Assessing DOL's Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration
Highlights
- Jobs programs that serve individuals who face barriers to employment needed to be assessed.
- The evaluation was based on a rigorous random assignment research design.
- Early results indicated the ETJD programs were relatively well implemented.
The Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration (ETJD). This early evaluation is based on a rigorous random assignment research design that examined seven transitional jobs programs that serve individuals who face challenging barriers to employment. Adults in the study had been recently released from prison, or were parents who did not have custody of their children, who owed child support, and who were unable to meet their obligations because of unemployment.
The ETJD project was conceived and funded by the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The evaluation was led by MDRC and is supported by Abt Global and MEF Associates. This evaluation was based on a rigorous random assignment research design that examined seven transitional jobs programs that serve individuals who face challenging barriers to employment.
Early results noted:
- The ETJD programs were relatively well implemented.
- All but one of the programs generated large increases in employment in the early months of follow-up.
- Two of the three programs targeting people recently released from prison appear to have reduced recidivism.
- Most programs increased payment of child support.
Read the report: ETJD: New Perspectives on Creating Jobs: Final Impacts of the Next Generation of Subsidized Employment Programs