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This paper argues for scaling Year Up’s program for young adults, which Abt’s independent evaluation found effective, replicable, and financially beneficial to society.

Two small tests of a college-based version of the Year Up program found a general need for improvements and identified a strategy that may address this need.

Abt’s evaluation of Year Up found that the training program for young adults increased earnings and generated benefits that exceeded costs.

Adults with low skills or limited English proficiency face poor employment and earnings prospects. Postsecondary training is one way to improve job opportunities if the training aligns with industries’ local demand for skilled workers. Access to training…

Many Americans struggle in the labor market even when overall economic conditions are good. Unemployment is persistently high for some demographic groups and in certain geographic areas, and a large proportion of working-age adults – about one in five in…

Older adults are twice as likely as the general population to have pain, and clinicians often rely on opioid treatment. As a result, opioid use, misuse, and opioid use disorder have increased among older adults, who are vulnerable to adverse reactions…

Many high school seniors who plan to attend college do not enroll, and others enroll but do not return for a second year. Low-income students are more likely than their higher-income peers to fall off track after high school ends. Text message-based…

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