The U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics authored this report, which was completed using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. This survey was completed over a 25 year span and offers information on work experiences, training, schooling, income and assets, health conditions, and other characteristics. Information on this report shows that from age 18 to 42 the average person held 10.2 jobs in the labor market.

This report, from Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. under contract to the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), looks at six initiatives designed to support TANF recipients with disabilities and provides information on assessments to help this population achieve employment goals.

This research report is from Mathematica Policy Research and provides information on how TANF agencies can partner with Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) programs to serve TANF recipients with disabilities. Authors offer information on how these agencies can create a formal partnership to help TANF recipients access VR services and also provide advice on how challenges to partnering can be overcome.

From the Chapin Hall Center for Children, this report provides information from a Midwest study of youth as they made the transition from foster care into adulthood. The study tracks the youth on a variety of measures, such as living arrangements, relationships with family of origin, social support, education, employment, economic well-being, receipt of government benefits, physical and mental health, criminal justice system involvement.

This issue brief was part of the Strengthening Rural Families initiative from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The Rural Family Economic Success (RuFES) framework is “Earn it, Keep it, Grow it,” and designed to help families increase their income, stabilize finances, and build assets. Specifically, this piece looks at Franklin County, Maine, which developed a consortium of local partners to bring community college courses and other job-skills training to the area.

This resource is from Mathematica Policy Research and provides an overview of innovative work opportunity programs for TANF recipients with disabilities. Specifically, authors provide profiles of three strategies that can be utilized to support employment for TANF recipients with disabilities, which include unpaid work experience, subsidized employment, and unsubsidized transitional employment.

The LA HOPE project is designed to support clients in permanent supportive housing transition into gainful employment. The project provides a safety net to address barriers to self-sufficiency, which includes long-term substance abuse barriers. This resource is an evaluation of the program that was conducted by the Urban Institute.

This resource is from the What Works Clearinghouse, which is through the U.S. Department of Education, and provides information on the Job Corps program. The Job Corps program is a federally-funded education and job training program for economically disadvantaged youth that offers remedial education, GED preparation, vocational training, job placement assistance, and other supportive services.

This paper is from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and provides a review of programs serving at-risk youth transitioning into adulthood. Youth that are disconnected from school and employment are more likely to take part in crime, use public assistance, and become incarcerated. The GAO conducted an analysis of local programs serving these youth, and found that the Department of Labor should work with States and Workforce Investment Boards to support programs serving at-risk youth.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation authored this report on ways that States can strengthen workforce development programs. This report comes from information acquired from the Jobs Initiative, which was a workforce initiative in six cities around the country. The Jobs Initiative worked to build networks of local institutions, employers, and other groups to collaborate on improving workforce training delivery.