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Job Corps Post-Separation National Data Collection
- January, 2025
- Posted by: Pamela Wells
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No CommentsThe National Office of Job Corps (OJC) has contracted with Decision Information Resources, Inc. (DIR) to administer post-separation surveys to eligible former Job Corps program participants. Job Corps is a national residential training and employment program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) designed to address the multiple barriers to employment faced by disadvantaged... Read More -
Evaluation of the Procedural Justice Informed Alternative Contempt (PJAC) Demonstration
- January, 2019
- Posted by: Pamela Wells
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The national evaluation of the impact of the Procedural Justice Informed Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC) Demonstration, commissioned by the Office of Administration of Children & Families, will focus on factors such as the amount and regularity of child support payments, child support debt, the use of enforcement actions, and the employment and earnings of parents... Read More -
Follow-up Surveys to Test Alternative Rent Policies
- January, 2019
- Posted by: Pamela Wells
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HUD’s Rent Reform Demonstration gives participating housing agencies the opportunity to adopt new policies on a trial basis and to learn from a careful evaluation whether they achieve benefits for tenants and the housing agency. The primary goal of the randomized controlled trial study is to test the effects of an alternative rent policy on... Read More -
Longitudinal CATI & Field Surveys for a Microloan RCT – The Small Loan Study Participant Surveys
- January, 2019
- Posted by: Jose Gonzalez
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The objective of the Grameen Small Loan Study is to measure the effect of a single micro-lending program on the success of women creating or expanding small businesses in the New Jersey area. The sample comprises loan applicants who were recruited in groups of five and randomly assigned into treatment (received the loan) and control... Read More -
CATI Surveys for the Evaluation of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment & Training (SNAP E&T) Pilots
- December, 2018
- Posted by: Jose Gonzalez
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) contracted with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. and several subcontractors, including DIR, to conduct a study of the effects of services provided through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment and Training (E&T) pilot sites in 10 states. The evaluation will estimate the impact of services... Read More -
Longitudinal Data Collection for a Transitional Employment Intervention
- December, 2017
- Posted by: Chau Khong
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The evaluation of the Subsidized Transitional Employment Demonstration (STED) is a 60-month random assignment (RA) national study of 7 STED programs. The study seeks to determine the effect of different approaches to helping low-income participants obtain jobs and advance in their fields. The evaluation targets two distinct populations: noncustodial parents (NCPs) and recipients of Temporary... Read More -
Evaluation of the Impact of a College Preparatory Model on Youth Outcomes
- November, 2017
- Posted by: Jose Gonzalez
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The SEED Foundation provides innovative educational opportunities that prepare underserved students for success in college and beyond. SEED currently operates two college-preparatory boarding schools—one in Washington, D.C., and one in Maryland—that serve students in grades 6 through 12. The SEED evaluation, funded by the federal Social Innovation Fund (SIF), explored the impact of the SEED... Read More -
CATI & Field Surveys for the Expanded Earned Income Tax (EITC) Demonstration – Paycheck Plus
- December, 2016
- Posted by: Jose Gonzalez
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The evaluation of the Paycheck Plus Expanded Earned Income Tax Demonstration sought to determine the effect of a wage supplement to encourage work and increase earnings among low-income workers as young as 21 and without dependent children. During the 30-month period between random assignment and data collection, DIR contacted participants by mail, phone, and email.... Read More -
Survey data collection for a multi-state neighborhood initiative
- December, 2015
- Posted by: Chau Khong
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The Choice Neighborhood Initiative (CNI) was designed to support the redevelopment of distressed, assisted housing projects and the transformation of the neighborhoods surrounding them into mixed-income, high-opportunity neighborhoods. The study of CNI was designed to include both target and wider neighborhood sample in five sites—Seattle, New Orleans, Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco. Each target sample... Read More -
CATI and Field Data Collection for the WorkAdavance Sector-based Training Evaluation
- September, 2015
- Posted by: Jose Gonzalez
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WorkAdvance (WA) is a sector-focused advancement initiative for low-wage working adults. The program sought to boost the earnings of unemployed and low-wage working adults by helping them prepare for and enter higher quality jobs in selected sectors with opportunities for career growth. Once participants were placed, they were provided with further assistance to guide them... Read More -
CATI and Field Surveys with a Low-income sample participating in Conditional Cash Transfer Intervention
- December, 2013
- Posted by: Jose Gonzalez
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Opportunity NYC (ONYC) Work Rewards is one of three distinct programs in a $63 million pilot conditional cash-transfer initiative. ONYC Work Rewards is also known as the NYC Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program. Work Rewards targets working-age adults who have a household income under 130 percent of the federal poverty line... Read More
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