101036.07-Study of Paths to Pr

Study Name

Study of Paths to Promise

Study Sharepoint ID

101036.07

Evaluation name

Evaluation of Pilot Projects to Promote Work and Increase State Accountability in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Expanding Opportunities & Reducing Barriers to Work: Kentucky

This study received a high study quality rating because it is a low-attrition randomized controlled trial with no known issues that suggest the findings cannot be attributed to the intervention.

Design

Randomized controlled trial

Services

Employment coaching

Mental health services

Childcare and/or early education

Transportation assistance

Tuition assistance/financial aid

Work supports

Occupational or sectoral training

On-the-job training

Paid work experience/internships

Job placement

Job readiness

Job search assistance

Case management

Populations targeted

Public benefits recipients

Unemployed

Settings in which the intervention was studied

Tested in multiple settings

Demographics

Subgroups

Subgroup data - Female

Subgroup data - Male

Subgroup data - White

Subgroup data - Black

Percent Young Adults

26.00

Percent female

58.70

Percent Male

41.30

Percent No high school diploma or GED

24.40

Percent With a high school diploma or GED

75.60

Percent Employed

14.20

Percent Unemployed

85.80

Percent welfare population

100.00

Percent Black or African American

3.30

Percent Hispanic or Latino of any race

0.40

Percent White not Hispanic

93.80

Percent More than one race

1.80

Percent another race

0.70

Percent Adults

74.00

Percent Old Adults

6.40

Percent English Learner

0.20

Percent Postsecondary credential

9.40

Mean age

32.50

Study Characteristics

Group formation formatted

The Kentucky Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) enrolled 3,206 SNAP participants in the pilot and randomly assigned roughly half to the P2P group and the other half to the control group.

Study timing formatted

Three years

Study funding formatted

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Nutrition Service, Contract Number AG-3198-B-15-0002/12319818F0080

Sample Characteristics

P2P targeted new and current work registrants.

Implementing organization formatted

Kentucky Department of Community Based Services, Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program, Jobs for the Future, Community Action Agencies, Kentucky Adult Education, Kentucky Community and Technical College System

Program history

P2P was one of 10 pilot programs across the country authorized and funded by the Agricultural Act of 2014 to offer enhanced SNAP E&T services to help connect SNAP participants to employment opportunities.

Treatment condition formatted

The treatment group received Paths to Promise (P2P) enhanced services, which included extensive support services, basic adult education, occupational skills training, work-based learning opportunities, and job search and placement assistance. Individuals also received intensive case management through providers’ team-based case management approach to coordinate services for individuals receiving services at multiple providers.

Comparison condition formatted

The control group was eligible for any employment and training services available in the community. Kentucky did not offer a SNAP E&T program in any of the study counties at the time of the study.

Mandatory services formatted

None

Timing of study formatted

Average length of participation was 8 months.

Program funding formatted

Federal SNAP Pilot Funding

Setting details formatted

Eight counties in Kentucky

Delivered by public or private entity?

Public-private partnership

Secondary domains examined

The study reports impacts on food security, health, well-being, and housing status.