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Summary

Ethics, Discipline, Goals, Employment (EDGE) - Basic Community College Services (BCCS) group provided light case management to new and current SNAP work registrants, focusing on able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs), and offered a choice of three pathways—academic (basic education, post-secondary education, or occupational skills training), work (subsidized or unsubsidized employment), or life skills (work or behavioral skills).

Ethics, Discipline, Goals, Employment (EDGE) - Basic Community College Services (BCCS) group provided light case management to new and current SNAP work registrants, focusing on able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs), and offered a choice of three pathways—academic (basic education, post-secondary education, or occupational skills training), work (subsidized or unsubsidized employment), or life skills (work or behavioral skills). Career navigators at participating community colleges provided limited case management and support services, with up to two contacts per month. Participants completed an individual career plan that identified the pathway selected for services.

The duration of the education and life skills pathways varied by program selected; the work pathway provided up to 320 hours of subsidized employment. Career navigators met with participants up to two times per month and provided up to 90 days of employment retention services to participants who found employment.

The study was conducted in 29 counties in Mississippi.

101036.09-Study of Ethics, Dis
Populations and employment barriers: Public benefits recipients

Effectiveness rating and effect by outcome domain

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Outcome domain Term Effectiveness rating Effect in 2024 dollars and percentages Effect in standard deviations Sample size
Increase earnings Short-term Little evidence to assess support favorable $583 per year 0.016 1471
Long-term Little evidence to assess support favorable $1,021 per year 0.028 1471
Very long-term No evidence to assess support
Increase employment Short-term Little evidence to assess support favorable 3% (in percentage points) 0.065 1471
Long-term Little evidence to assess support favorable 3% (in percentage points) 0.073 1471
Very long-term No evidence to assess support
Decrease benefit receipt Short-term Not supported unfavorable $289 per year 0.084 1471
Long-term Little evidence to assess support favorable $-62 per year -0.018 1471
Very long-term No evidence to assess support
Increase education and training All measurement periods No evidence to assess support
* This intervention was assessed as supported for this domain, meaning it achieved one or more statistically significant, favorable effects. However, the intervention has an average effect size that is unfavorable because the average includes all effects in this domain - both statistically significant and favorable effects and statistically insignificant but unfavorable effects.

Effectiveness rating key:

  • Well-supported Well-supported   
  • Supported  Supported   
  • Not supported  Not supported   
  • Mixed support  Mixed support   
  • Insufficient evidence  Insufficient evidence   
  • No evidence  No evidence
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Studies of this intervention

Study quality rating Study counts per rating
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Implementation details

Organizations implementing intervention

The Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) developed and administered EDGE. Mississippi State University’s National Strategic Planning and Analysis Research Center was contracted by MDHS to develop and monitor data collections systems for EDGE. Jobs for Mississippi Graduates was contracted by MDHS to provide case management and conduct outreach to enroll participants. MDHS contracted with five community colleges to provide case management and pathways services.

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

Local context

EDGE - BCCS was implemented in 29 counties across Mississippi The Mississippi Department of Human Services has multiple offices statewide with its headquarters located in Jackson, MS. Mississippi State University’s Strategic Planning and Analysis Research Center is located in Starkville, MS. Jobs for Mississippi Graduates has locations statewide and is affiliated with the Foundation for the Mid South, which has headquarters in Jackson, MS.

Characteristics of research participants
Black or African American
70%
White, not Hispanic
28%
More than one race
1%
Hispanic or Latino of any race
1%

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.

State(s) where implemented

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