Can a Participant-Centered Approach to Setting and Pursuing Goals Help Adults with Low Incomes Become Economically Stable? Impacts of Four Employment Coaching Programs 21 Months after Enrollment

Summary

This report presents findings from the Evaluation of Employment Coaching for TANF and Related Populations. It describes four coaching programs and presents the impacts of each program 21 months after participants enrolled in the study. The report also includes findings from an implementation study that assessed how well each program implemented the coaching approach. The programs coached participants to identify and set employment-related goals, develop detailed action plans to reach those goals, complete the actions toward achieving the goals, and later create new goals.