessing Enhanced Transitional Employment (ETE) Programs

General Information

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Evaluator(s) Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Investigator(s) LaDonna Pavetti (Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.)
 
Domain Income Security/TANF
Status Completed with continuing analysis
Duration Apr 2000 - Mar 2001
Type Research and/or Program Evaluation
Program/Policy Description Description: This project will identify and describe operating employment-focused programs that help individuals who face significant employment challenges by providing transitional employment or work experience that builds the skills and capacity of participants through a supportive environment. Strategies for providing a supportive environment may include close supervision, peer supports, progressive performance expectations, and linkage or provision of needed services as well as other methods. The project will provide detailed descriptions of the programs identified, an assessment of program capacity and the feasibility of expanding existing programs to serve more participants, and, if not now served, TANF recipients with significant employment barriers. It will also provide suggestions on how these programs might be replicated in other state/local settings and an assessment of the feasibility of conducting a large-scale evaluation of such employment strategies, including an impact evaluation based on an experimental design.

Major Research Questions: To what extent do programs operate nationwide that are similar to the Supported Work Programs evaluated under the previous national demonstration and evaluation? What are the guiding principles on which the programs were developed and operate? What are the major "supportive" or "transitional" features or components used within the programs to address the needs of those requiring a more supportive employment environment to sustain employment, including the provision of specific services to address individual or family issues that may interfere with sustained employment? What are the characteristics of these programs (e.g., the types of sponsoring organizations, mission of organization, other programs operating in the same organization, size of programs, capacity of programs, age of programs, staff qualifications, staffing levels or allocation, collaborating entities or agencies)? Could programs be expanded to include more participants or TANF recipients? Could program models be replicated in other sites? What is the "program" (e.g., the sequence of events for participants engaged in the program, the component parts of the program, services provided, allowable length of program, average stay in program by participants)?

Notes No notes reported.
 
Last Updated 01/17/02
Type of Summary Unreviewed
Contact(s) LaDonna Pavetti (lpavetti@mathematica-mpr.com)
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
2100 M Street NW
(T) (202) 484-9220
(F) (202) 863-1763
Submitter(s) Research Forum Staff (info@researchforum.org)
National Center for Children In Poverty
215 West 125th St, 3rd Fl
(T) (646)284-9600
(F) not reported

Populations Studied

Target Population Recipients/participants/clients
Subgroups Analyzed None
Sample Size and Unit Sample characteristics not reported.
Execution Not reported.

Sites Studied

Nationwide

Program Components, Policies, and Activities Evaluated

Employment activities

Social/Support services

Variation in program components across sites? No

Outcomes Assessed

Program implementation

Employment

Types of Studies

Type Descriptive/Analytical Study
 

Data Sources

Source Field Research
 
Source Survey
 

Findings Available

Not Yet Available

Recommendations

Existing Publications

05/01/01 Assessing Enhanced Transitional Employment Programs: Work-Based Strategies for Hard-to-Employ TANF Recipients: A Preliminary Assessment of Program Models and Dimensions, Final Report Mathematica