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Summary

The Skillpoint Alliance Gateway program provided accelerated, short-term training in high-demand occupations through a combination of classroom training and hands-on skill development to adults with a high school diploma or equivalent and challenges to employment.

The Skillpoint Alliance Gateway program provided accelerated, short-term training in high-demand occupations through a combination of classroom training and hands-on skill development to adults with a high school diploma or equivalent and challenges to employment. The training program used a worksite style environment and convenes a “tailgate” each morning to discuss shop issues and enhance employment readiness schools. Program staff also maintained partnerships with employers to create direct opportunities for paid apprenticeship positions and employment and mentorship opportunities for employment readiness training.

The training programs lasted four to six weeks, depending on the track selected.

The program was evaluated in Travis County, TX.

101010.04-Study of Skillpoint
Populations and employment barriers: At least a high school diploma or equivalent

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Implementation details

Organizations implementing intervention

The Skillpoint Alliance 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
28%
White, not Hispanic
25%
Asian
2%
Another race
2%
More than one race
2%
Unknown or not reported
4%
Hispanic or Latino of any race
38%

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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