Title,Citation,Topic_area,Study_type,Study_evidence_rating,Outcome_effectiveness,Findings,Intervention_program,Topics,Target_population,Firm_characteristics,Geographic_setting,Original_publication_date,Original_publication_link,"Review Protocol"
"Effects of a two-generation human capital program on low-income parents' education, employment, and psychological wellbeing.","Chase-Lansdale, P. L., Sabol, T. J., Eckrich Sommer, T., Chor, E., Cooperman, A. W., Brooks-Gunn, J., Yoshikawa, H., King, C., & Morris, A. (2019). Effects of a two-generation human capital program on low-income parents’ education, employment, and psychological wellbeing. Journal of Family Psychology, 33(4), 433-443.","Community College","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Education and skills gains-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Education and skills gains
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-Mixed impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment","Summary:

The study’s objective was to examine the impact of CareerAdvance on education, employment, and earnings outcomes.
The study used a nonexperimental design to compare the outcomes of parents who participated in CareerAdvance to outcomes of parents who did not participate.
The study found that parents in the treatment group had significantly higher rates of certification, more years of education, and higher rates of enrollment in education and training programs than parents in the comparison group. The treatment group also had significantly higher rates of employment in the healthcare sector, higher rates of part-time employment, and worked more irregular hours than the comparison group.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is moderate because it was based on a well-implemented nonexperimental design. This means we are somewhat confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the CareerAdvance program, but other factors might also have contributed.","CareerAdvance Program","Capacity building programs Community college education and other classroom training","Adult, Parent, Low income",,"United States",2019,https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Effects-of-a-two-generation-human-capital…,"Community College Review Protocol"
"Eliminating child labour in El Salvador through economic empowerment and social inclusion: Impact report","de Hoop, J., Kovrova, I., & Rosati, F. C. (2016). Eliminating child labour in El Salvador through economic empowerment and social inclusion: Impact report. Retrieved from http://www.ucw-project.org/attachment/07032017224El_Salvador_IE_07042016_web.pdf","Child Labor","Study Type: Descriptive Analysis",,,"Summary:

	The study’s objective was to assess the effects of a women’s entrepreneurship training program on children’s participation in school and work.
	The study was a regression discontinuity design, using baseline and follow-up household surveys to measure program outcomes. Households were selected into the program if they had a wealth score below a cut-off point. The authors compared the outcomes of children in households above and below the cut-off score to understand the program’s effects.
	The study found that selection and participation in the program was significantly associated with a decrease in the percent of children working-only and not attending school, and the number of hours that children worked per week. Selection and participation in the program was also significantly related to an increase in school attendance.
	This study used a regression discontinuity design and therefore was reviewed using CLEAR’s descriptive study evidence review guidelines. As such, it does not receive a causal rating.","Eliminating Child Labour in El Salvador through Economic Empowerment and Social Inclusion","Child labor","Female, Parent, Low income",,International,2016,http://www.ucw-project.org/attachment/07032017224El_Salvador_IE_07042016_web.pdf,"Child Labor Review Protocol"
"Nursing interventions to help prevent children from working on the streets","Mert, K., & Kadioglu, H. (2016). Nursing interventions to help prevent children from working on the streets. International Nursing Review 63, 429–436. doi:10.1111/inr.12301","Child Labor","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence","Child labor-Low-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Child labor","Summary:

The study’s objective was to assess the impact of a program developed to prevent children under 18 years of age from working on the street.
The study was an interrupted time series design conducted in one neighborhood in the city of Izmit, Turkey. The authors compared the outcomes for mothers and their children before, immediately after, and three months after participating in The Streets are Not the Solution program.
The study found that participating in the program was associated with a 44 percentage point decrease from pretest to posttest in the percentage of children who worked on the streets. However, the study did not include tests of statistical significance.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is low because the authors did not account for trends in outcomes before the intervention. This means we are not confident that the effects are attributable to the Streets are Not the Solution program; other factors are likely to have contributed.","The Streets are Not the Solution","Child labor","Female, Other, Parent",,International,2016,,"Child Labor Review Protocol"
"The impact of earnings disregards on the behavior of low‐income families.","Matsudaira, J. D., & Blank, R. M. (2014). The impact of earnings disregards on the behavior of low‐income families. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 33(1), 7-35.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Low-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Low-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Low-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:

	The study’s objective was to examine the impact of earnings disregards—the amount of earned income that is not counted when calculating whether someone is eligible for public benefits—for welfare assistance on the employment, earnings, and public assistance receipt of low-skilled single mothers.
	The study used a difference-in-differences approach to compare the outcomes of women before and after changes in the disregard rate within their state relative to women in other states over the same time period.
	The study did not find any statistically significant effects of earnings disregards on the outcomes of interest.
	The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is moderate because it was based on a well-implemented nonexperimental design; this is the highest causal evidence rating possible for a nonexperimental design. This means we would be somewhat confident that any estimated effects would be attributable to earnings disregards, but other factors might also have contributed. However, the study did not find statistically significant effects.","Earnings Disregards for Welfare Assistance","Other employment and reemployment","Female, Parent, Low income",,"United States",2014,,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"Conditional cash transfers in New York City: The continuing story of the Opportunity NYC—Family Rewards demonstration","Riccio, J., Dechausay, N., Miller, C., Nunez, S., Verma, N., & Yang E. (2013). Conditional cash transfers in New York City: The continuing story of the Opportunity NYC—Family Rewards demonstration. New York, NY: MDRC.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employer benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employer benefits receipt
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to examine the impact of Family Rewards, an experimental privately funded conditional cash transfer program in New York City, on earnings, employment, public benefits receipt, and education.
The study was based on a randomized controlled trial and estimated the effect of the Family Rewards program on low-income families. The authors used New York City and New York State administrative data to compare average outcomes between families offered access to the program and families excluded from the program, after adjusting for chance initial differences between the groups.
The authors found that, on average, the Family Rewards program decreased the likelihood of ever being employed at an Unemployment Insurance (UI)-covered job in the first year by 2 percentage points, but increased monthly earnings by $353 and decreased the share of families receiving income from Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or disability benefits by 3.9 percentage points. The authors also found that parents in the Family Rewards program group were 4.2 percentage points more likely to have achieved any trade license training certification.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high for most outcomes because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the Family Rewards program, and not to other factors. However, some outcomes in the study receive a moderate or low causal evidence rating, meaning that we are less confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the Family Rewards program; other factors may have contributed.","the Family Rewards Program","Other employment and reemployment Other training and education","Low income, Parent",,"United States, Urban",2013,http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED545453.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"Why academic STEM mothers feel they have to work harder than others on the job","Kmec, J. (2013a). Why academic STEM mothers feel they have to work harder than others on the job. International Journal of Gender, Science, & Technology, 5(2), 80-101.","Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM)","Study Type: Descriptive Analysis",,,"Summary:

	This report analyzed faculty members’ perceptions of how hard they have to work at their job based on their sex and parental status, specifically in the context of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines that are typically characterized by a masculine work culture. The objective was to contribute to the knowledge base on gender issues in academic professions and the specific challenges that working mothers in STEM fields face.
	The study used data from the 2011 Faculty Caregiving and Workplace and Culture survey administered online to about 300 tenure-line faculty members in all disciplines at a large public U.S. university. The author conducted regression analyses to estimate the link between faculty members’ sex, parental status, academic discipline, and their level of agreement with the statement, “My job requires me to work very hard.” The regression controlled for several factors that might affect faculty members’ perceptions of how hard they have to work at their job, such as length of time at current institution, academic rank, perceived job demand levels, feelings of being valued, marital status, age of children, household/family responsibilities, and degree to which household responsibilities are perceived to affect job performance.
	The study found that mothers in STEM fields were more likely to strongly agree that they have to work very hard at their job, compared to fathers in both STEM and non-STEM fields and mothers in non-STEM fields, after controlling for a number of factors related to perceptions of effort required. Specifically, fathers in STEM and non-STEM fields were 84 percent and 92 percent less likely, respectively, to strongly agree that they have to work very hard at their job than mothers in STEM fields. Similarly, mothers in non-STEM fields were about 81 percent less likely than mothers in STEM fields to agree that they have to work very hard at their job.",,"Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs Other disparities or discrimination in employment and earnings","Female, Male, STEM professional, Parent",,"United States",2013,,"Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) Review Protocol"
"From the shop floor to the kitchen floor: Maternal occupational complexity and children’s reading and math skills","Yetis-Bayraktar, A., Budig, M., & Tomaskovic-Devey, D. (2013). From the shop floor to the kitchen floor: Maternal occupational complexity and children’s reading and math skills. Work and Occupations, 40(1), 37-64.","Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM)","Study Type: Descriptive Analysis",,,"Summary:

	The authors sought to determine whether the complexity of a mother’s occupation (or the quality of employment as defined by its task complexity, autonomy, and authority) affected her 6- to 13-year-old children’s math and reading test scores. The study considered both the complexity of the mother’s occupation when her children were ages 6 to 13 as well as the complexity of her occupation in her children’s earliest years (birth to age 3).
	The authors analyzed data from the 1984–1996 Panel Study of Income Dynamics and its 1997 Child Development Supplement to determine the relationship between maternal occupational complexity and children’s scores on the Revised Woodcock-Johnson Test of Achievement. The analysis first accounted for traits associated with mothers’ employment status, that is, whether the mother was employed. Assuming the mother was employed, the authors then assessed the association between the complexity of the mother’s occupation and her children’s performance on the reading and math sections of the test.
	The study found that a one-point increase on the maternal white collar occupational complexity scale was associated with a 2.49-point increase in children’s test scores, whereas a one-point increase on the blue collar occupational complexity scale corresponded to a 1.01-point gain in test scores.
	Maternal occupational complexity during the child’s first three years also was associated with increased test scores later in life; a one-point gain in white collar occupational complexity in the first three years of the child’s life was associated with a 3.7-point increase in test scores when the child was ages 6 to 13.",,"Other employment and reemployment","Employed, Female, Parent",,"United States",2013,,"Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) Review Protocol"
"STEM faculty and parental leave: Understanding an institution’s policy within a national policy context through structuration theory","Schimpf, C., Santiago, M., Hoegh, J., Banerjee, D., & Pawley, A. (2013). STEM faculty and parental leave: Understanding an institution’s policy within a national policy context through structuration theory. International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, 5(2), 103-125.","Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM)","Study Type: Descriptive Analysis",,,"Summary:

	This study summarized the role of various factors, both within and outside a university, in shaping use of the university’s parental leave policy.
	The authors conducted semistructured interviews in 2009–2010 with 10 science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) faculty members (7 women and 3 men) at a Midwestern university. The interviews aimed to study the barriers STEM faculty face in using the university’s parental leave policy. The authors analyzed these data using a variety of qualitative coding techniques.
	The study found that faculty under-used the university’s parental leave policy for several reasons. First, the opinions of their department chairs and their peers often shaped faculty’s willingness to take parental leave. If faculty felt that their department heads, fellow faculty members, laboratory personnel, and students were supportive of parental leave policies, they were more willing to participate, because they felt less pressure to maintain their typical teaching and research workload after having a child. Additionally, the authors suggested that both knowledge of the parental leave policy and understanding of what was covered, among both the faculty themselves and their supervisors and administrators, was important to ensure that the policy was applied correctly in each specific case.
	The study also noted that faculty saw limitations in the university’s policy because it did not cover professional obligations outside the school, including writing and revising journal articles or managing externally funded laboratory experiments.",,"Other employer services Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs","STEM professional, Parent",,"United States",2013,,"Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) Review Protocol"
"What strategies work for the hard-to-employ? Final results of the Hard-to-Employ demonstration and evaluation project and selected sites from the Employment Retention and Advancement project. [Minnesota Tier 2]","Butler, D., Alson, J., Bloom, D., Deitch, V., Hill, A., Hsueh, J., Jacobs, E., Kim, S., McRoberts, R., & Redcross, C. (2012). What strategies work for the hard-to-employ? Final results of the Hard-to-Employ demonstration and evaluation project and selected sites from the Employment Retention and Advancement project. (OPRE report 2012-08). Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [Minnesota Tier 2]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Low-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:

The study examined the impact of the Minnesota Tier 2 program on employment, earnings, and receipt of public assistance for unemployed single parents.
The study was a randomized controlled trial. The authors estimated the impact of the Tier 2 program by comparing the outcomes of the treatment and control groups four years after random assignment using data from Minnesota public assistance records and Unemployment Insurance wage records.
The study found no statistically significant relationships between the Minnesota Tier 2 program and employment, earnings, or receipt of public assistance.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high for the employment and earnings outcomes because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we would be confident that any estimated effects on earnings and employment would be attributable to the Minnesota Tier 2 program, and not to other factors. The public assistance outcomes receive a low rating, which means we would not be confident that any estimated effects on public assistance would be attributable to the Minnesota Tier 2 program; other factors are likely to have contributed. However, the study did not find any statistically significant effects on employment, earnings, or benefit receipt.","the Minnesota Tier 2 Program","Other employment and reemployment Substance abuse recovery","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2012,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/strategies_work.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"Increasing opportunities for low-income women and student parents in science, technology, engineering, and math at community colleges","Costello, C. (2012). Increasing opportunities for low-income women and student parents in science, technology, engineering, and math at community colleges. Washington, DC: Institute for Women’s Policy Research.","Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM)","Study Type: Descriptive Analysis",,,"Summary:

	
	
		This study examined the enrollment patterns for low-income women and students with children (including mostly mothers and some fathers, collectively referred to as student parents) in STEM fields at community colleges in the United States, comparing outcomes for 2000–2001 to 2008–2009. In addition, the study presented examples of promising strategies to encourage low-income women and student parents to participate in STEM education at community colleges.
		To assess the involvement of low-income women and student parents in STEM fields at community colleges, the author analyzed publicly available data, including data from the U.S. Department of Labor and the National Center for Education Statistics at the U.S. Department of Education. The author also completed a review of existing programs at community colleges that encourage low-income women and student parents to participate in STEM fields, and consulted with 16 experts to formulate suggestions for additional programs to support these students in STEM fields.
		The study found that in the 2008–2009 school year, women earned 22 percent of associate’s degrees awarded in STEM fields—a 7 percentage point reduction in the proportion of STEM associate degrees earned by women eight years earlier. The study also found that, in 2008, roughly one-third of community college students were parents and student parents with children younger than 12 who ultimately earned a baccalaureate or master’s degree in a STEM field were more likely to have attended a community college at some point than students without young children.
		Given the decline in women’s share of STEM associate degrees earned over the study observation period, as well as the high proportion of student parents in STEM fields who attend community colleges (compared with students without young children), the author highlighted potential strategies to increase and improve the involvement of low-income women and student parents in STEM fields at community colleges, including targeted recruitment, financial support, child care services, strong developmental education options, and specific counseling and academic support for women. These recommendations were informed by information gathered from existing programs and consultation with experts.",,"Community college education and other classroom training Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs","Female, Male, Parent, Low income",,"United States",2012,http://www.iwpr.org/initiatives/student-parent-success-initiative/increasing-op…,"Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) Review Protocol"
"Enhanced Early Head Start with employment services: 42-month impacts from the Kansas and Missouri sites of the Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Research Project","Hsueh, J., and Farrell, M. (2012). Enhanced Early Head Start with employment services: 42-month impacts from the Kansas and Missouri sites of the Enhanced Services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Research Project. OPRE Report 2012-05. Washington DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment","Summary:


The study’s objective was to examine the impact of Enhanced Early Head Start (EHS) participation on employment, earnings, and public assistance receipt for low-income families with young children.
The study used a randomized controlled trial design, assigning eligible families to either the Enhanced EHS program or existing services. To estimate the program’s impacts, the authors used administrative employment and earnings data, as well as a 42-month follow-up survey emphasizing respondents’ employment, income, and public assistance receipt. Outcomes were adjusted for characteristics before random assignment.
The study found that the longest period of continuous employment during the 3.5-year follow-up period was, on average, 2.5 months shorter for mothers in the Enhanced EHS group than mothers in the control group.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to Enhanced EHS services, and not to other factors.","Enhanced Early Head Start","Other employment and reemployment","Low income, Parent",,"United States, Rural",2012,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/kansas_missouri.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"Helping parents to motivate adolescents in mathematics and science: An experimental test of a utility-value intervention","Harackiewicz, J., Rozek, C., Hulleman, C., & Hyde, J. (2012). Helping parents to motivate adolescents in mathematics and science: An experimental test of a utility-value intervention. Psychological Science, 23(8), 899-906.","Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM)","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Education and skills gains-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Education and skills gains","Summary:


The study’s objective was to examine the impact of providing information to parents about the importance of STEM on their children’s decisions to enroll in advanced high school math and science courses.
The study was based on a subsample of 188 students and their parents included in the Wisconsin Study of Families and Work (WSFW) 1990–1991 birth cohort. Students were randomly assigned at the end of 9th grade to either a treatment group that was given brochures and access to a website that promoted STEM at the beginning of 10th grade, or to the control group, to which no materials were provided. The authors measured STEM course enrollment using students’ self-reported responses to the WSFW surveys and the students’ high school transcripts.
The study found that students in the treatment group took significantly more math and science classes than students in the control group (predicted means of 8.31 versus 7.50 semesters), but outcomes did not vary by gender.
The quality of causal evidence provided in this study is high. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the information provided to parents about the importance of STEM, and not to other factors.",,"Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs Youth programs","Adult, Parent",,"United States",2012,,"Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) Review Protocol"
"A two-generational child-focused program enhanced with employment services: Eighteen-month impacts from the Kansas and Missouri sites of the enhanced services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation project","Hsueh, J., Jacobs, E., & Farrell, M. (2011). A two-generational child-focused program enhanced with employment services: Eighteen-month impacts from the Kansas and Missouri sites of the enhanced services for the Hard-to-Employ Demonstration and Evaluation project. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Education and skills gains-Low-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Education and skills gains
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:

The study’s objective was to examine the impact of Enhanced Early Head Start (EHS) participation on employment, earnings, public assistance receipt, and education for low-income families with young children.
The study used a randomized controlled trial design, assigning eligible families to either the Enhanced EHS program or existing services. To estimate the program’s impacts, the authors used administrative employment and earnings data, as well as an 18-month follow-up survey emphasizing respondents’ employment, income, and other outcomes. Outcomes were adjusted for characteristics before random assignment.
The study did not find any statistically significant effects on employment, earnings, public assistance receipt, or education.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we would be confident that any estimated effects would be attributable to Enhanced EHS services and not to other factors. However, the study did not find statistically significant effects.","Enhanced Early Head Start (EHS)","Other employment and reemployment Other training and education","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2011,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/two_generational.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"Mothers of invention: Gender, motherhood, and new dimensions of productivity in the science profession","Whittington, K. (2011). Mothers of invention: Gender, motherhood, and new dimensions of productivity in the science profession. Work and Occupations, 38(3), 417-456.","Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM)","Study Type: Descriptive Analysis",,,"Summary:

	
	
		The study's objective was to determine whether women, specifically mothers, in STEM academic or industry jobs were less likely to participate in the patenting process than fathers and childless men in the same field. In addition, the study sought to examine whether previous experience with patenting reduced gender or motherhood inequalities in patenting participation.
		The study analyzed survey data from the April 1995 and April 2001 waves of the Survey of Doctorate Recipients, a longitudinal study of research doctorates conducted by the National Science Foundation. The author restricted the sample to scientists in four-year colleges and in business or industry who worked in computer and mathematical sciences, life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering; were active in applied and basic research, development, or design; and worked full time. Respondents were asked if they had been named as an inventor on a U.S. patent application in the past five or six years. The author estimated logistic regression models to determine whether females, and specifically mothers, were less likely to have received a patent in the past five or six years. The author also conducted additional analyses to determine if previous experience with patenting affected patenting participation.
		The study found that in academia, among those surveyed at both rounds, mothers were no less likely to patent than males, including fathers, or childless females after controlling for prior patenting experience. In industry, among those surveyed in both rounds, married, childless women were less likely to patent than childless women, even after controlling for prior patenting experience. The authors estimated numerous other models that found mixed effects of gender, marital status, and parenthood on the likelihood of scientists participating in patenting activities.",,"Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs Other disparities or discrimination in employment and earnings","Female, STEM professional, Parent",,"United States",2011,,"Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) Review Protocol"
"Working toward Wellness: Telephone care management for Medicaid recipients with depression, eighteen months after random assignment.","Kim, S., LeBlanc, A., Morris, P., Simon, G., & Walter, J. (2010). Working toward Wellness: Telephone care management for Medicaid recipients with depression, eighteen months after random assignment. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment","Summary:

The study’s objective was to examine the impacts of a telephone care management program, Working toward Wellness (WtW), on low-income depressed parents’ employment and earnings.
The study used a randomized controlled trial design, assigning eligible parents to either the WtW program or existing services. Authors used data from an 18-month follow-up survey to estimate program impacts, adjusting for sample members’ characteristics before random assignment.
The study did not find any statistically significant effects of the WtW program on employment or earnings.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we would be confident that any estimated effects would be attributable to WtW and not to other factors. However, the study did not find statistically significant effects.","Working toward Wellness (WtW)","Other employment and reemployment","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2010,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/telephone_care.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models [VISION—Salem, OR]","Hendra, R., Dillman, K.-N., Hamilton, G., Lundquist, E., Martinson, K., Wavelet, M., Hill, A., & Williams, S. (2010). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families. [VISION—Salem, OR]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to estimate the impact of pre- and post-employment job supports and intensive case management on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients’ employment and benefits receipt outcomes after three years. The Salem site was one of several across the United States that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned 1,504 single parents eligible for welfare-to-work programs to either a treatment group that received Valuing Individual Success and Increasing Opportunities Now (VISION) services or to a control group that received the state’s typical welfare-to-work program. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Food Stamps administrative records and a survey administered 12 months after random assignment.
The study found that those in the VISION group were 6.7 percentage points more likely than those in the control group to have received TANF benefits at any point during the first follow-up year. The VISION group also received, on average, $298 more in annual TANF benefits during the first three follow-up years, compared with the control group.
The quality of causal evidence provided in this study is high because it was based on a well-conducted randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the Salem ERA program and not to other factors.","the Salem Valuing Individual Success and Increasing Opportunities Now (VISION) Program","Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance Job search assistance and supportive services","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2010,http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED514699.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models. [PASS - Riverside]","Hendra, R., Dillman, K.-N., Hamilton, G., Lundquist, E., Martinson, K., Wavelet, M., Hill, A., & Williams, S. (2010). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families. [PASS - Riverside]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:

The study’s objective was to estimate the impact of post-employment job supports and supportive services on recent welfare recipients’ employment and benefits receipt outcomes after four years. The Riverside Post-Assistance Self-Sufficiency (PASS) site was one of two in Riverside, California, that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned 2,770 employed single parents who had recently left the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to either a treatment group that received ERA services or a control group that could participate in other employment-related programs in the community. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Food Stamps administrative records and surveys administered 12 and 42 months after random assignment.
The study found that individuals assigned to the Riverside PASS ERA program had significantly higher earnings in the first and fourth years after random assignment and were more likely to be employed in every quarter of the fourth year, compared with those in the control group.
The quality of causal evidence provided in this study is high for most outcomes because it was based on a well-conducted randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the Riverside PASS ERA program and not to other factors. However, the study receives a moderate causal evidence rating for outcomes from the 12-month survey because that data source had high attrition, yet the analysis included adequate statistical controls to correct for resulting imbalance.","the Employment Retention and Advancement Project, Riverside Post-Assistance Self-Sufficiency (PASS) Program","Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2010,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/era_core.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models. [Texas ERA—Houston]","Hendra, R., Dillman, K.-N., Hamilton, G., Lundquist, E., Martinson, K., Wavelet, M., Hill, A., & Williams, S. (2010). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families. [Texas ERA—Houston]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Employment-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Unfavorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to estimate the impact of pre- and post-employment job supports and intensive case management on welfare recipients’ employment and benefits receipt outcomes after four years. The Houston site was one of three in Texas that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned 2,032 unemployed single-parent participants in Houston’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to either a treatment group that received ERA services or a control group that received standard TANF services. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Food Stamps administrative records and a survey administered 12 months after random assignment.
The study found that those in the Houston ERA group received on average $56 more per year in TANF benefits across the first four years after random assignment, compared with the control group.
The quality of causal evidence provided in this study is high because it was based on a well-conducted randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the ERA program and not to other factors.","the Employment Retention and Advancement project, Houston","Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Parent, Low income",,"Urban, United States",2010,http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED514699.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models [Los Angeles EJC]","Hendra, R., Dillman, K.-N., Hamilton, G., Lundquist, E., Martinson, K., Wavelet, M., Hill, A., & Williams, S. (2010). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families. [Los Angeles EJC]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to gauge how a Los Angeles job club focused on participants’ career interests affected employment, earnings, and benefits receipt outcomes after about 36 months. The Los Angeles site was one of 16 nationwide to participate in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project. (See the CLEAR review of the interim report here.)
The authors randomly assigned nearly 1,200 single-parent recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to either a treatment group, which received Enhanced Job Club (EJC) services, or a control group, which received traditional job club (TJC) services. The authors collected employment and earnings data from Unemployment Insurance (UI) records and used automated TANF and food stamp databases to obtain benefits receipt information.
Thirty-six months after random assignment, the study found no statistically significant differences between treatment and control group members’ employment, earnings, or benefits receipt.
The quality of causal evidence provided in this study is high because it is based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that any estimated effects would be attributable to the EJC and not to other factors. However, the study found no statistically significant impacts.","the Employment Retention and Advancement project, Los Angeles’s Enhanced Job Club","Job search assistance and supportive services Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent",,"United States, Urban",2010,http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED514699.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models [Moving Up—South Carolina]","Hendra, R., Dillman, K-N., Hamilton, G., Lundquist, E., Martinson, K., Wavelet, M., Hill, A., & Williams, S. (2010). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families. [Moving Up—South Carolina]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to estimate the impact of pre- and post-employment job supports and intensive case management on former welfare recipients’ employment and benefits receipt outcomes after four years. The South Carolina site was one of 16 sites nationwide that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned 2,776 single parents who had left the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program in the past three years to either a treatment group that received ERA services or a control group that could participate in other employment-related programs in the community. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Food Stamps administrative records and a survey administered 12 months after random assignment.
The study did not find any statistically significant effects on earnings, employment, or benefits receipt one to four years after random assignment.
The quality of causal evidence provided in this study is high because it was based on a well-conducted randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that any estimated effects would be attributable to the South Carolina ERA project and not to other factors. However, the study did not find statistically significant effects.","the Employment Retention and Advancement Project, South Carolina","Job search assistance and supportive services Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2010,http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED514699.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models. [Texas ERA—Forth Worth]","Hendra, R., Dillman, K.-N., Hamilton, G., Lundquist, E., Martinson, K., Wavelet, M., Hill, A., & Williams, S. (2010). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families. [Texas ERA—Forth Worth]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to estimate the impact of pre- and post-employment job supports and intensive case management on welfare recipients’ employment and benefits receipt outcomes after four years. The Fort Worth site was one of three in Texas that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned 1,572 unemployed single-parent participants in Fort Worth’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to either a treatment group that received ERA services or a control group that received standard TANF services. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Food Stamps administrative records and a survey administered 12 months after random assignment.
The study found that, compared with the control group, those in the Fort Worth ERA group received on average $162 more per year in Food Stamps across the first four years after random assignment.
The quality of causal evidence provided in this study is high because it was based on a well-conducted randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the ERA program and not to other factors.","the Employment Retention and Advancement project, Fort Worth","Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent",,"United States, Urban",2010,http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED514699.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models [TAAG—Medford]","Hendra, R., Dillman, K-N., Hamilton, G., Lundquist, E., Martinson, K., Wavelet, M., Hill, A., & Williams, S. (2010). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families. [TAAG—Medford]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to estimate the impact of post-employment job supports on former and current public assistance recipients’ employment and benefits receipt outcomes after three years. The Medford site was one of four in Oregon that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned 1,164 employed single parents who were former or current public assistance recipients to either a treatment group that received services from Medford’s ERA project (Transition, Advancement, and Growth, or TAAG), or a control group that could participate in other programs in the community. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Food Stamps administrative records and a survey administered 12 months after random assignment.
The study found that those assigned to the Medford ERA project earned, on average, $41 more per week when surveyed one year after random assignment than those in the control group. However, treatment group members were also 6.7 percentage points more likely to have ever received Food Stamps at the three-year follow-up than those in the control group.
The quality of causal evidence provided in this study is high because it was based on a well-conducted randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the Medford ERA project and not to other factors.","the Employment Retention and Advancement Project, Medford","Job search assistance and supportive services Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent, Employed",,"United States",2010,http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED514699.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models. [Texas ERA—Corpus Christi]","Hendra, R., Dillman, K-N., Hamilton, G., Lundquist, E., Martinson, K., Wavelet, M., Hill, A., & Williams, S. (2010). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families. [Texas ERA—Corpus Christi]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt
      


  
      
            Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment","Summary:


The study’s objective was to estimate the impact of pre- and post-employment job supports and intensive case management on welfare recipients’ employment and benefits receipt outcomes after four years. The Corpus Christi site was one of three in Texas that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned 1,727 unemployed single-parent participants in Corpus Christi’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to either a treatment group that received ERA services or a control group that received standard TANF services. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Food Stamps administrative records and a survey administered 12 months after random assignment.
The study found that, compared with the control group, those in the Corpus Christi ERA group were more likely to be employed at all or for four consecutive quarters in the fourth year after random assignment. Corpus Christi ERA group members also had higher earnings and received lower Food Stamps benefits.
The quality of causal evidence provided in this study is high because it was based on a well-conducted randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the ERA program and not to other factors.","the Employment Retention and Advancement project, Corpus Christi","Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent",,"United States, Urban",2010,http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED514699.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models [RFS-Los Angeles]","Hendra, R., Dillman, K.-N., Hamilton, G., Lundquist, E., Martinson, K., Wavelet, M., Hill, A., & Williams, S. (2010). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families. [RFS-Los Angeles]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to estimate the impact of individualized and flexible post-employment job supports on employed welfare recipients’ employment and benefits receipt outcomes after three years. The Los Angeles Reach for Success (RFS) site was one of two in Los Angeles that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned 5,700 employed single-parent participants in Los Angeles’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program who were working full-time to either a treatment group that received RFS services or to a control group that received standard TANF services. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Food Stamps administrative records and surveys administered 12 and 42 months after random assignment.
The study found that, 12 to 42 months after random assignment, RFS group members’ employment, earnings, and benefits receipt did not differ significantly from those of control group members.
The quality of causal evidence provided in this study is high because it was based on a well-conducted randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that any estimated effects would be attributable to Los Angeles’ RFS and not to other factors. However, the study did not find statistically significant effects.","Reach for Success (RFS)","Job search assistance and supportive services Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent",,"United States, Urban",2010,http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED514699.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models [PROGRESS—Eugene]","Hendra, R., Dillman, K-N., Hamilton, G., Lundquist, E., Martinson, K., Wavelet, M., Hill, A., & Williams, S. (2010). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families. [PROGRESS—Eugene]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to estimate the impact of post-employment job supports on former welfare recipients’ employment and benefits receipt outcomes after three years. The Eugene site was one of four in Oregon that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned 1,179 employed single parents who were former Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program participants to either a treatment group that received employment retention services from Eugene’s Progress Towards Retention, Opportunities, Growth, Enhancement and Self-Sufficiency (PROGRESS) program or a control group that could participate in other employment-related programs in the community. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Food Stamps administrative records and a survey administered 12 months after random assignment.
The study found that those in the PROGRESS group were 7 percentage points less likely than control group members to be employed in the third year after random assignment and 6.6 percentage points less likely to have been employed in every quarter of that year.
The quality of causal evidence provided in this study is high because it was based on a well-conducted randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the Eugene ERA program and not to other factors.","the Employment Retention and Advancement Project, Eugene","Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Employed, Low income, Parent",,"United States",2010,http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED514699.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"Toward reduced poverty across generations: Early findings from New York City’s conditional cash transfer program","Riccio, J., Dechausay, N., Greenberg, D., Miller, C., Rucks, Z., and Verma, N. (2010). Toward reduced poverty across generations: Early findings from New York City’s conditional cash transfer program. New York: MDRC.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Education and skills gains-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Education and skills gains
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:

The study’s objective was to examine the impact of Family Rewards, an experimental privately funded conditional cash transfer program in New York City, on earnings, employment, public benefits receipt, and education.
The study was based on a randomized controlled trial and estimated the effect of the Family Rewards program on low-income families. The authors used New York City and New York State administrative data to compare average outcomes among those offered access to the program against the average outcomes of those excluded, after adjusting for chance initial differences between the groups.
The study found that, on average, the Family Rewards program decreased the likelihood of ever being employed at a job covered by unemployment insurance (UI) in the first year. However, the Family Rewards program increased the likelihood of being employed at a job not covered by UI after 18 months, total monthly income after 18 months, and the likelihood that adult recipients had received an associate’s degree after 18 months.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the Family Rewards program, and not to other factors.","the Family Rewards Program","Other employment and reemployment Other training and education Unemployment Insurance","Unemployed, Low income, Parent",,"United States",2010,http://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/FamRewards2010ONYC%20FULL%20Report%20RE…,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"Rewarding Persistence: Effects of a performance-based scholarship program for low-income parents","Richburg-Hayes, L., Brock, T., LeBlanc, A., Paxson, C., Rouse, C.E., & Barrow, L. (2009). Rewarding persistence: Effects of a performance-based scholarship program for low-income parents. New York: MDRC.","Community College","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Education and skills gains-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Education and skills gains","Summary:

The study’s objective was to examine the impact of the Opening Doors program at Delgado Community College and Louisiana Technical College-West Jefferson in New Orleans, Louisiana, on progress toward completing a college degree. The Opening Doors program offered students with dependent children a performance-based $1,000 scholarship in each of two semesters. The study examined both the shorter- and longer-term impacts of the Opening Doors program using different cohorts of students.
The study was a randomized controlled trial. Eligible students were randomly assigned to either the treatment group, which was offered the opportunity to receive the scholarship, or the control group, which was not eligible for the scholarship. The primary data sources were a baseline survey on the background characteristics of students, student transcripts, and degree attainment information from the National Student Clearinghouse.
The study found that for all four cohorts of students, the treatment group was significantly more likely to have registered for any course and have enrolled full-time in college, and to have attempted and earned significantly more credits in both the first and second program semesters, compared with the control group. The study found that for the first two cohorts of students, the treatment group registered for classes at a higher rate, enrolled in more semesters of college, and earned more credits than the control group cumulatively through the fourth semester after random assignment.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the Opening Doors program, and not to other factors.","the Opening Doors Program at Delgado Community College and Louisiana Technical College-West Jefferson","Tuition assistance Community college education and other classroom training","Adult, Low income, Parent",,"United States",2009,http://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/rewarding_persistence_fr.pdf,"Community College Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Los Angeles Reach For Success program","Anderson, J., Freedman, S., and Hamilton, G. (2009). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Los Angeles Reach For Success program. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Mixed impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to examine the impact of an individualized case management program called Reach for Success (RFS) on employment, earnings, and public assistance receipt for recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance benefits.
The study used a randomized controlled trial design, assigning eligible people over a two-year period to either the RFS program or existing services. To estimate the program’s impacts, the authors used administrative employment, earnings, and public benefits data, as well as a 12-month follow-up survey emphasizing respondents’ employment, income, and other outcomes. Outcomes were adjusted for prerandom assignment characteristics.
The study found that RFS participants were significantly more likely to receive TANF and Food Stamps benefits at the end of the two-year follow-up period.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the RFS program and not to other factors.","Reach for Success (RFS)","Other employment and reemployment","Parent, Low income",,"United States",2009,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/era_la_rfs_embed.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"Essays on welfare, children, and families","Zhu, Yi. (2009.) Essays on welfare, children, and families. (Unpublished dissertation, Michigan State University.)","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence","Employment-Low-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment","Summary:

The study’s objective was to examine the effect of child care subsidies through the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program on the employment of low-income single mothers.
The author used data from the 2001–2007 Current Population Survey (CPS). The treatment condition was defined as the amount of the state child care subsidy for single mothers with children younger than 13.
The study found a statistically significant relationship between the amount of child care subsidies and single mothers’ full-time employment. The study did not find relationships between child care subsidies and other employment outcomes examined.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is low because the author did not account for existing differences between the mothers who did and did not receive the child care assistance. This means we are not confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the child care subsidies; other factors are likely to have contributed.","Child Care Subsidies","Other employment and reemployment","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2009,,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The links between parent behaviors and boys’ and girls’ science achievement beliefs","Bhanot, R.T., & Jovanovic, J. (2009). The links between parent behaviors and boys’ and girls’ science achievement beliefs. Applied Developmental Science, 13(1), 42-59.","Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM)","Study Type: Descriptive Analysis",,,"Summary:

	
	
		The study's objective was to examine the relationship between parents’ and middle school students’ perceptions of science education and whether that relationship varied based on the gender of the parent or child. Specifically, the study looked at links between parents’ attitudes toward science and participation in their children’s science education and the child’s opinion of the utility of science (called science task-value) and perception of his or her own science ability.
		The study, conducted in four school districts in Illinois, used student survey data collected at the start and end of the school year and parent survey data collected in the middle of the school year. The authors analyzed changes in students’ perceptions from the beginning to end of the year, by gender, as well as differences in parents’ perceptions and behavior by the gender of the child and parent. The authors also conducted a series of regression analyses by gender to determine the relationship between parents’ involvement in their children’s science education and their children’s end-of-year perceptions.
		The study found that boys had higher perceptions of their own science ability at the end of the school year than girls, though there was no difference in actual performance. Compared with parents of girls, parents of boys also had higher perceptions of the child’s science ability and of the value of science and were more likely to encourage an interest in science. There were some positive correlations between parents’ beliefs and actions and girls’ perceptions of science; however, some actions taken by mothers were found to be negatively correlated with boys’ perceptions of their science ability and their task-value beliefs about science. Even after controlling for mothers’ behaviors, mothers’ perceptions of their children’s science ability was a significant predictor of the children’s perceptions of their own ability. The study found that the links between fathers’ actions and children’s perceptions did not vary by the child’s gender.",,"Youth programs Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) programs","Youth, Parent",,"United States",2009,,"Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) Review Protocol"
"Working toward Wellness: Early results from a telephone care management program for Medicaid recipients with depression.","Kim, S., LeBlanc, A. and Michalopoulos, C. (2009). Working toward Wellness: Early results from a telephone care management program for Medicaid recipients with depression. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Low-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Low-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment","Summary:

The study’s objective was to examine the impacts of a telephone care management program, Working toward Wellness (WtW), on low-income depressed parents’ employment and earnings.
The study used a randomized controlled trial design, assigning eligible parents to either the WtW program or existing services. Authors used data from a six-month follow-up survey to estimate program impacts, accounting for parents’ characteristics before random assignment.
The study did not find any statistically significant effects of the WtW program on employment or earnings.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we would be confident that any estimated effects would be attributable to WtW and not to other factors. However, the study did not find statistically significant effects.","Working toward Wellness (WtW)","Other employment and reemployment","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2009,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/working_wellness.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Valuing Individual Success and Increasing Opportunities Now (VISION) program in Salem, Oregon","Molina, F., Cheng, W., and Hendra, R. (2008). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Valuing Individual Success and Increasing Opportunities Now (VISION) program in Salem, Oregon. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to examine the impact of the Salem, Oregon, Valuing Individual Success and Increasing Opportunities Now (VISION) program on employment, earnings, and public benefits receipt among eligible single parents. VISION provided job search assistance and post-employment services to unemployed Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) applicants.
The study used a randomized controlled trial to assign TANF applicants eligible for welfare-to-work programs to either VISION or the state’s typical welfare-to-work program, Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), from May 2002 to May 2004. To estimate differences in outcomes between the two study groups, the authors retrieved data from unemployment insurance wage records, TANF and Food Stamps administrative records, and a 12-month follow-up survey.
The study found that people in the VISION group received, on average, $365 more in TANF benefits and $160 more in Food Stamps than those in the JOBS group during the first year after random assignment.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to VISION, and not to other factors.","the Salem Valuing Individual Success and Increasing Opportunities Now (VISION) Program","Job search assistance and supportive services Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2008,http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED501587.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: A comparison of two job club strategies: The effects of enhanced versus traditional job clubs in Los Angeles","Navarro, D., Azurdia, G., & Hamilton, G. (2008). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: A comparison of two job club strategies: The effects of enhanced versus traditional job clubs in Los Angeles. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to gauge the effect of a Los Angeles job club focused on participants’ career interests on employment, earnings, and benefits receipt outcomes after about 18 months. The Los Angeles site was one of 16 nationwide to participate in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project. (See the CLEAR review of the final report here.)
The authors randomly assigned almost 1,200 single-parent Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients to either a treatment group, which received Enhanced Job Club (EJC) services, or a control group, which received Traditional Job Club (TJC) services. The authors collected employment and earnings data from Unemployment Insurance (UI) records and used automated TANF and Food Stamps databases to obtain benefits receipt information.
The study found that, 18 months after random assignment, there were no statistically significant differences between EJC and control group members’ employment, earnings, or public benefits receipt.
The quality of causal evidence provided in this study is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that any estimated effects would be attributable to the EJC and not to other factors. However, the study found no statistically significant impacts.","the Employment Retention and Advancement project, Los Angeles’s Enhanced Job Club","Job search assistance and supportive services Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent",,"United States, Urban",2008,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/era_la.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Personal Roads to Individual Development and Employment (PRIDE) program in New York City","Bloom, D., Miller, C., and Azurdia, G. (2007). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Personal Roads to Individual Development and Employment (PRIDE) program in New York City. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Unfavorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to examine the impact of the Personal Roads to Individual Development and Employment (PRIDE) welfare-to-work program in New York City on the employment, earnings, and public benefits receipt of low-income single parents with physical or mental health problems that limited their ability to work.
The study was a randomized controlled trial that used data from administrative records for the two years following assignment and a survey conducted with a random subset of the sample to assess outcomes one year after assignment.
The study found that treatment group participants were significantly more likely than control group participants to have had a job and had higher average earnings. The treatment group was significantly less likely to receive cash assistance and received lower amounts of cash assistance benefits than the control group.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to PRIDE and not to other factors.","Personal Roads to Individual Development and Employment (PRIDE)","Other employment and reemployment","Disability, Low income, Parent",,"United States, Urban",2007,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/era_pride.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Post-Assistance Self-Sufficiency (PASS) program in Riverside, California","Navarro, D., van Dok, M., & Hendra, R. (2007). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Post-Assistance Self-Sufficiency (PASS) program in Riverside, California. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Low-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to examine the impact of the Riverside Post-Assistance Self-Sufficiency (PASS) program on employment, earnings, and public benefits receipt after two years. The Riverside PASS site was one of two in Riverside, California, that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned 2,770 employed single-parent participants who had recently left the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to a treatment group that received ERA services or to a control group that received standard TANF services. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Food Stamps administrative records and a survey administered 12 months after random assignment.
The study found that Riverside PASS had positive impacts on earnings and employment in the first and second years after random assignment.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to Riverside PASS, and not to other factors.","the Riverside Post-Assistance Self-Sufficiency (PASS) Program","Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2007,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/riverside_pass.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from Minnesota’s Tier 2 program","LeBlanc, A., Miller, C., Martinson, K., & Azurdia, G. (2007). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from Minnesota’s Tier 2 program. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to determine the 18-month impact of Minnesota’s Tier 2 welfare-to-work program compared with existing Tier 1 services. Minnesota’s Tier 2 program was part of the nationwide Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned approximately 1,700 long-term Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients to either a treatment group, which received Tier 2 services including intensive assessments and case management, or a control group, which received Minnesota’s existing Tier 1 TANF services. The authors analyzed data from Minnesota Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Food Stamps administrative records.
The study found that, 12 months after random assignment, more people in the Tier 2 group (79.2 percent) reported that they received Food Stamps than in the control group (70.0 percent). After 18 months however, there were no statistically significant differences between treatment and control group members’ employment, earnings, or benefits receipt.
The quality of causal evidence provided in this study is high because it is based on a well-conducted randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that any estimated effects are attributable to Minnesota’s Tier 2 program and not to other factors.","the Employment Retention and Advancement project, Minnesota’s Tier 2 Program","Job search assistance and supportive services Other employment and reemployment","Unemployed, Low income, Parent",,"United States",2007,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/minnesota_tier2.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from two education and training models for employed welfare recipients in Riverside, California.","Navarro, D., Freedman, S., & Hamilton, G. (2007). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from two education and training models for employed welfare recipients in Riverside, California. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Unfavorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:

The study’s objective was to examine the impact of post-employment job supports and intensive case management on welfare recipients’ employment, earnings, and benefit receipt outcomes after two years. The Riverside Phase 2 site was one of two in Riverside, California, that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned 2,907 employed single-parent participants in Riverside’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to one of two treatment groups that received differing ERA services or to a control group that received standard TANF services. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Food Stamps administrative records and a survey administered 12 months after random assignment.
The study found that the households of participants in the Work Plus program were 10.5 percentage points less likely to receive TANF benefits relative to those in the control group 12 months after random assignment. The study found no statistically significant effects associated with the Training Focused program.
The quality of causal evidence provided in this study is high because it was based on a well-conducted randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the Riverside Work Plus program and not to other factors. It also means that we would be confident that any estimated effects would be attributable to Riverside Training Focused program and not to other factors. However, the study did not find statistically significant effects of the Training Focused program.","the Employment Retention and Advancement Project—Work Plus and Training Focused (Phase 2), Riverside","Other employment and reemployment","Parent, Low income",,"United States",2007,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/riverside_phase2.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Texas ERA site [Texas ERA—Houston]","Martinson, K., & Hendra, R. (2006). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Texas ERA site. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [Texas ERA—Houston]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to estimate the impact of pre- and post-employment job supports and intensive case management on welfare recipients’ employment and benefits receipt outcomes after 18 to 24 months. The Houston site was one of three in Texas that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned about 1,800 single-parent participants in Houston’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to either a treatment group, which received ERA services, or a control group, which received standard TANF services. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) administrative records.
The study did not find any statistically significant effects on employment or earnings. However, the study found that treatment group members received, on average, $33 more in TANF benefits in the ninth quarter after random assignment than those in the control group.
The quality of causal evidence provided in this study is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the ERA program, and not to other factors.","the Employment Retention and Advancement project, Houston","Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent",,"United States, Urban",2006,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/results_texas.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Texas ERA site [Texas ERA—Forth Worth]","Martinson, K., & Hendra, R. (2006). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Texas ERA site. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [Texas ERA—Forth Worth]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment","Summary:


The study’s objective was to estimate the impact of pre- and post-employment job supports and intensive case management on welfare recipients’ employment and benefits receipt outcomes after 18 to 24 months. The Fort Worth site was one of three in Texas that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned about 1,200 single-parent participants in Fort Worth’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to either a treatment group, which received ERA services, or a control group, which received standard TANF services. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) administrative records.
The study found that treatment group members were 6.1 percentage points more likely to have been employed at any time in the second year after random assignment than those in the control group. Treatment group members were also 4.2 percentage points more likely to be employed during the last quarter of that second year.
The quality of causal evidence provided in this study is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the ERA program, and not to other factors.","the Employment Retention and Advancement project, Fort Worth","Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent",,"United States, Urban",2006,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/results_texas.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Texas ERA site [Texas ERA—Corpus Christi]","Martinson, K., & Hendra, R. (2006). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Texas ERA site. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [Texas ERA—Corpus Christi]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to estimate the impact of pre- and post-employment job supports and intensive case management on welfare recipients’ employment and benefits receipt outcomes after 18 to 24 months. The Corpus Christi site was one of three in Texas that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned about 1,300 single-parent participants in Corpus Christi’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to either a treatment group, which received ERA services, or a control group, which received standard TANF services. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) administrative records.
The study did not find statistically significant effects 18 to 24 months after random assignment on employment, earnings, and public benefit receipt.
The quality of causal evidence provided in this study is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that any estimated effects would be attributable to the ERA program and not to other factors. However, the study found no statistically significant impacts.","the Employment Retention and Advancement project, Corpus Christi","Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2006,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/results_texas.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"A comparison of two Welfare-to-Work strategies among African American women in Atlanta, Georgia. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation).","Wilson-Brewster, V.L. (2006). A comparison of two Welfare-to-Work strategies among African American women in Atlanta, Georgia. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Capella University, Minneapolis, Minnesota.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Low-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Low-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment","Summary:

The study’s objective was to examine the effectiveness of two welfare-to-work programs—the Labor Force Attachment (LFA) program and the Human Capital Development (HCD) program—on the employment and earnings of African American women 25, 35, and 45 years old in Atlanta.
The author analyzed a subsample of participants in the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies (NEWWS) study. The study was a randomized controlled trial that assigned individuals within a geographic location to one of three groups: LFA, HCD, or a control group.
The study found that women in the 35-year-old group who participated in LFA or HCD had higher earnings and needed less time to find a job than those in the other age cohorts.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is low because the study was a randomized controlled trial with unknown attrition and the authors did not account for preexisting differences between the groups being compared in their analysis. This means we are not confident that the estimated effects are attributable to LFA or HCD programs; other factors are likely to have contributed.","Labor Force Attachment (LFA) and Human Capital Development (HCD)","Other employment and reemployment Other training and education","Female, Black or African American, Low income, Parent",,"United States, Urban",2006,,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"Paying for persistence: Early results of a Louisiana scholarship program for low-income parents attending community college","Brock, T., & Richburg-Hayes, L. (2006). Paying for persistence: Early results of a Louisiana scholarship program for low-income parents attending community college. New York: MDRC.","Community College","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Education and skills gains-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Education and skills gains","Summary:


The study’s objective was to examine the impact of Louisiana Opening Doors, a scholarship program, on semester-to-semester retention and course completion at two community colleges in Louisiana.
The study was a randomized controlled trial that compared the outcomes of treatment and control groups over three semesters. The primary data sources were students’ transcripts from the colleges and a baseline survey on students’ background characteristics.
The study found that students who participated in the Opening Doors program attempted and passed a greater number of courses, registered for and earned more credits, and were enrolled for more semesters than students in the control group.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the Louisiana Opening Doors program, and not to other factors.","Opening Doors in Louisiana","Community college education and other classroom training Tuition assistance","Adult, Low income, Parent",,"United States",2006,http://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/full_472.pdf,"Community College Review Protocol"
"College as a job advancement strategy: Final report on the New Visions Self-Sufficiency and Lifelong Learning Project","Fein, D., & Beecroft, E. (2006). College as a job advancement strategy: Final report on the New Visions Self-Sufficiency and Lifelong Learning Project. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to examine the impact of the Riverside Community College’s New Visions Self-Sufficiency and Lifelong Learning Project on welfare recipients’ employment, earnings, welfare receipt, and educational achievement.
The study was based on a randomized controlled trial and estimated the effect of offering welfare recipients the New Visions Project services compared with encouraging recipients to participate in other employment services. The authors used California public benefits and community college administrative data to compare average outcomes among those offered access to New Visions with the average outcomes of those excluded, after adjusting for differences in demographic and pre-intervention characteristics between the groups.
The study found that participants in the New Visions program received $456 more in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) payments than control group participants in the third year after random assignment.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the New Visions Project, and not to other factors.","the New Visions Self-Sufficiency and Lifelong Learning Project","Community college education and other classroom training Other employment and reemployment","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2006,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/nv_final_pdf.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Early results from four sites [Texas ERA—Corpus Christi]","Bloom, D., Hendra, R., Martinson, K., & Scrivener, S. (2005). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Early results from four sites. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children & Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [Texas ERA—Corpus Christi]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:

The study’s objective was to estimate the impact of pre- and post-employment job supports and intensive case management on welfare recipients’ employment and benefits receipt outcomes after one year. The Corpus Christi site was one of three in Texas that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned about 1,300 single-parent participants in Corpus Christi’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to either a treatment group, which received ERA services, or a control group, which received standard TANF services. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program administrative records.
The study did not find any statistically significant effects one year after random assignment on employment, earnings, and public benefits receipt.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that any estimated effects would be attributable to the Corpus Christi ERA program and not to other factors. However, the study found no statistically significant impacts.","the Employment Retention and Advancement project, Corpus Christi","Job search assistance and supportive services Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2005,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/early_results.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The effects of welfare-to-work program activities on labor marker outcomes","Dyke, A., Heinrich, C., Mueser, P., & Troske, K. (2005). The effects of welfare-to-work program activities on labor marker outcomes. Institute for Research on Poverty, 1295(5). [Missouri]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages","Summary:

The study’s objective was to examine the impact of Missouri’s welfare-to-work program training activities on the quarterly earnings of women ages 18 to 65 years in single-parent households who were cash recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
Using data from the state’s administrative records and unemployment insurance program, the authors compared the quarterly earnings of women who took part in the training activities with those who enrolled in the welfare-to-work program but never took part in any of the training.
The study found that those taking part in the training activities experienced an initial (quarter 1) reduction in their quarterly earnings, compared with those who did not take part in the training activities. However, both cumulative (based on all 16 quarters of follow-up) and average (based on quarters 11 to 15) quarterly earnings increased for those who took part in the training activities compared with those who did not.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is moderate because it was based on a well-implemented nonexperimental design. This means we are somewhat confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the welfare-to-work program training activities, but other factors might also have contributed.","the Welfare-to-Work Program","Job search assistance and supportive services","Female, Low income, Parent",,"United States",2005,http://repec.iza.org/dp1520.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Early results from four sites. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children & Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [South Carolina] (Bloom et al. 2005)","Bloom, D., Hendra, R., Martinson, K., & Scrivener, S. (2005). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Early results from four sites. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children & Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [South Carolina]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:

The study’s objective was to estimate the impact of pre- and post-employment job supports and intensive case management on former welfare recipients’ employment and benefits receipt outcomes after one year. The South Carolina site was one of 16 sites nationwide that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned 1,839 people who had recently left the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to either a treatment group (Moving Up) that received ERA services or a control group that could participate in other employment-related programs in the community. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Food Stamps administrative records.
The study did not find any statistically significant effects of Moving Up on employment, earnings, or benefits receipt one year after random assignment.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we would be confident that any estimated effects are attributable to Moving Up and not to other factors. However, the study did not find any statistically significant effects.","the Employment Retention and Advancement Project, South Carolina","Job search assistance and supportive services Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2005,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/early_results.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Early results from four sites [Riverside, CA – Work Plus versus Training Focused]","Bloom, D., Hendra, R., Martinson, K., & Scrivener, S. (2005). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Early results from four sites. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children & Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [Riverside, CA – Work Plus versus Training Focused]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:

The study’s objective was to examine the effectiveness of a Riverside, California, program to increase the earnings of welfare recipients after one year. The Riverside Phase 2 site was one of two in Riverside that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned eligible single-parent participants in Riverside’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to one of two treatment groups (Work Plus and Training Focused) that received differing ERA services or to a control group that received standard TANF services. This review focuses on the comparison between the Work Plus program and the Training Focused program. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Food Stamps administrative records.
The study did not find any statistically significant effects of the Work Plus program on employment, earnings, and benefits receipt compared with the Training Focused program.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we would be confident that any estimated effects are attributable to the Riverside Work Plus program and not to other factors. However, the study did not find any statistically significant effects.","the Employment Retention and Advancement Project—Work Plus and Training Focused (Phase 2), Riverside","Job search assistance and supportive services Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2005,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/early_results.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Early results from four sites [Chicago]","Bloom, D, Hendra, R., Martinson, K., & Scrivener, S. (2005). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Early results from four sites. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [Chicago]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Unfavorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:

The study’s objective was to determine the effectiveness of a Chicago program to increase the earnings of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients after one year. The Chicago site was one of 16 nationwide to participate in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned 990 TANF recipients to either a treatment group, which received enhanced employment services, or a control group, which received benefits as usual. The authors collected employment and earnings data from Illinois Unemployment Insurance (UI) records and Food Stamps and TANF receipt data from Illinois administrative records.
The study found that those in the Chicago ERA program received, on average, $193 less in TANF benefits in the first year after random assignment than those in the control group.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the Chicago ERA project, and not to other factors.","the Employment Retention and Advancement project, Chicago","Job search assistance and supportive services Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent",,"United States, Urban",2005,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/early_results.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Early results from four sites [Texas ERA—Houston]","Bloom, D., Hendra, R., Martinson, K., & Scrivener, S. (2005). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Early results from four sites. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [Texas ERA—Houston]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:

The study’s objective was to estimate the impact of pre- and post-employment job supports and intensive case management on welfare recipients’ employment and benefits receipt outcomes after one year. The Houston site was one of three in Texas that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned 1,816 unemployed single-parent participants in Houston’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to either a treatment group that received ERA services or a control group that received standard TANF services. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Food Stamps administrative records.
The study did not find any statistically significant effects of the Houston ERA program on employment, earnings, and benefits receipt one year after random assignment.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we would be confident that any estimated effects are attributable to the Houston ERA program and not to other factors. However, the study did not find any statistically significant effects.","the Employment Retention and Advancement project, Houston","Job search assistance and supportive services Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent",,"United States, Urban",2005,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/early_results.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"Turning welfare into a work support: Six-year impacts on parents and children from the Minnesota Family Investment Program.","Gennetian, L., Miller, C., & Smith, J. (2005). Turning welfare into a work support: Six-year impacts on parents and children from the Minnesota Family Investment Program. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Unfavorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-Mixed impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Unfavorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:

The study’s objective was to examine the impact of the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), a precursor to the national Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, on employment, earnings, and public benefit receipt.
The study was a randomized controlled trial: Families newly applying to Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) or families that were recertifying their eligibility were randomly assigned to MFIP or AFDC. Evaluators analyzed outcomes using a 36-month follow-up survey and administrative data from the six years after the intervention.
The study found that, among single parents in the year after MFIP began, the MFIP group experienced higher rates of short-term employment and higher rates and levels of cash assistance than the AFDC group. For two-parent households, the study found that, in the first year after the study began, the MFIP group had lower rates of employment, lower levels of earnings, and higher rates and levels of benefits receipt than the AFDC group. In both family types, higher receipt of cash assistance for the MFIP group persisted through six years after the study began.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to MFIP, and not to other factors.","the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP)","Other employment and reemployment Other training and education","Parent, Low income",,"United States",2005,http://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/full_594.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Early results from four sites [Riverside, CA – Work Plus]","Bloom, D., Hendra, R., Martinson, K. & Scrivener, S. (2005). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Early results from four sites. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [Riverside, CA – Work Plus]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:

The study’s objective was to examine the effectiveness of a Riverside, California, program to increase the earnings of welfare recipients after one year. The Riverside Phase 2 site was one of two in Riverside that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned 1,912 employed single-parent participants in Riverside’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to one of two treatment groups (Work Plus or Training Focused) that received different ERA services, or to a control group (Work Focused) that received standard public benefits and some limited case management. This review compared the Work Plus program and the control group. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Food Stamps administrative records.
The study found that those in the Work Plus group were 5 percentage points more likely to receive Food Stamps in the year after random assignment than those in the control group.
The quality of causal evidence provided in this study is high because it was based on a well-conducted randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the Riverside Work Plus program and not to other factors.","the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) Project—Work Plus (Phase 2), Riverside","Other employment and reemployment","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2005,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/early_results.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Early results from four sites [Texas ERA—Fort Worth]","Bloom, D., Hendra, R., Martinson, K., & Scrivener, S. (2005). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Early results from four sites. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children & Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [Texas ERA—Fort Worth]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:

The study’s objective was to estimate the impact of pre- and post-employment job supports and intensive case management on welfare recipients’ employment and benefits receipt outcomes after one year. The Fort Worth site was one of three in Texas that participated in the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project.
The authors randomly assigned 1,163 unemployed single-parent participants in Fort Worth’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to either a treatment group that received ERA services or a control group that received standard TANF services. The authors analyzed data from Unemployment Insurance (UI), TANF, and Food Stamps administrative records.
The study did not find any statistically significant effects of the Texas ERA program in Fort Worth on employment, earnings, and benefits receipt one year after random assignment.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we would be confident that any estimated effects are attributable to Texas ERA and not to other factors. However, the study did not find any statistically significant effects.","the Employment Retention and Advancement project, Fort Worth","Job search assistance and supportive services Other employment and reemployment Unemployment Insurance","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2005,http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/early_results.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"The effects of welfare-to-work program activities on labor market outcomes","Dyke, A., Heinrich, C., Mueser, P., & Troske, K. (2005). The effects of welfare-to-work program activities on labor market outcomes. Institute for Research on Poverty, 1295(5). [North Carolina]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: Moderate Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages","Summary:

The study’s objective was to examine the impact of North Carolina’s welfare-to-work program training activities on the quarterly earnings of women ages 18 to 65 years in single-parent households who were cash recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
Using data from the state’s administrative records and unemployment insurance program, the authors compared the quarterly earnings of women who took part in the training activities with those who enrolled in the welfare-to-work program but never took part in any of the training.
The study found that those taking part in any of the training activities experienced an initial (quarter 1) reduction in their quarterly earnings, compared with those who did not take part in the training activities. However, those who took part in the assessment or intensive training activities experienced an increase in both their cumulative (based on 16 quarters of follow-up) and average (based on quarters 11 to 15 of follow-up) quarterly earnings, compared with those who did not take part in any training activities.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is moderate because it was based on a well-implemented nonexperimental design. This means we are somewhat confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the welfare-to-work program, but other factors might also have contributed.","the Welfare-to-Work Program","Job search assistance and supportive services","Female, Low income, Parent",,"United States",2005,http://repec.iza.org/dp1520.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"College as a job advancement strategy: An interim report on the New Visions Self-Sufficiency and Lifelong Learning Project","Fein, D., Beecroft, E., Long, D., & Robertson A. (2003). College as a job advancement strategy: An interim report on the New Visions Self-Sufficiency and Lifelong Learning Project. Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates Inc.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to examine the impact of Riverside Community College’s New Visions Self-Sufficiency and Lifelong Learning Project on welfare recipients’ employment, earnings, and welfare receipt.
The study is based on a randomized controlled trial and estimated the effect of offering welfare recipients the New Visions program by using California and community college administrative data to compare average outcomes among those offered access to the program to the average outcomes of those excluded, after adjusting for differences between the groups.
The authors found that access to the New Visions program increased the average number of quarters during which participants received Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits and increased the average amount of TANF benefits received in the first two years.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the New Visions program, and not to other factors.","the New Visions Self-Sufficiency and Lifelong Learning Project","Community college education and other classroom training Other employment and reemployment","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2003,,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"College as a job advancement strategy: An early report of the New Visions Self-Sufficiency and Lifelong Learning Project","Fein, D., Beecroft, E., Long, D., & Catalfamo, A. (2000). College as a job advancement strategy: An early report of the New Visions Self-Sufficiency and Lifelong Learning Project. Bethesda, MD: Abt Associates Inc.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-No impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:


The study’s objective was to examine the impact of a pilot for Riverside Community College’s New Visions Self-Sufficiency and Lifelong Learning Project on welfare recipients’ welfare receipt.
The study was based on a randomized controlled trial and estimated the effect of offering welfare recipients the New Visions program compared with encouraging recipients to participate in other employment services. The authors used California Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) records to compare average outcomes among those offered access to the program against the average outcomes of those excluded, after adjusting for differences in demographic and pre-intervention characteristics between the groups.
The authors did not find any statistically significant effect of the New Visions program on the likelihood of receiving TANF or the amount of TANF benefits received.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the New Visions Project, and not to other factors.","the New Visions Self-Sufficiency and Lifelong Learning Project","Community college education and other classroom training Other employment and reemployment","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2000,http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED466834.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"Final report on the implementation and impacts of the Minnesota Family Investment Program in Ramsey County. [MFIP-R versus AFDC, single parents in the early cohort]","Auspos, P., Miller, C., & Hunter, J. A. (2000). Final report on the implementation and impacts of the Minnesota Family Investment Program in Ramsey County. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. [MFIP-R versus AFDC, single parents in the early cohort]","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence",,"Summary:

The study’s objective was to examine the impact of the Minnesota Family Investment Program of Ramsey County (MFIP-R), a precursor to the national Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, on participants’ employment, earnings, and benefit receipt.
The authors used a randomized controlled trial design, assigning eligible families to either MFIP-R or existing services. Employment, earnings, and benefit receipt data were collected quarterly from Minnesota’s Unemployment Insurance earnings and public assistance benefit records.
This review was conducted in collaboration with the Employment Strategies for Low-Income Adults Evidence Review (ESER). Because ESER did not report findings for studies that received a low causal evidence rating, this CLEAR profile does not report the findings either.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is low because assignment to condition was not fully random, and the authors did not account for potential pre-existing differences in group characteristics in their analysis. This means we are not confident that the estimated effects are attributable to MFIP-R; other factors are likely to have contributed.","the Minnesota Family Investment Program of Ramsey County (MFIP-R)","Job search assistance and supportive services Other employment and reemployment","Low income, Parent",,"United States",2000,http://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/full_364.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"
"An evaluation of an urban community college Single Parent and Displaced Homemaker Program  (Doctoral dissertation)","Rice, L. M. (1999). An evaluation of an urban community college Single Parent and Displaced Homemaker Program  (Doctoral dissertation). Old Dominion University. DOI: 10.25777/tqh7-3c76","Community College","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence","Education and skills gains-Low-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Education and skills gains","Summary:

	The study's objective was to examine the impact of the Single Parent and Displaced Homemaker Program on education outcomes by students at an urban community college.
	The study used a nonexperimental design to compare the outcomes of program participants to those on the waiting list. Using data from the community college’s Students Information System, the author conducted statistical tests to examine the differences between groups.
	The study found that participation in the Single Parent and Displaced Homemaker Program was significantly related to increased retention rates and number of credits taken.
	The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is low because the author did not ensure that the groups being compared were similar before the intervention. This means we are not confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the Single Parent and Displaced Homemaker Program; other factors are likely to have contributed.","the Single Parent and Displaced Homemaker Program","Employment and Training Services Training and Education Capacity building programs Community college education and other classroom training Other training and education","Adult, Other barriers, Female, Parent",,"Urban, United States",1999,https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/urbanservices_education_etds/50/,"Community College Review Protocol"
"New Hope for people with low incomes: Two-year results of a program to reduce poverty and reform welfare","Bos, J., Huston, A., Granger, R., Duncan, G., Brock, T., & McLoyd, V. (1999). New Hope for people with low incomes: Two-year results of a program to reduce poverty and reform welfare. New York: MDRC.","Low-Income Adults","Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis","Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence","Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Earnings and wages
      


  
      
            Education and skills gains-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Education and skills gains
      


  
      
            Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Employment
      


  
      
            Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impacts
      
    
  
              


      
            Public benefit receipt","Summary:

The study’s objective was to examine the impact of the New Hope program on employment, earnings, public benefits receipt, and educational attainment.
The authors estimated the impact of the New Hope program by comparing average outcomes among a treatment group randomly selected to have access to the program with those of a randomly selected control group that did not have access to the program.
The study found that receiving access to New Hope services increased average earnings in the first year of the program by $583 and the average likelihood of ever being employed in the first and second year of the program by 7.8 percentage points and 5.5 percentage points, respectively.
The quality of causal evidence presented in this report is high because it was based on a well-implemented randomized controlled trial. This means we are confident that the estimated effects are attributable to the New Hope program, and not to other factors.","The New Hope Program","Other employment and reemployment Other training and education","Low income, Parent",,"United States",1999,http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED433455.pdf,"Employment and Training Review Protocol"