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Program description

Under CE, military veterans who found unsubsidized jobs in the competitive market received standard VA services. This evaluation directly compared CE to a separate intervention, TWE, in order to better understand which of the two interventions might be more effective; the distinctive feature of CE is that it did not provide a specific employment-focused intervention.

Evaluation

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Typical Services for Competitively Employed Veterans (CE) [as compared with Transitional Work Experience (TWE)] was tested in 1 study that included people who have/had the following characteristics: Military veteran, Homelessness.

Effect on long-term earnings

Pathways has no evidence to assess support for this intervention on long-term earnings. This means that there were no moderate- or high-quality studies of the effect of this intervention on long-term earnings.

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Summary

CE participants were military veterans who found unsubsidized jobs in the competitive market on their own. They received the standard VA services, including VA health care, education benefits, home loan assistance, disability compensation, and vocational rehabilitation and employment assistance, but no specific employment-focused intervention. Veterans could receive the standard services indefinitely.

The effectiveness of CE when compared with the effectiveness of TWE indicates the effect of a set of services that includes those unique to CE; the comparison indicates how much better CE meets participants’ needs than TWE. CE participants received standard VA services but no specific employment-focused intervention. In contrast, TWE participants received up to a year of structured vocational rehabilitation services and therapeutic work placements.

This study was part of the Therapeutic Employment Placement and Support demonstration, which also evaluated the Individual Placement and Support program, TWE only, and TWE followed by CE.

5962.07R - U.S. Department of V

Populations and employment barriers: Homelessness, Military veteran

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Intervention services

Work and work-based learning (Work experience)

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Setting(s)

Tested in multiple settings

Year evaluation began

2001

Implementing organization(s)U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Studies of this intervention

Study quality rating	Study counts per rating
Low	1

Implementation details

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