About case studies
Case studies provide practitioners with information about innovative interventions that states, counties, community-based organizations, or other entities are undertaking to improve employment outcomes for TANF participants and other individuals with low incomes, especially public assistance recipients. Case studies cover interventions not included elsewhere in the Clearinghouse because they have not yet been rigorously evaluated.
Populations and employment barriers: Unemployed
Intervention services: Education, Soft skills training, Job search assistance
Settings: Suburban onlyPopulations and employment barriers: Cash assistance recipients, Unemployed, Young adults (aged 16-24)
Intervention services: Case management, Financial incentives, Soft skills training, Work experience, Work readiness activities (Employment coaching)
Settings: Implemented in multiple settingsPopulations and employment barriers: Cash assistance recipients, Single parents, Noncustodial parents, Female
Intervention services: Case management, Employment retention services, Financial incentives, Substance use disorder treatment and mental health services, Soft skills training, Training (Occupational or sectoral training), Subsidized employment, Job development/job placement
Settings: Rural onlyPopulations and employment barriers: Cash assistance recipients, Employment status and income level (Employed)
Intervention services: Case management, Employment retention services, Soft skills training, Work readiness activities (Employment coaching)
Settings: Implemented in multiple settingsPopulations and employment barriers: Cash assistance recipients (Long-term cash assistance recipients), Employment status and income level (Limited work history, Very low income), Immigrants (Refugees), Specific employment barriers (Chronic illness, Disconnected from work, Former incarceration, Homelessness, Mental illness, Substance use disorder, Justice system involvement, Military veteran)
Intervention services: Case management, Financial incentives, Soft skills training, Training (Occupational or sectoral training), Work readiness activities
Settings: Urban onlyPopulations and employment barriers: Parents, Homelessness
Intervention services: Case management, Employment retention services, Financial education, Physical health services, Substance use disorder treatment and mental health services, Work readiness activities (Employment coaching), Job search assistance
Settings: Urban onlyPopulations and employment barriers: Cash assistance recipients
Intervention services: Case management, Supportive services, Work readiness activities (Employment coaching), Job search assistance
Settings: Implemented in multiple settingsPopulations and employment barriers: Unemployed, Parents, Female, Disconnected from work, Young adults (aged 16-24)
Intervention services: Case management, Financial education, Financial incentives, Soft skills training, Supportive services, Training (Occupational or sectoral training), Work experience, Work readiness activities (Employment coaching), Job search assistance, Job development/job placement
Settings: Implemented in multiple settingsPopulations and employment barriers: Cash assistance recipients, Mental illness, Substance use disorder
Intervention services: Case management, Financial education, Substance use disorder treatment and mental health services, Supportive services, Training (Occupational or sectoral training), Job search assistance
Settings: Implemented in multiple settingsPopulations and employment barriers: Parents, Homelessness, Substance use disorder
Intervention services: Case management, Substance use disorder treatment and mental health services, Soft skills training, Supportive services, Unpaid work experience, Work experience, Work readiness activities (Employment coaching), Job search assistance
Settings: Implemented in multiple settings