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The Employment Retention and Advancement Project
Results from Two Education and Training Models for Employed Welfare Recipients
in Riverside, California
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List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes
About the Employment Retention and Advancement Project
Overview of the ERA Project
The Riverside Phase 2 Program
About the Evaluation
Roadmap of the Report
Implementation of the Phase 2 Program
Putting Phase 2 into Place
The Framework: Organizational Structure, Staffing, and Funding
Program Flow, Messages, and Services of the Phase 2 Program
How Phase 2 Staff Spent Their Time
Impacts on Client-Staff Contacts and Service Receipt
Summary of Key Findings
Extent and Nature of Contacts Between Clients and Staff
Impacts on Service Receipt for the Full Sample
Impacts on Service Receipt for Subgroups
Impacts on Degree and Certificate Receipt
Conclusions
Expected Effects
Employment Patterns for Control Group Members
Impacts on Employment and Earnings
Impacts on Public Assistance Receipt and Payments
Impacts for Selected Subgroups
Conclusions and Policy Implications
Appendix
A: Supplementary Tables for “Introduction”
B: Source and Notes for Tables and Figures Displaying Impacts Calculated with Responses to the ERA 12-Month Survey
C: Sources and Notes for Tables and Figures Displaying Results Calculated with Administrative Records Data
D: Supplementary Tables for Impacts on Client Contacts and Service Receipt
E: Supplementary Tables for the Effects of the Work Plus and Training Focused Approaches on Employment, Public Assistance, and Income
F: Survey Response Analysis
Earlier MDRC Publications on the Employment Retention and Advancement Project
About MDRC
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