Low-Income Adults

Low-Income Adults
The low-income adults topic area includes reviews of studies examining the effectiveness of interventions that serve low-income adults with the goal of improving their employment and earnings outcomes. CLEAR assessed the strength of causal evidence provided in each study and summarized each study’s design, methods, findings, and the intervention examined.

CLEAR conducted many reviews in this topic area in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse and its predecessor the Employment Strategies for Low-Income Adults Evidence Review (ESER). For those studies, CLEAR rated the studies using the CLEAR Causal Evidence Guidelines and developed the study profiles posted here using information from the Pathways and ESER reviews.

Status: Literature reviewed in this topic area currently covers 1990 – 2021.

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The Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration: Implementation and early impacts of the next generation of subsidized employment programs (Redcross et al., 2016)
Study Type: Implementation Analysis
The objective of the study was to examine the implementation of the Next STEP program which aimed to increase job-readiness and employment among persons recently released from prison. The Fort…
Helping public housing residents find better jobs and build careers: Evaluation findings from New York City’s Jobs-Plus expansion (Leopold et al., 2019)
Study Type: Implementation Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the implementation of Jobs-Plus which sought to increase employment and earnings among individuals living in public housing. The study authors conducted an…
The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the South Carolina ERA site (Scrivener et al., 2005)
Study Type: Implementation Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the implementation of The Employment Retention and Advancement Project (ERA)’s Moving Up program in South Carolina which was designed to help people obtain and…
The Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration: Implementation and early impacts of the next generation of subsidized employment programs (Redcross et al., 2016)
Study Type: Implementation Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the implementation of the Ready, Willing and Able Pathways2Work program (Pathways), which provided transitional employment, internships, job search services,…
The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Findings for the Eugene and Medford, Oregon, models: Implementation and early impacts for two programs that sought to encourage advancement among low-income workers (Molina et al., 2009)
Study Type: Implementation Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the implementation of the Transition, Advancement, and Growth (TAAG) program, which provided employment retention, career advancement, and case management…
The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from two education and training models for employed welfare recipients in Riverside, California (Navarro et al., 2007)
Study Type: Implementation Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the implementation of the Training Focused intervention which provided post-employment services to TANF-eligible single parents at the county economic…
The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from two education and training models for employed welfare recipients in Riverside, California (Navarro et al., 2007)
Study Type: Implementation Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the implementation of the Work Plus intervention which provided post-employment services to TANF eligible single parents at 11-county welfare department offices…
The Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration: Implementation and early impacts of the next generation of subsidized employment programs (Redcross et al., 2016)
Study Type: Implementation Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the implementation of the RecycleForce program, which provided subsidized transitional employment, training and social and economic supports for formerly…
The Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration: Implementation and early impacts of the next generation of subsidized employment programs (Redcross et al., 2016)
Study Type: Implementation Analysis
The study examined the implementation of the TransitionsSF program, a transitional jobs program for noncustodial parents in San Francisco, CA. The study authors conducted an implementation…
New perspectives on creating jobs: Final Impacts of the next generation of subsidized employment programs (Barden et al., 2016)
Study Type: Implementation Analysis
The study’s objective was to examine the implementation of the Supporting Families Through Work, a transitional jobs program for noncustodial parents in Milwaukee, WI. The study authors conducted…

CLEAR Icon Key

Below is a key for icons used to indicate important details about a study, such as its type, evidence rating, and outcome findings.

High Causal Evidence

Strong evidence the effects are caused by the examined intervention.
Moderate Causal Evidence

Evidence that the effects are caused to some degree by the examined intervention.
Low Causal Evidence

Little evidence that the effects are caused by the examined intervention.
Causal Impact Analysis

Uses quantitative methods to assess the effectiveness of a program, policy, or intervention.
Descriptive Analysis

Describes a program, policy, or intervention using qualitative or quantitative methods.
Implementation Analysis

Examines the implementation of a program, policy, or intervention.
Favorable

The study found at least one favorable impact in the outcome domain, and no unfavorable impacts.
Mixed

The study found some favorable and some unfavorable impacts in the outcome domain.
None

The study found no statistically significant impacts in the outcome domain.
Unfavorable

The study found at least one unfavorable impact in the outcome domain, and no favorable impacts.
Not applicable

Not applicable because no outcomes were examined in the outcome domain.
Favorable - low evidence

The study found at least one favorable impact in the outcome domain, and no unfavorable impacts. The study received a low causal evidence ratings so these findings should be interpreted with caution.
Mixed - low evidence

The study found some favorable and some unfavorable impacts in the outcome domain. The study received a low causal evidence ratings so these findings should be interpreted with caution.
None - low evidence

The study found no statistically significant impacts in the outcome domain. The study received a low causal evidence ratings so these findings should be interpreted with caution.
Unfavorable - low evidence

The study found at least one unfavorable impact in the outcome domain, and no favorable impacts. The study received a low causal evidence ratings so these findings should be interpreted with caution.