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Summary

Literacy Coalition of Central Texas (LCCT) Career Development Services provided adult basic education, preparation for high school equivalency certification, and English as a second language instruction integrated with job readiness and vocational skills training to working-age adults with low skills.

Literacy Coalition of Central Texas (LCCT) Career Development Services provided adult basic education, preparation for high school equivalency certification, and English as a second language instruction integrated with job readiness and vocational skills training to working-age adults with low skills.

Participants focusing on adult basic education or high school equivalence received 50-60 hours of instruction and practice tests. Those focusing on advanced preparation worked with a job coach to complete an individual learning plan and received job readiness training on computer literacy, job etiquette, resume development, and interviewing skills. Services at the time of the evaluation were provided by AmeriCorps members.

The program was evaluated in Travis County, TX.

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Implementation details

Organizations implementing intervention

The Literacy Coalition of Central Texas delivered all services.

The information contained here reflects how the intervention was implemented at the time of the evaluation.

Local context

The study was conducted in Travis County, TX.

Characteristics of research participants
Black or African American
18%
White, not Hispanic
16%
Asian
3%
Another race
2%
Unknown or not reported
7%
Hispanic or Latino of any race
54%

The race and ethnicity categories may sum to more than 100 percent if the authors reported race and ethnicity separately; in these cases, we report the category White, rather than White, not Hispanic.

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