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David Kaz, a principal associate in Abt’s Social and Economic Policy Division, has nearly 20 years of experience providing technical assistance, training, research, and policy analysis. He has worked on a wide range of programs and policies that affect low-income populations. He has directed, designed, and conducted both large- and small-scale, multi-faceted technical assistance projects for federal and state agencies and other clients and stakeholders. Clients have included the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service, Washington State’s Department of Social and Health Services, King County, and the City of Seattle. He has worked on workforce legislation with members of Congress.

This brief covers methods that TANF agencies can use to identify and provide housing services to families experiencing homelessness.

Family and medical leave experiences vary by gender.

Low-wage and non-low-wage workers take family and medical leave for similar reasons, but lower-paid workers face worse financial and job outcomes when they take leave.

The Patient Care Pathway Program had little impact on the two confirmatory outcomes: increasing receipt of a college credential and average quarterly earnings.

Evidence continues to paint an encouraging picture of Career Pathways programs’ effect on improving education, employment, and earnings outcomes.

Through the TACCCT program, community colleges delivered training programs that helped participants obtain credentials and employment and increase earnings. 

Julie Strawn’s brief in the College Completion Strategy Guide provides evidence-based recommendations to improve college completion & increase economic mobility.

In this report, Abt shares lessons learned from grantees of JPMorgan Chase & Co’s AdvancingCities program.

Year Up’s training program for young adults produced large, lasting earnings increases and positive financial benefits for society in this experiment.