Employment and Training Programs Serving Low-Income Populations: Next Steps for Research

This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation white paper is a follow-up to a roundtable convened in January 2019 which examined the status of and future directions for employment and training research. The white paper covers three key areas: what has been learned from prior research studies and what are the current federally funded research and evaluation efforts on employment and training programs for low-income populations; what contextual factors and trends will affect the labor market and consequently low-income workers’ future employment and earning prospects; and what topics and questions arose as common themes in roundtable discussions.