ADED 4970: Special Topics (Workforce Development)

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) funded Manhattan Strategy Group and Abt Associates to conduct the Advancing Innovation in Adult Education project. The goal is to inspire and promote the development and use of innovate approaches in adult education that can result in high quality services and positive outcomes for adult learners. This compendium describes the project's criteria for the selection of innovative practices, and provides context for the practices that were selected and profiles each of the innovative practices.

Results for America launched the Evidence in Workforce Lab (Work Lab) featuring a State and Local Workforce FellowshipLinks to an external site. to help government leaders drive workforce dollars toward evidence-based, results-driven strategies that can help more Americans succeed in the workforce.
The What Works Report includes an overview of several evidence-based workforce development strategies:
• Youth Programs
• Sector-Based Strategies
• Job Search Assistance and Re-employment Services
• Transitional Jobs and Subsidized Wages

This document is part of a series of case studies on the Workforce Partnership Initiative (WPI) projects, with the series covering five of the nine partnerships: Chicago, D.C.-Maryland-Virginia, North Carolina, New York City, and the Southeast. Each initiative is tailored to its region’s unique needs and assets, and each case study offers an in-depth examination of the particular challenge the regional effort is addressing, the solutions developed, the partners involved, and the outcomes achieved.