Los Angeles Jobs-First GAIN Evaluation: Study Types

Types of Studies

Type Impact Study (Controlled Experiment)
Aim To assess the impacts of Jobs-First GAIN program on participants’ earnings, welfare benefits, employment, and adult and child outcomes.
 
Type Implementation/Process Study
Aim To demonstrate how welfare administrators transformed the program from provision of high-cost education services, shown to have helped relatively few recipients reach self-sufficiency, to adoption of a Work First strategy.
 
Type Cost-Benefit Study
Aim To assess the cost effectiveness of Jobs-First GAIN.