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Item Employment Outcomes for Low-Income Families Receiving Child Care Subsidies in Illinois, Maryland, and Texas(Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2009-08) George, Robert M.; Harris, Allison; Bilaver, Lucy Mackay; Franzetta, Kerry; Reidy, Mairead; Schexnayder, Deanna T.; Schroeder, Daniel G.; Stavely, Jane; Kreader, J. Lee; Obenski, Sally; Prevost, Ronald C.; Berning, Michael E.; Resnick, Dean M.This research study analyzes child care subsidy (CCS) participation and employment outcomes among low-income families in Illinois, Maryland, and Texas. The study seeks to learn who among low-income eligible families participates in the child care subsidy program, and the effect of subsidy participation on employment and eligibility status.Item Performance Measures Adjustment & Incentives: Key Strategies for Providing Improved Services to Harder-to-Serve Populations in the Age of Accountability(National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth, 2006-06) King, Christoper T.The paper concludes that programs would benefit considerably from adopting mechanisms for adjusting performance and providing incentives to encourage services to disadvantaged adults and youth and other hard-to-serve target populations. It doses with a series of recommendations.Item Adjusting ‘Common’ Performance Measures for Hard-to-Serve Adults and Youth: Issues, Options and Recommendations(2006-02) King, Christopher T.Prepared for the Institute for Educational Leadership’s National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth The paper concludes that programs would benefit considerably from adopting mechanisms for adjusting performance and providing incentives to encourage services to disadvantaged adults and youth and other hard-to-serve target populations.Item Greater Austin Area Labor Market Indicator (LMI) Survey 2005 Summary Report(Skillpoint Alliance, 2005-09) Wilkinson, L. David; Atkinson, Tamara; Fisher, Beverly; Glover, Robert W.; Gourgey, Hannah; King, Christopher T.; Lyman, LawrenceThis report presents findings from a labor market survey of organizations in the greater Austin area, which was administered over an 8-week period during summer 2005.Item Preliminary Findings from Interviews with Child Care Program Managers: A Product of the Study of Devolution of Subsidized Child Care in Texas(Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources and the Center for Social Work Research, 2003-04) Lein, Laura; Beausoleil, Julie; Trott, Sara; Schexnayder, Deanna T.; Schroeder, Daniel G.; Tang, Ying; Randazzo, MatthewA summary of the effects of the localization (devolution) of the management of Texas child care subsidy system to local boards throughout the state.Item Texas Child Care Profiles for Local Workforce Development Area FY 1998 - FY 2001: A Product of the Study of Devolution of Subsidized Child Care in Texas(Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources and the Center for Social Work Research, 2003-04) Schroeder, Daniel G.; Norman, Trish; Tang, Ying; Randazzo, Matthew; Schexnayder, Deanna T.; Lein, Laura; Beausoleil, Julie; Trott, SaraA summary of the effects of the localization (devolution) of the management of Texas child care subsidy system to local boards throughout the state.Item The Texas Child Care Subsidy Program After Devolution to the Local Level: A Product of the Study of Child Care Devolution in Texas(Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources and the Center for Social Work Research, 2004-06) Schexnayder, Deanna T.; Schroeder, Daniel G.; Tang, Ying; Lein, Laura; Beausoleil, Julie; Amatangelo, GinaA summary of the effects of the localization (devolution) of the management of Texas child care subsidy system to local boards throughout the state.Item The Process of Devolution: Perceptions from Local Boards: A Product of the Study of Child Care Devolution in Texas(Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources and the Center for Social Work Research, 2007-10) Lein, Laura; Beausoleil, Julie; Tang, YingA summary of the effects of the localization (devolution) of the management of Texas child care subsidy system to local boards throughout the state.Item Child Care Devolution in Texas: The Relationship of Child Care Policies to Subsidy, Employment and Market Durations: Final Technical Report(Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources and the Center for Social Work Research, 2008-03) Schexnayder, Deanna T.; Schroeder, Daniel G.A summary of the effects of the localization (devolution) of the management of Texas child care subsidy system to local boards throughout the state.Item Registered Apprenticeship Training in the U.S. Construction Industry(2005) Glover, Robert W.; Bilginsory, CihanThis paper compares the performance of building trades apprenticeship programs in the US sponsored jointly by employers and unions with those sponsored unilaterally by employers. It reviews enrollment and graduation rates, including participation of women and minorities. The article also looks behind the numbers to examine the operation of apprenticeship. It reviews the evolution of joint programs, including institutional arrangements and recent innovations to cope with the challenging characteristics of construction labour markets.