Evaluation of the City of Austin Investment in Workforce Development: 2023 Annual Report
Authors: Cynthia Juniper, Thomas Boswell, and Greg Cumpton, Principal Investigator
Date: December 2023
Publication Type: Report, 41 pp.
The City of Austin has contracted with the Ray Marshall Center (RMC), an organized research unit at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, to conduct an evaluation of the City’s workforce training investments. The purpose of the evaluation is to identify within the City of Austin funded workforce development training ecosystem, programmatic or strategic elements that impact participant outcomes. Research findings will guide strategic planning for the City’s workforce development efforts.
The following report is organized into three sections. The first presents an overview of the evaluation questions and research methods. The quantitative methodology discussion highlights the planned analysis of employment and wage outcomes. The qualitative methodology discussion presents detailed information regarding the development of the participant survey, the survey distribution plan, and participant interviews. The second section presents a brief profile of each service provider and its workforce development program(s). The concluding section outlines lessons learned during this first period of inquiry and additional questions researchers will consider as the evaluation evolves.
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