Partnering with Incite, Inc. and other workforce areas to evaluate an innovative workshop series to assist job seekers with the emotional challenges of unemployment.
Incite, Inc., a nonprofit corporation representing the Local Workforce Board for the Salem, Oregon region, received a five-year Workforce Innovation Fund grant to support its Rethinking Job Search program. The program, offered in 10 WorkSource centers across Oregon, uses a job-driven delivery model, including an educational intervention that integrates cognitive behavioral techniques addressing emotional and social consequences of long-term unemployment. The evaluation includes a quasi-experimental design to measure outcomes, implementation study, and cost analysis.
Services:
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- Key informant interviews
- Focus groups
- Administrative data analysis
- Factor analysis
- Survey research and analysis
- Findings dissemination