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The OFA PeerTA Archive captures historical information from the peerta.acf.hhs.gov website for reference and record-keeping purposes. The PeerTA site contains information posted within the past three years. You can search for any prior information below.

Rural America in Deep Downturn

Report

This resource is from the Rural Poverty Research Institute, and highlights the effect of the economic climate on rural areas. The rural economy is losing jobs at a faster rate than the rest of the nation, and employment data from the Bureau of…

Strategies to Help Low-Wage Workers Advance Implementation and Final Impacts of the Work Advancement and Support Center (WASC) Demonstration

Report

MDRC issued a report on the Work Advancement and Support Center (WASC), an innovative program designed to increase the incomes of low-wage workers. The program offered participating workers intensive employment retention and advancement services…

The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Los Angeles Reach For Success program

Report

This report presents implementation and two-year effectiveness results for the Reach for Success (RFS) program, operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services (DPSS). RFS offered individualized and flexible case…

Transitional jobs for ex-prisoners: Implementation, two-year impacts, and costs of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) Prisoner Reentry Program

Report

Almost 700,000 people are released from state prisons each year. Ex-prisoners face daunting obstacles to successful reentry into society, and rates of recidivism are high. Most experts believe that stable employment is critical to a successful…

Working toward Wellness: Early results from a telephone care management program for Medicaid recipients with depression

Report

Although many public assistance recipients suffer from depression, few receive consistent treatment. This report presents results through six months of a one-year telephonic care management program in Rhode Island that tried to encourage…

Effects of employment on marriage: Evidence from a randomized study of the Job Corps program

Report

This report explores the effects of employment-related outcomes (namely, average…

Maine: Washington County, Maine: Soft Skills and Employability Site Exchange

Report

As part of the Rural Communiities Initiative, Washington County, Maine conducted a Soft Skills and Employability Site Exchange.

 

Final Evaluation of the Prisoner Reentry Initiative

Report

Created in 2005, the Prisoner Reentry Initiative (PRI) is a joint endeavor of the U.S. Departments of Labor and Justice. The Initiative seeks to strengthen urban communities that experience a high number of returning prisoners through employment-…

Lessons Learned from Grantees: Creating Communities of Hope, Innovation, Productivity, and Prosperity

Report

This resource is from the U.S. Department of Labor on how workforce investment board (WIBs) and faith-based and community organization (FBCO) grantees have worked effectively together. Such partnerships can transform the performance and capacity…

Working Hard for the Money: Trends in Women’s Employment, 1970 to 2007

Report

This report was authored through the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. The researcher outlines the changing nature of women and work nationally over time, and in rural and urban areas. The focus of this research is five key…

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