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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.

Finding the next job: Reemployment strategies in retention and advancement programs for current and former welfare recipients

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This 12-page practitioner brief focuses on one aspect of the ERA programs — that is, their strategies to reemploy the many program participants who quickly lost jobs. Limited rigorous evidence is available on reemployment strategies. Moreover…

The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement: Final Impacts for twelve models

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This report summarizes the final impact results for the national Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project. This project tested, using a random assignment design, the effectiveness of numerous programs intended to promote steady work and…

Benefit-cost findings for three programs in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) Project

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This report presents an analysis of the financial benefits and costs of three diverse programs designed to…

Promising Practices in Self-Sufficiency & Employment Programs for Fathers: Evidence-Based and Evidence-Informed Research Findings

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This report compiles and analyzes information from seven father self-sufficiency/employment programs that were rigorously evaluated. Common implementation themes emerged, including: partnering with job placement and other agencies to serve low-…

Testing case management in a rural context: An impact analysis of the Illinois Future Steps Program

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This final report focuses on Future Steps. In this report, the authors (1) chronicle the design and operation of Future Steps, assessing program participation, service delivery, and costs; (2) examine 30-month impacts on employment, earnings,…

Teaching self-sufficiency: An impact and benefit-cost analysis of a home visitation and life skills education programs

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The Rural Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Strategies Demonstration Evaluation rigorously…

Employment Retention and Advancement Project: Results from the Post-Assistance Self-Sufficiency (PASS) program in Riverside, California

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Although much is known about how to help welfare recipients find jobs, little is…

Innovative employment approaches and programs for low-income families

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The Innovative Employment Strategies project, conceived and funded by the U.S.…

Building in Good Jobs: Linking Economic Development and Workforce Development with Real Estate-Led Economic Development

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The report, from the New York City Employment and Training Coalition and the Pratt Center for Community Development, provides an overview of how linkage policies facilitate urban revitalization and reduce poverty among urban areas. Authors…

Good Stories Aren't Enough: Becoming Outcomes-Driven in Workforce Development

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This article outlines the experience of six workforce organizations in the process of restructuring to become more outcomes driven. Reviewing strategies to increase communication among frontline staff around data, many organizations found…

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