Defining Quality Non-Degree Credentials is Crucial to Putting Students on a Path to Success

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This National Skills Coalition blogpost summarizes the Coalition’s work on non-degree credentials and how to define quality non-degree credentials that are valid, reliable, and transparent. The blogpost also explores how states could support industry partnerships, expand apprenticeships and work-based learning, and increase financial aid and non-tuition supportive services for persons seeking non-degree credentials.
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2019-09-22T20:00:00
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https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/news/blog/defining-quality-non-degree-c…
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2019-09-23
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Young Parents Making Their Way: Combining Education and Work While Parenting

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This Urban Institute report presents ways that young parents (under the age of 25) can balance education and work and offers recommendations on how public policy and educational institutions can support young parents. The report draws from interviews and data analysis from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.
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2019-10-02T20:00:00
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https://www.urban.org/research/publication/young-parents-making-their-way-combi…
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2019-10-03
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Competency Model Resources for Career Pathway Development

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This U.S. Department of Labor’s Competency Model Clearinghouse offers three new resources to support career pathway development. They include How to Crosswalk Competency Models for Curriculum Development: A Video Series Concept, a set of videos that illustrate how community colleges and employers use competency models to develop curricula; Customizing Competency Models Through Convening Guide, a set of how-to-guides to create partnerships among regional workforce partners to develop customized competency models that are based on regional labor market needs; and U.S. DOL Competency Model Peer Learning Group, a workforce development practitioner learning series on how to use and find resources within the agency’s Competency Model Clearinghouse.
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2019-09-30T20:00:00
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https://careerpathways.workforcegps.org/resources/2019/09/24/15/29/Competency-M…
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2019-10-01
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The Power of Employment

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This set of four videos, developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service, highlights success stories among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment & Training (SNAP E&T) program participants. The videos highlight the following themes: Self-Sufficiency, Economic Impact, Fit for Purpose, and New Partnerships.
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2019-04-14T20:00:00
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https://snaptoskills.fns.usda.gov/news-events/power-employment
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2019-04-15
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Customized Employment: Translating Policy Into Practice Through SourceAmerica Pathways to Careers

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This Mathematica study analyzes the Pathways to Careers Program, which is a customized employment service model to support persons with significant disabilities access employment. This report looks at the employment, wage, and earnings outcome of Pathways participants compared to those participants who participate in traditional vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs.
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2019-08-29T20:00:00
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https://mathematica-mpr.com/our-publications-and-findings/publications/customiz…
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2019-08-30
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Connecting to Opportunity: Lessons on Adapting Interventions for Young People Experiencing Homelessness or Systems Involvement

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This MDRC report, prepared for the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is an evaluation of the Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential (LEAP)TM initiative. LEAP is designed to improve education and employment outcomes among youth from 15 years old to 25 years old who have been in the criminal justice or child welfare systems or who have experienced homelessness. The study looks at the implementation outcomes of operationalizing LEAP in two education- and employment-focused program models – Jobs for America’s Graduates and Jobs for the Future’s Back on Track program – that were conducted within 10 grantees in eight states.

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2019-08-31T20:00:00
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https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/LEAP_Final_Report_2019_3.0_FINAL.pdf
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2019-09-01
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Testing Two Subsidized Employment Models for TANF Recipients: Final Impacts and Costs of the Los Angeles County Transitional Subsidized Employment Program

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This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation report evaluates two approaches for subsidized employment targeted for Los Angeles County TANF recipients. The report compares the two programs to analyze which appears to be more effective. It also analyzes the effects of the two programs on employment and earnings, receiving TANF, total income, and overall well-being compared to the absence of subsidized employment, and examines the cost-benefits of these models.
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2019-07-14T20:00:00
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/stedla_final_2019_508.pdf
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2019-07-15
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Helping Public Housing Residents Find Jobs and Build Careers

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This Urban Institute report evaluates the expansion of New York City’s Jobs-Plus program. Jobs-Plus replicates an earlier federal program model intended to increase public housing residents’ employment and earnings by combining community supports, employment services, and financial incentives to promote work. The report includes interviews with program staff and participants and data analysis on public housing residency and quarterly earnings before and after participating in the Jobs-Plus program.
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2019-09-05T20:00:00
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https://www.urban.org/research/publication/helping-public-housing-residents-fin…
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2019-09-06
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Employer Investment in HPOG

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This Administration for Children and Families research-to-practice brief offers examples of employer engagement that have occurred under the HPOG program. The brief also outlines how these employer partnerships were designed and the outcomes that have resulted for HPOG participants.
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2019-07-22T20:00:00
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https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ofa/employer_investment_in_hpog_tra…
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2019-07-23
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Webinar: The WIOA Annual Statewide Performance Report Narrative: An Overview

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration will host a webinar on September 12, 2019 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET to discuss how to prepare a WIOA Annual Statewide Performance Report Narrative. Discussion will cover the content, structure, and format of the report as well as waivers, evaluations, and data validation. Agency representatives will make presentations.

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2019-09-12T10:30:00
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https://www.workforcegps.org/events/2019/07/29/17/55/The-WIOA-Annual-Statewide-…
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2019-09-12
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