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Subsidized Employment and Transitional Jobs

The Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse defines subsidized employment as employment that is partially or fully paid for by an external funder (not the employer), and transitional jobs as jobs meant to integrate those who have been out of the workforce (for example, people who were formerly incarcerated) back into the workforce. Transitional jobs can be paid or unpaid. This Evidence Snapshot describes the effectiveness of programs that were identified by the Pathways Clearinghouse as using subsidized employment or transitional jobs.

Rent-Free Non-Abstinence-Contingent Housing (as compared with Rent-Free Abstinence-Contingent Housing)

Intervention (standard name)
Rent-Free Non-Abstinence-Contingent Housing (as compared with Rent-Free Abstinence-Contingent Housing)

This program provided housing and services for adults experiencing homelessness with cocaine dependency and nonpsychotic mental disorders. The intervention was delivered in two phases:

Enhanced Vocational Rehabilitation [EVR] (as compared to Community Connections Individual Placement and Support (IPS))

Intervention (standard name)
Enhanced Vocational Rehabilitation [EVR] (as compared to Community Connections Individual Placement and Support (IPS))

EVR provided a vocational counselor who helped place participants with rehabilitation agencies. The vocational counselor regularly monitored participants to ensure a good fit between the participant and rehabilitation agency. All rehabilitation agencies involved with EVR had the goal of gradually preparing individuals for competitive employment through a stepped approach of prevocational experiences that primarily consisted of paid work adjustment training in a sheltered workshop.

Opportunity Works

Intervention (standard name)
Opportunity Works

Services delivered via Opportunity Works varied by program site over an unspecified duration. Services could include case management, college-readiness instruction and coaching, goal setting, support with high school completion, career planning and exploration, job development and support, financial planning support, occupational skills training, and transportation assistance. Eligibility requirements varied by age and gender across program sites, but all Opportunity Works participants were between the ages of 18 and 24.

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