This report from MDRC presents the interim impact findings from an ongoing evaluation of YouthBuild, a program that employs at-risk youth in the construction field, teaching them marketable skills while also supporting them to earn their high school…

This brief from Mathematica Policy Research highlights a newer practice in college settings called competency-based education (CBE), which allows students to work at their own pace towards a credential, often meeting workforce demands faster than…

This article summarizes several listening sessions that the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse held with fathers to gain information about workforce development efforts. It highlights three main themes and suggestions that emerged from…

This reporting guide from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation recommends best practices for study authors on how to describe impact evaluations of employment programs. The guide includes recommendations for describing study…

Ramsey County, Minnesota’s welfare counselors draft long-term employment plans for their clients. Instead of pushing clients into getting the first available job, they create plans that are broken down into manageable steps. This article from…

The SNAP to Skills website was recently launched by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service. This new resource will serve as a hub for information and news about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment…

This paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research examines the effect of labor market conditions — such as unemployment, mass layoffs and predicted employment — on child abuse and neglect. According to a large body of research, poverty and…

Although the labor market has been steadily recovering since the Great Recession, younger workers have not been benefiting at the same rate as the overall workforce. The unemployment rate among adults aged 20-24 is almost double the national average…

This eight-minute video from MDRC highlights six New York participants of the Paycheck Plus demonstration, which is testing an expanded Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for low-income single workers without children in New York City and Atlanta.

This brief from MDRC examines whether quick employment or basic education and training better improves economic well-being of TANF participants. The authors present findings from three sites that took part in the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-…