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Study of Valuing Individual Success and Increasing Opportunities Now (VISION)—Single Parents
Study quality: High
Study publications:
Hendra, Richard, Keri-Nicole Dillman, Gayle Hamilton, Erika Lundquist, Karin Martinson, Melissa Wavelet, Aaron Hill, and Sonya Williams (2010). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: How effective are different approaches aiming to increase employment retention and advancement? Final impacts for twelve models, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families. Available at https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/the-employment-retention-and-advancement-project-how-effective-are.
Molina, Frieda, Wan-Lae Cheng, Richard Hendra, and MDRC (2008). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Results from the Valuing Individual Success and Increasing Opportunities Now (VISION) program in Salem, Oregon, New York: MDRC. Available at https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/results-from-the-valuing-individual-success-and-increasing-opportunities.
Study of Valuing Individual Success and Increasing Opportunities Now (VISION)—Two Parents
Study quality: High
Study publications:
Williams, Sonya, and Stephen Freedman (2010). The Employment Retention and Advancement project: Background characteristics and patterns of employment, earnings, and public assistance receipt of adults in two-parent families, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Available at https://www.mdrc.org/publication/background-characteristics-and-patterns-employment-earnings-and-public-assistance.