Next-Generation CBE: Designing Competency-Based Education for Underprepared College Learners

Record Description
This report from Jobs for the Future provides an overview of the Competency-Based Education (CBE) landscape, and examines academic and personal barriers that underprepared adult learners face and how adapted CBE programs can help students overcome them. The report reviews key issues in designing effective CBE programs and recommends potential CBE program design elements.
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Posting Date
Combined Date
2016-07-24T20:00:00
Source
OFA Initiatives
Region
City/County
URL
http://www.jff.org/sites/default/files/publications/materials/CBE-paper-072516…
Publication Date
2016-07-25

Assessing the Evidence Base: Strategies That Support Employment for Low-Income Adults

Record Description
The Employment Strategies for Low-Income Adults Evidence Review examined studies of employment and training interventions for low-income adults. The study review intends to provide a systematic assessment of the research evidence for the effectiveness of programs designed to improve the employment-related outcomes of low-income adults. This brief from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation presents an overview of the Employment Strategies for Low-Income Adults Evidence Review approach, describes the studies, and presents results from the review.
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Posting Date
Combined Date
2016-08-16T20:00:00
Source
Region
City/County
URL
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/assessing-evidence-base-strategies-support…
Publication Date
2016-08-17

Webinar Materials Available: The Value of Apprenticeship Data

Record Description
The National Skills Coalition and the Workforce Data Quality Campaign hosted this webinar on May 26, 2016. It provided an overview of apprenticeships in the United States and the current state of apprenticeship data. The webinar also showcased how North Carolina is using this information to advance its research, and empower its workers and employers.
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Posting Date
Combined Date
2016-05-26T08:00:00
Source
OFA Initiatives
Region
City/County
URL
http://www.workforcedqc.org/resources-events/events/webinar-value-apprenticeshi…
Publication Date
2016-05-26

Justice Department Announces Resources to Reform Practices

Record Description
On March 14, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a Dear Colleague letter to state and local courts to announce new resources. The purpose of the resources is to assist state and local efforts to reform practices for assessment of ability to pay as part of enforcement efforts to collect fees, fines, and child support. The resources can support the ongoing work of judges, courts, policymakers, program administrators, and other stakeholders in ensuring justice for all individuals, regardless of financial circumstances.
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Posting Date
Combined Date
2016-03-20T20:00:00
Source
Region
City/County
URL
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/resource/justice-department-announces-resources-to-r…
Publication Date
2016-03-21

Turner v. Rogers Guidance

Record Description

This Action Transmittal, providing guidance on Turner v. Rogers, was disseminated by the Office of Child Support Enforcement to state agencies administering Child Support Enforcement Plans under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act and other interested individuals. The Transmittal provides an overview of Turner v. Rogers, state contempt practices, distinguishing between civil and criminal contempt, using civil contempt in child support cases in which ability to pay is at issue, and using civil contempt in child support cases in which ability to comply is at issue.

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Posting Date
Combined Date
2012-06-17T20:00:00
Source
Region
City/County
URL
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/css/resource/turner-v-rogers-guidance
Publication Date
2012-06-18
Innovative Programs

Cookie Cart

Mission/Goal of Program

Cookie Cart provides teens 15 to 18 years old with lasting and meaningful work, life and leadership skills through hands on experience and training in urban nonprofit bakeries. The first storefront was started on Emerson Avenue, and then in 1996 Cookie Cart settled into its current location on West Broadway Avenue, right in the heart of North Minneapolis. In 2018, Cookie Cart opened a second bakery and training facility on Saint Paul’s East Side on the historic Payne Avenue.

Programs/Services Offered

Cookie Cart youth employees have the chance to learn “real world” work skills by actively participating in the daily production and sales of cookies in a nonprofit bakery. Mistakes are treated as learning opportunities, and all lessons are given in the context of how to meet expectations at traditional jobs. In addition, the youth employees attend workshops that focus on interpersonal communication, critical thinking and future goal orientation. They include: 

  • Foundations which is the understanding and developing of successful work skills such as work rules, safety, peer communication, managing schedules;
  • Leadership training on directing peer teams, training new youth employees, dealing with conflict; 
  • Bright Futures concentrating on preparing for the transition to the next job by preparing resumes, practicing interviewing, and applying for a job; and 
  • Financial Literacy workshops that cover the essential building blocks of personal finance.
Start Date
Friday, January 1, 1988
Type of Agency/Organization
Nonprofit Organization
City
Minneapolis
State
Minnesota
Geographic Reach
Multisite
Clientele/Population Served
15- to 18-year-olds from low-income communities of color
Topics/Subtopics
Education and Training
On the Job Training
URL
https://cookiecart.org/

Improving Business Processes for Delivering Work Supports for Low-Income Families: Findings from the Work Support Strategies Evaluation

Record Description
This report by the Urban Institute describes findings of the Work Support Strategies (WSS) initiative, which helps states improve their service delivery, run programs more effectively, and modernize. Through technical assistance, grants, and peer learning, WSS aids state programs in Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and South Carolina. This report discusses business process redesign efforts undertaken by these states and the outcomes of these efforts.
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Posting Date
Combined Date
2016-02-29T19:00:00
Source
OFA Initiatives
SFS Category
Region
City/County
URL
http://www.urban.org/research/publication/improving-business-processes-deliveri…
Publication Date
2016-03-01

Webinar Materials Available: WIOA State Plans: Realizing Innovation and Opportunity

Record Description
This webinar from July 7, 2016, hosted by the National Skills Coalition, highlighted key points from a selection of state plans. It was intended to help a broad set of stakeholders reflect on their state plan’s strategies and critical implementation issues, as well as think about potential improvements and next steps.
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Posting Date
Combined Date
2016-07-07T08:00:00
Source
OFA Initiatives
Region
City/County
URL
http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/resources/multimedia/video/webinar-wioa-…
Publication Date
2016-07-07

Adolescent Well-Being after Experiencing Family Homelessness

Record Description
This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation brief examines the well-being of adolescents who had recently experienced homelessness with their families. The brief uses data from the Family Options Study to explore the housing situations, academic development, and social development of these teens.
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Posting Date
Combined Date
2016-05-31T20:00:00
Source
Region
City/County
URL
https://aspe.hhs.gov/pdf-report/adolescent-well-being-after-experiencing-family…
Publication Date
2016-06-01

Deepening Connections between Neuroscience and Public Policy to Understand Poverty

Record Description
Recent studies have begun to show that inhibited brain development and functioning in children raised in poverty may be an important explanatory factor behind the relationship often seen between growing up in poverty and lower educational attainment. This brief from the Institute for Research on Poverty summarizes an April 2016 workshop, hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where researchers in the area of poverty and developmental neuroscience discussed the current status of the research and how it can be appropriately and effectively used to inform public policy.
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Posting Date
Combined Date
2016-05-31T20:00:00
Source
Region
City/County
URL
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/fastfocus/pdfs/FF23-2016.pdf
Publication Date
2016-06-01