2020 - 2025
The Career Pathways Secondary Data Analysis Grants are part of OPRE's multi-pronged Career Pathways Research Portfolio. The purpose of the grants is to stimulate and fund secondary analysis of career pathways data collected through the Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) Project, Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) 1.0 Impact Study, HPOG 1.0 National Implementation Evaluation (NIE), and HPOG 2.0 National Evaluation. More information about these archived data sets is available on OPRE’s Archived Data page and the data can be accessed through the Child and Family Data Archive .
The grants focus on questions relevant to the effectiveness of services funded by Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs that aim to address the employment and self-sufficiency needs of TANF recipients and those eligible for or at risk of TANF receipt. Career pathways programs are one such service. Career pathways programs provide post-secondary education and training organized as a series of manageable steps leading to successively higher credentials and employment opportunities in growing occupations. Programs also provide financial, academic, and non-academic support to help TANF recipients and other students with low incomes enroll and persist in education.
The Career Pathways Secondary Data Analysis Grants support rigorous, policy-relevant secondary analysis of the PACE and HPOG data to deepen the field’s understanding of the implementation and effectiveness of career pathways programs.
The Career Pathways Secondary Data Analysis Grants award recipients are:
| University/Organization | Project Period | Principal Investigator | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 Awards | |||
| Northwestern University | 2023 —2025 | Principal Investigator: Teresa Sommer, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Terri Sabol, Ph.D. and Lauren Tighe, PhD. | Unpacking the impact of HPOG 2.0 on student parents' education and employment: Exploring the role of childcare |
| Texas Christian University | 2023 —2025 | Principal Investigator: Ashley Palmer, Ph.D. Co-Principal Investigator: Mary Collins | Examining pathways of connection to education, training, and employment among emerging adults experiencing low-incomes and the impact on later health and economic well-being |
| Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | 2023 —2025 | Principal Investigator: Stephanie Walsh, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Andrea Hetling, Ph.D. | Career pathways for TANF recipients and TANF-eligible individuals: A mixed methods equity analysis of secondary data
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| Mighty Crow Media, LLC | 2023 —2025 | Principal Investigator: Rebecca McCloskey, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Brieanne Beaujolais, Ph.D. and Gretchen Clark Hammond, Ph.D. | Examining the effects of motherhood, material hardship, and health in utilizing supports and program outcomes among women in HPOG 2.0 |
| The George Washington University | 2023 —2025 | Principal Investigator: Robert Olsen, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Jacob Klerman, Ph.D. | Testing innovative methods to project impacts of career pathways programs |
| MDRC | 2023 —2025 | Principal Investigator: Richard Hendra, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Kristin Porter, Ph.D | Building stronger paths to healthcare careers: Reanalyzing data to understand disparities in health profession training programs |
| FY2022 Awards | |||
| University of Texas - Arlington | 2022—2024 | Principal Investigator: Yeonwoo Kim, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Sehun Oh, Ph.D. | Health professions training and economic self-sufficiency among low-income women: Understanding the role of multilevel modifiable barriers |
| FY2020 Awards | |||
| Brandeis University | 2019 —2021 | Principal Investigator: Jessica Santos, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Grant Ritter, Ph.D. | Analysis and measurement of career pathways and progress through job quality and micro-advancements |
| Harvard University | 2019 — 2021 | Principal Investigator: Raj Chetty, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Namrata Narain, M.S. and Kadeem Noray, M.S. | Determinants of an effective job training program: An analysis of Year Up |
| MDRC | 2019 — 2021 | Principal Investigator: Richard Hendra, Ph.D. | Leveraging data to understand career pathways |
| The University of Texas at Austin | 2019 — 2021 | Principal Investigator: Christopher T. King, Ph.D.
| Which program characteristics are linked to certified nursing assistant training participants educational outcomes? Lessons from the HPOG 1.0 evaluation |
OPRE contracts with ICF International, Inc. to provide support to the Career Pathways Secondary Data Analysis grant program. This support includes dissemination of grant recipient research findings, regular cross-grant recipient convenings, and related activities.
Point(s) of contact: Liza Rodler and Layefa Leonard-Emuren.