Testing the Next Generation of Subsidized Employment Programs

In 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched the Subsidized and Transitional Employment Demonstration (STED), and the Department of Labor launched the Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration (ETJD). These complementary research projects are evaluating the effectiveness of 13 subsidized employment models in ten locations across the country. The programs target “hard to employ” groups, including TANF participants, people with criminal backgrounds, and young people out of school or work, and offers subsidies for learning employment skills while working.