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Expanding Opportunities and Reducing Barriers to Work: Interim Summary Report (Summary). Evaluation of Pilot Projects to Promote Work and Increase Accountability in the USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Research Summary
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US Department of Agriculture, 2021
The Agricultural Act of 2014 authorized $200 million for the development, implementation, and evaluation of up to 10 pilot projects to test innovative strategies to reduce dependency on and increase employment among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants. The 10 States that received grants were California, Delaware, Georgia,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Pilot Projects, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
The Development of Entrepreneurship at School: The Spanish Experience
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Barba-Sánchez, Virginia; Atienza-Sahuquillo, Carlos – Education & Training, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to encourage entrepreneurship and creativity among primary school pupils than they acquire entrepreneurial skills through running a business. Design/methodology/approach: A pilot experience has been structured into three large phases: analysis of the starting situation; production of the materials and their…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students, Interviews
Virtues of SIN: Can Intensified Public Efforts Help Disadvantaged Immigrants?
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Aslund, Olof; Johansson, Per – Evaluation Review, 2011
The labor market integration of immigrants is a top political priority throughout the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. Social and fiscal gains, as well as sustained future labor supply make governments search for effective policies to increase employment among the mostly disadvantaged. The author studies SIN,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Immigrants, Employment, Work Experience Programs
The Effects of a Social-Emotional Intervention on Caregivers and Children with Disabilities in Two Central American Institutions
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Groark, Christina J.; McCall, Robert B.; McCarthy, Stephanie K.; Eichner, Joan C.; Warner, Hilary A.; Salaway, Jennifer; Palmer, Kalani; Lopez, Meghan E. – Infants and Young Children, 2013
This field study describes changes in caregiving and young children's physical and behavioral/cognitive development as a consequence of a pilot intervention using typical staff in 2 Central American orphanages for children with severe and multiple disabilities. The intervention trained staff in sensitive, responsive, child-directed,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Child Caregivers, Young Children
CETA Demonstrations Provides Lessons on Implementing Youth Programs. Report to the Congress by the Comptroller General of the United States.
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Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1980
The Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects were designed to test whether guaranteed part-time jobs during the school year and full-time jobs in the summer would induce economically disadvantaged youths to remain in or return to school. The General Accounting Office (GAO) found that most worksites provided adequate experiences. Others, however,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
2005 Apprenticeship Survey: Summary Report
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Ministry of Advanced Education, 2005
The 2005 Graduate Follow-up Survey of Apprenticeship Students was a pilot project undertaken by the Ministry of Advanced Education, the Industry Training Authority, and post-secondary institutions (13 public and 9 private). The pilot survey targeted those who completed their apprenticeship technical training programs in a BC post-secondary…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Pilot Projects, Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship