Head Start provided free childcare, preschool, and related services to disadvantaged families with the aim of increasing children's school readiness and supporting parental well-being. The program provided home and center based care and education as well as wellness visits, parenting classes, and networking opportunities. Head Start also served as a bridge to additional public services such as health care, nutrition, and housing assistance. 

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.

The ChalleNGe program consisted of three phases. In Phase 1, participants attended a two-week, intensive orientation and assessment. Following this orientation, participants were formally enrolled in the program and considered cadets. The cadets then began Phase 2, which consisted of a 20-week education program focused on preparation for the GED exam and positive youth development. Phases 1 and 2 required the cadets to live on-site and experience a quasi-military environment. During Phase 3, the cadets participated in a nonresidential structured mentoring program for a year.

Maximum Customer Choice participants could request counseling from program staff to guide them to appropriate training selections, but they did not automatically receive counseling. Participants received an individual training account in the amount of $3,000 to $5,000, depending on the program site. Most Maximum Customer Choice participants requested counseling and completed counseling and training program selection in five sessions. Then, participants engaged in their selected training program for an average of 18 weeks.

Guided Customer Choice was designed to broadly represent the approach that most local areas were implementing on their own under WIA. Participants in Guided Customer Choice had to complete six mandatory counseling activities to select a training program and then had to assess whether they had enough resources to complete the training. Counselors were directed to help customers make an informed decision about training. However, counselors did not direct participants toward particular occupations, and participants could independently select their training program.

Guided Customer Choice was designed to broadly represent the approach that most local areas were implementing on their own under WIA. Participants in Guided Customer Choice had to complete six mandatory counseling activities to help them select a training program and then had to assess whether they had enough resources to complete the training. Counselors were directed to help customers make an informed decision about training. However, counselors did not direct participants toward particular occupations, and participants could independently select their training program.

Florida Back to Work was a subsidized employment program that reimbursed employers who hired program participants. Employers were required to put the individuals on their payroll and were then reimbursed for 80 to 95 percent of the costs associated with employing the program participant. Employers included nonprofits, for-profits, and public agencies. For-profit organizations were required to commit to keeping an employee on their payroll for the duration of the program, whereas nonprofits were encouraged to do so.

Atlanta’s HCD program stressed that participants should spend time receiving education or training to prepare for good jobs. At the start of the program, case managers assigned participants to adult basic education courses or vocational training programs. Participants were assigned to adult basic education courses more often than training programs because many vocational programs required GEDs or certificates that the participants did not have when starting the HCD program.

PTC program applicants applied to both the Year Up program and the partner college. Once accepted to both, participants took part in a full-day program for five days a week that included structured college courses, professional skills courses, and technical skills courses. The college courses were provided by the partner college and participants earned up to 15 college credits during this time period. Many of these courses were either geared toward an occupational path or were meant to prepare the participant for college-level courses.

Participants in the Promotor Pathway Program were paired with a “Promotor” who provided intensive, long-term case management services, mentorship, and advocacy. Promotors also provided referrals to services internal and external to the LAYC, based on participants’ needs. All Promotor Pathway Program participants had access to standard LAYC services during this intervention. Promotor Pathway Program services were typically provided for 15 months. This intervention was delivered at existing LAYC sites located in Washington, DC, and Langley Park, Riverdale, and Silver Spring, MD.