CareerAdvance® Implementation Study Findings through FY 2018
Prepared for the Health Profession Opportunity Grant Program Administration for Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Authors:  Cynthia Juniper, Christopher T. King, and Amy Anderson (Northwestern University)
Date:  January 2019
Publication Type:  Report, 63pp.

This report examines the implementation of the third year of HPOG II services in a five-year grant cycle, including post-HPOG sustainability planning for CareerAdvance®. This report focuses on how and why the program has changed and adjusted to meet the requirements of HPOG II, while responding to the needs of the participants being served, the local job market, and the partners working together to implement and sustain the program.  First, this report briefly describes the organizations partnering to implement the HPOG II version of CareerAdvance®.  It then examines changes made to the program components, including the eligibility requirements, recruitment, assessment, and selection process, support services, training options, and other program elements.  Also, it describes the HPOG II FY 2018 (September 1, 2017-August 31, 2018) cohorts enrolled in training, including assessment scores and detailed demographic information on the participants and their families, as well as program completion and certification attainment of all HPOG II participants (April 2016-August 31, 2018).  A final section addresses CareerAdvance® sustainability planning issues, options and opportunities.  This report draws from previous CareerAdvance® reports, information on the HPOG II program participants and their families, and interviews with CAP, Tulsa Tech, Family and Children Services, and Tulsa Community WorkAdvance leadership and staff.

CareerAdvance® Implementation Study Findings through FY 2017
Authors:  Cynthia Juniper, Christopher T. King, and Amy Anderson (Northwestern University)
Date: January 2018
Publication Type:  Report, 54 pp.
(Prepared for the Health Profession Opportunity Grant Program, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

This report examines the implementation of CareerAdvance®, particularly focusing on how and why the program changes and adjusts to meet the requirements of HPOG II, while responding to the needs of the participants being served, the local job market, and the partners working together to implement the program. This report draws from previous CareerAdvance® reports, information on the HPOG II program, participants and their families, and interviews with CAP, Tulsa Tech and Tulsa Community WorkAdvance staff. First, this report briefly describes the organizations partnering to implement HPOG II version of CareerAdvance®. It then examines changes made to the program components, including the eligibility requirements, recruitment, assessment, and selection process, support services, training options, and other program elements. Also, it describes the HPOG II FY 2017 (September 1, 2016 – August 31, 2017) cohorts enrolled in training, including assessment scores and detailed demographic information on participants and their families, as well as program completion and certification attainment of all HPOG II participants (April 2016 – August 31, 2017).

CareerAdvance® Implementation Study Findings through July 2015
Prepared for the Health Profession Opportunity Grant Program Administration for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Authors: Kristin Christensen, Cynthia Juniper, and Christopher King
Date: October 2015
Publication Type: Report, 51 pp.

This report examines changes in the CareerAdvance® program that directly relate to the experience and progress of participants in the first through tenth cohorts through July 2015—the end of the sixth program year. A key finding of the implementation study to date is that the Community Action Project of Tulsa County (CAP Tulsa) has approached the design of the CareerAdvance® program as a continuous improvement process. The program model, its pathways, and other components have all been refined over time to address participant concerns, barriers to progress, and other factors. Because of these changes, few cohorts have experienced exactly the same program. This report examines program modifications over time, documents participation and progress in CareerAdvance®, and explores factors that appear to impede or support participant progress.