The WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs Gold Standard Evaluation (Restricted Use File)

The WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs Gold Standard Evaluation assessed the effectiveness of the intensive and training services provided through the Adult and Dislocated Worker formula-funded programs. The study used an experimental research design to ensure the study findings are representative of national WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker programs, with the following features: Twenty-eight randomly-selected local workforce investment areas (LWIAs) participated. With few exceptions (e.g., veterans), all eligible adults and dislocated workers in the LWIAs were randomly assigned to one of three research groups defined by the WIA-funded services that they could receive: (1) all WIA services, including training, (2) core and intensive services but not training, and (3) core services but not intensive or training services. Random assignment took place just after customers were found eligible to receive WIA-funded intensive services.

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