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.

Pathways to Prosperity

Intervention (standard name)
Pathways to Prosperity

GRCC’s Pathways to Prosperity program served adults with low incomes and low educational and basic skill levels in high-poverty areas in Kent County, MI. The program focused on providing services to individuals who were unemployed, had not completed high school, or had been formerly incarcerated. Pathways to Prosperity offered an eight-week course known as Career Prep, occupational training programs that resulted in a GRCC certificate, basic skills courses, and adult basic education and GED courses. Through the Career Prep course, participants earned the Michigan Employability Certificate.

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