View definitions of terms used throughout the Pathways Clearinghouse.
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Legal assistance
Free or low-cost services to help address legal barriers to employment, including those related to past or current justice-system involvement. Legal assistance may be an intervention's primary service.
Less than a high school diploma or equivalent
People who did not complete high school or pass a high school equivalency exam.
Long-term
For this review, a period lasting between 18 months and 5 years after participants are first offered services.
Low
The quality of the study is low, meaning we cannot have much confidence in the study findings. Other important factors could have influenced the study findings, and the study did not account for them. Study findings that do not meet the high or moderate ratings criteria receive the low rating.