Evaluation of the Massachusetts Employment and Training (ET) Choices Program

Demetra Smith Nightingale, Douglas A. Wissoker, Lynn C. Burbridge, D. Lee Bawden, Neal Jeffries

Massachusetts's ET differs from other state programs of its kind by emphasizing client choice; receiving most of its funding from the state rather than the federal government; contracting with nongovernment groups for employment, training, and education services; and using an intensive marketing effort aimed at potential participants, employers, and government agency welfare staff. This study is aimed at federal and state policymakers and welfare program staff seeking an understanding of new strategies in welfare reform: what works, what doesn't, and why.

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