12/12 – Focus Groups for Participant Experience in Career Advance©

Tara Carter Smith and other researchers from the Ray Marshall Center traveled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the beginning of December to conduct focus groups with participants of the CareerAdvance© program. CareerAdvance© is a dual generation program that provides parents of children in Tulsa’s Head Start programs with education, vocational training, and peer support to complete certifications in the healthcare sector. One of these focus groups targeted participants who had graduated from the program. The initial results were positive, indicating that many moved on to jobs in the health field or to further their education.