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Summary

The IJSA+ program provided unemployment insurance (UI) recipients with personalized services and training to assist them in finding a new job at an early point after entering the UI system.

Six to seven weeks into unemployment, participants were required to report to a job service orientation session. At the orientation, the participants were given information about the services available to them and were scheduled for an assessment interview. The orientation for IJSA+, unlike for IJSA and Structured Job Search Assistance (SJSA), included a coordinated effort with the local Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Act staff to enroll interested participants in training. During the assessment interview, staff developed an individual service plan for the participant and emphasized the opportunity for training. Individual service plans varied, but the services specified in the plan were mandatory.

On average, participants completed services about two months after they began receiving UI benefits. A two-stage screening process identified UI claimants who were permanently separated from their previous job and then selected individuals who were most likely to exhaust their UI benefits (using a model that considered the local unemployment rate, job tenure, education, occupation, and industry).

In addition to fulfilling the usual requirements for UI, individuals in IJSA+ were required to complete this program to continue receiving their full UI benefits.

The IJSA+ program was implemented in Washington, DC, and in multiple UI offices in Florida. The IJSA+ program was implemented in the same evaluation as two similar programs for UI claimants: the SJSA and the IJSA.

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Effectiveness rating and effect by outcome domain

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Outcome domain Term Effectiveness rating Effect in 2018 dollars and percentages Effect in standard deviations Sample size
Increase earnings Short-term Not supported favorable $481 per year 0.023 9973
Long-term Not supported favorable $251 per year 0.012 8662
Very long-term No evidence to assess support
Increase employment Short-term Not supported favorable 1% (in percentage points) 0.029 9973
Long-term Not supported favorable 1% (in percentage points) 0.023 8662
Very long-term No evidence to assess support
Decrease benefit receipt Short-term Not supported favorable $-102 per year -0.037 6003
Long-term Not supported unfavorable $72 per year 0.026 6003
Very long-term No evidence to assess support
Increase education and training All measurement periods No evidence to assess support
* This intervention was assessed as supported for this domain, meaning it achieved one or more statistically significant, favorable effects. However, the intervention has an average effect size that is unfavorable because the average includes all effects in this domain - both statistically significant and favorable effects and statistically insignificant but unfavorable effects.

Effectiveness rating key:

  • Well-supported Well-supported   
  • Supported  Supported   
  • Not supported  Not supported   
  • Mixed support  Mixed support   
  • Insufficient evidence  Insufficient evidence   
  • No evidence  No evidence
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Studies of this intervention

Study quality rating Study counts per rating
High High 2
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Implementation details

Cost information

The average cost per participant was $248 in 2018 dollars.

This figure is based on cost information reported by authors of the study or studies the Pathways Clearinghouse reviewed for this intervention. The Pathways Clearinghouse converted that information to a single amount expressed in 2018 dollars; for details, see the FAQ. Where there are multiple studies of an intervention rated high or moderate quality, the Pathways Clearinghouse computed the average of costs reported across those studies.

Cost information is not directly comparable across interventions due to differences in the categories of costs reported and the amount of time interventions lasted. Cost information is not an official price tag or guarantee.

The information contained here reflects how the intervention was implemented at the time of the evaluation.

Local context

Characteristics of research participants
Black or African American
43%
White
41%
Unknown, not reported, or other
1%
Hispanic or Latino of any race
15%

The race and ethnicity categories may sum to more than 100 percent if the authors reported race and ethnicity separately; in these cases, we report the category White, rather than White, not Hispanic.

State(s) where implemented

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