Earnings

Earnings

Year Up had the largest effects on long-term annual earnings (an average of $12,466 per year). Year Up offered training and work experience in the information technology and investment operations fields to young adults to help them access careers with good pay and advancement opportunities.

These are the five interventions with the largest effects. See Exhibit 1 for all interventions.
Employment

Employment

Project Quality Employment Through Skills Training (QUEST) had the largest effects on long-term employment (an average of 8 percentage points). Project QUEST provides financial resources and supportive services to people with low income to help them complete occupational training programs, pass certification exams and obtain credentials, and access well-paying jobs in the health care industry.

These are the five interventions with the largest effects. See Exhibit 1 for all interventions.
Public benefit receipt

Public benefit receipt

Good Transitions had the largest effects on long-term benefit receipt (decreasing the amount of public benefits received by $433 per year). Good Transitions served noncustodial parents with low income by providing subsidized employment combined with case management and training to help them connect to stable employment.

Effects on long-term benefit receipt

Good Transitions
$433

Decrease long-term benefit receipt

Education and training

Education and training

Towards Employment WorkAdvance Program had the largest effects on education and training (increasing the attainment of a degree or credential by an average of 27 percentage points). The WorkAdvance model aims to meet the needs of less-skilled workers and local employers by providing training and employment services in fields with high local demand.

These are the five interventions with the largest effects. See Exhibit 1 for all interventions.

Sector-Focused Career Centers at the Center for Economic Opportunity

Intervention (standard name)
Sector-Focused Career Centers at the Center for Economic Opportunity

Sector-focused career centers also aimed to alter the way that employers recruit, pay, and promote workers. Local employers in each industry helped design the centers to ensure that they addressed the specific skills workers need in that sector. The Center for Economic Opportunity operated three sector-focused career centers: Workforce1 Transportation Career Center, Workforce1 Manufacturing Career Center, and Workforce1 Healthcare Career Center, each through partnerships with multiple community employers.

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