Building Evidence on Employment Strategies Project (BEES)

The purpose of this project is to strengthen ACF’s understanding of effective interventions aimed at supporting low-income individuals to find jobs, advance in the labor market, and improve their economic security.

The project is building evidence in this area by:

• Conducting a series of rigorous federal evaluations of innovative programs designed to promote employment and build self-sufficiency for individuals with low-incomes.
• Prioritizing evaluations of programs that work with individuals struggling with opioid use disorder, other substance use disorders, and/or mental health issues.

Interventions that are candidates for evaluation may include programs that serve TANF recipients or, more broadly, individuals and their families who are at risk of TANF dependency.

BEES is part of OPRE’s Innovative Strategies for Addressing Employment Barriers Portfolio, which seeks to rigorously evaluate the “next generation” of employment strategies for individuals with low incomes and is partnering with the Social Security Administration on select evaluations.