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.

Job Corps provided education, training, and health services in a one-stop residential setting. The Job Corps education component was individualized and self-paced, and it included GED preparation and education about home and family living as well as remedial, consumer, driver, and health education. The vocational training component was also individualized and self-paced, and it included training in a range of trades, such as business, clerical, health, construction, culinary arts, building and apartment maintenance, and other vocations.

Paycheck Plus: Employment Referral Services consisted of two main features. First, like the Paycheck Plus intervention described elsewhere on this site, it allowed eligible individuals to receive up to $2,000 in income-based tax credits, including the federal EITC and the supplemental credit from the Paycheck Plus program. In the 2017 tax year, a single adult worker would lose eligibility for the federal EITC after his or her earnings reached about $15,000, and the maximum credit was $510.

Paycheck Plus allowed eligible individuals to receive up to $2,000 in income-based tax credits, including the federal EITC and the supplemental credit from the Paycheck Plus program. In the 2017 tax year, a single adult worker would lose eligibility for the federal EITC after his or her earnings reached about $15,000, and the maximum credit was $510. Paycheck Plus increased the maximum credit for single adults to $2,000 and expanded eligibility so that individuals earning up to $30,000 qualified for some credit.

After two days of initial skills assessment, Good Transitions participants were placed in a subsidized job at Goodwill Industries stores. An on-site job coach provided feedback and support while program staff provided case management and job development services. After one month at the Goodwill position, Good Transitions placed participants in a new position, with less on-site support and coaching than the Goodwill position, for about three months.