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Summary

New Orleans Career Pathway Training provided job-specific training in high-demand occupations, including advanced manufacturing, information technology, and healthcare and tuition support to unemployed and underemployed workers.

Training providers included community colleges and other professional training providers, who coordinated with local firms to develop a curriculum and connect participants with employers. Participants received $6,000 worth of training credits to cover costs associated with attendance. 

Eligible participants had to meet various screening criteria, including attainment of minimum scores on basic skills tests, drug testing, mandatory orientation meeting attendance, and completion of a structured interview to assess work and training readiness. The program was implemented in New Orleans, LA.

101018-Study of New Orleans
Populations and employment barriers:

Effectiveness rating and effect by outcome domain

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Outcome domain Term Effectiveness rating Effect in 2024 dollars and percentages Effect in standard deviations Sample size
Increase earnings Short-term Little evidence to assess support favorable $4,010 per year 0.110 1901
Long-term Cannot assess support
Very long-term Cannot assess support
Increase employment Short-term Little evidence to assess support favorable 3% (in percentage points) 0.074 1901
Long-term Cannot assess support
Very long-term Cannot assess support
Decrease benefit receipt Short-term Cannot assess support
Long-term Cannot assess support
Very long-term Cannot assess support
Increase education and training All measurement periods Cannot assess support

Effectiveness ratings

  • Well- supported
  • Supported
  • Mixed support
  • Not supported
  • Insufficient evidence
  • Cannot assess support

Studies of this program

Study quality rating Study counts per rating
High High 1
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Implementation details

Organizations implementing program

New Orleans Office of Workforce Development

The information contained here reflects how the program was implemented at the time of the evaluation.

Local context

The providers and study site were located in New Orleans, LA.

Characteristics of research participants
Black or African American
90%
Unknown, not reported, or other
10%

The race and ethnicity categories may sum to more than 100 percent if the authors reported race and ethnicity separately; in these cases, we report the category White, rather than White, not Hispanic.

State(s) where implemented

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