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Abt staff are proud to participate in the 22nd Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS). For over 20 years, the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has convened leading researchers, state and local administrators, practitioners, and federal policymakers to discuss new research on family self-sufficiency and social welfare programs. The goals of this conference directly align with Abt’s mission to improve the lives and economic well-being of people worldwide.
Now more than ever, evaluation insights are critical to informing programs and policies designed to support low-income and vulnerable families on the path to economic self-sufficiency. Our experts will discuss recent findings related to employment practices and training programs, substance use disorder, career pathways, and more.
Session: Disrupting Racial Bias in Employment Processes: Opportunities for Workforce Programs and Building Evidence
May 29 | 10:30 -11:45 a.m
Presentation: Lessons from employment and training agencies’ experiences engaging employers to de-bias employment processes
Presenter: Radha Roy
Presentation: Structural Barriers, Job Quality and Evaluations of Employment and Training Programs
Presenter: Simonne Vincent
Presentation: Priorities and opportunities for building evidence on effective strategies to disrupt biased employment processes
Presenter: Andrew Clarkwest
Session: Federal Investment in Fathers: Evidence from Fatherhood TIES, SIRF, and REFRAME
May 29 | 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Presentation: Identifying Core Components of Fatherhood Programs: A Meta-Analytic Approach
Presenter: Sandra Wilson
Roundtable: Data Limitations in Equity Research: Implications and Promising Strategies
May 29 | 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Facilitators: Sarah Prenovitz (Abt Global), Robert Weathers (SSA)
Session: Estimating How Contextual Changes Affect Program Impacts: Lessons from Conducting RCTs During the COVID-19 Pandemic
May 30 | 10:15 - 11:30 a.m.
Presentation: Career Pathways During COVID: Evidence from the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG 2.0)
Presenter: Dan Litwok
Session: Evaluating Sectoral Training Programs with an Eye Towards Employer Engagement
May 29 | 4:15 – 5:30 p.m.
Presentation: Impacts of the Ready to Work program on employment and earnings of the long-term unemployed
Presenter: Jane Herr
Presentation: Equity Considerations Around Employer Engagement
Presenter: Deena Schwartz
Session: Building Evidence on Employment Programs: New Resources from the Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse
May 30 | 4:15 - 5:30 p.m.
Presentation: Introducing the Next Generation of the Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse
Presenter: Allan Porowski
Session: Understanding Measures of Success in Job Training Programs
May 31 | 10:15 – 11:30 a.m.
Presentation: Participant and Staff Perspectives on HPOG Program Success
Presenter: Radha Roy
Presentation: HPOG 2.0 Impacts on Participants after Three Years
Presenter: Robin Koralek
Session: Employment Programs for People with Substance Use Disorders: New Findings on Rural Implementation
May 31 | 10:15 - 11:30 a.m.
Presentation: Addressing Substance Use Through the Workforce System: Findings on Rural Implementation of SUPPORT Act Grants
Presenter: Hannah Betesh
Presentation: Findings from the Building Evidence on Employment Strategies (BEES) Addiction Recovery Care (ARC) Implementation Study
Presenter: Hannah Engle
(All times in E.T.)
Additional Resources
Abt Team to Build Evidence on Sector Strategies and Employer Engagement Programs
The Department of Labor awarded an Abt Global-a contract to build evidence about sector training programs to improve outcomes and advance equity for workers
Uncovering Barriers in Employment to Expand Workforce Access
Racial bias can be present in any step of the employment process. That includes how jobs are advertised, applications are screened, tasks and work hours are assigned, mentoring is offered, compensation is set, and retention and promotion decisions are…
Descriptive and Analytical Career Pathways Project
Over the last 30 years, adults in the United States with a high school education or less have experienced stagnating wages and relatively high unemployment, while those with postsecondary credentials enjoyed economic gains (Autor, 2015; Carnevale et al.,…
Abt Team Chosen to Identify and Disseminate Effective Interventions for Low-Income Job Seekers
Abt will operate HHS’s Pathways to Work Evidence Clearinghouse, which is designed to help job seekers with low incomes succeed in the labor market.
Building Evidence on Employment Strategies (BEES)
Many Americans struggle in the labor market even when overall economic conditions are good. Unemployment is persistently high for some demographic groups and in certain geographic areas, and a large proportion of working-age adults – about one in five in…