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Summarize findings from OPRE’s HPOG 2.0 Systems Study to identify the extent to which systems activities, as implemented by HPOG program operators and their partners, may have influenced the local system.

Explore the HPOG National Evaluation Implementation Study Report which describes the variety of programs, program components, implementation strategies, the context in which programs operate, and program participants’ characteristics, experiences, and engagement.

The Systems Study captures the perspectives of 15 program operators and their partners on the extent to which systems activities of the HPOG 2.0 programs—collaboration, improved access to and quality of training and services, employer engagement, data sharing, and sustainability—improved how their systems functioned.

This research explores the prevalence of training patterns that are likely to lead to jobs that “pay well” and how those training patterns vary across several dimensions: available years of HPOG federal program funding, enrollee characteristics, and funding round (HPOG 1.0 vs. HPOG 2.0).

Drawing on in-depth interviews with healthcare occupational training participants, this brief reviews their considerations when balancing caregiving responsibilities with their training.

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, HPOG 2.0 programs (which train participants for in-demand healthcare jobs) adapted their procedures to continue activities while protecting their staff, students, and partners.

Drawing on in-depth interviews with healthcare occupational training participants, this brief reviews their considerations when making occupational choices.

This brief presents insights from in-depth, in-person interviews with HPOG 2.0 participants in career pathways programs, describes their experiences navigating career pathways, and suggests implications for career pathways program practice and for evaluations of career pathways programs.

A large experimental evaluation of the second round of HPOG found significant short-term impacts (15 months after randomization) on educational progress for the low-income adults served in 27 local programs across the country.

This brief reports local impacts in the short term for the 38 programs that are part of the HPOG 2.0 impact evaluation.