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Summary

PTH offered occupational training in health care–related fields to individuals with low incomes interested in a career in health care.

PTH provided five pathways to earn stackable credentials in the health care industry through a career pathways model and offered intensive advising, supportive services, and work-readiness activities, including workshops to prepare for the job search and job search assistance. Participants could also receive scholarships for tuition and books of up to $3,500 (or $6,500 for certain more expensive programs such as Licensed Practical Nurse, Medical Office Specialist, and Medical Records Technician) at the community college that operated PTH. The PTH credential programs lasted between 1 and 24 months, in addition to 10 weeks of optional remedial coursework. The program focused on individuals with low incomes (as defined by the program; before the study, participants had an average annual income of about $17,000) who were eligible to work and interested in a career in health care. The program was implemented in Pima County, AZ.

PTH was part of the Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education study which also evaluated the following career pathways programs: Bridge to Employment in the Healthcare Industry, Carreras en Salud, Health Careers for All, Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training, Patient Care Pathway Program, Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement, Workforce Training Academy Connect, and Year Up.

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Primary service

Occupational or sectoral training

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Intervention services

Education, Supportive services, Training (Occupational or sectoral training), Work readiness activities (Job search assistance)

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Setting(s)

Urban only

Year evaluation began

2012

Implementing organization(s)Pima Community College and the county workforce agency

Effectiveness rating and effect by outcome domain

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Outcome domain	Term	Effect in 2018 dollars and percentages	Effect in standard deviations	Sample size
Increase earnings	Short-term
	Long-term	-$962 per year	-0.046	1217
	Very long-term
Increase employment	Short-term
	Long-term	1% (in percentage points)	0.033	1040
	Very long-term
Decrease benefit receipt	Short-term
	Long-term	$239 per year	0.087	1040
	Very long-term
Increase education and training	All measurement periods	3% (in percentage points)	0.055	1040

* 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.

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Well-supported
Supported
Not supported
Mixed support
Insufficient evidence
No evidence

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Studies of this intervention

Study quality rating	Study counts per rating
High	1

Implementation details

Characteristics of research participants
Black or African American	12%
White, not Hispanic	27%
Unknown, not reported, or other	8%
Hispanic or Latino of any race	56%

State(s) where implemented

Mountain, Arizona

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