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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).

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.

The Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Program is designed to deliver high-quality training in the health professions to eligible individuals. A National Evaluation of 27 grants awarded in 2015 as part of the second round of HPOG grants (HPOG 2.0) is currently underway. The National Evaluation will include a Descriptive Evaluation of the implementation, outcomes, and local service delivery systems of the grants as well as an Impact Evaluation of the grants’ impacts...

This document presents an analysis plan for the Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) to be conducted as part of the National Evaluation of the Second Generation of Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG 2.0) Program. The National Evaluation includes 27 nontribal grantees funded in 2015.

Findings from the CBA—how the social costs (mostly program spending) compare with the social benefits (mostly earnings gains)—will be important to understanding the value of programs such as HPOG....

The HPOG Program is designed to deliver high-quality training in the health professions to eligible individuals. A National Evaluation of 27 grants awarded in 2015 as part of the second round of HPOG grants (HPOG 2.0) is currently underway. The National Evaluation will include an Impact Evaluation of the Program’s impacts on participants and its costs and benefits, as well as a Descriptive Evaluation of the implementation, outcomes, and local service delivery systems of the grants...

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.

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

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

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 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.