Health Profession Opportunity Grants Evaluation, United States, 2010-2016 (ICPSR 37290)

Version Date: May 21, 2019

Principal Investigator(s):
Abt Associates; Laura Peck, Abt Associates; Alan Werner, Abt Associates

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37290.v1

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  • V6 [2022-04-20]
  • V5 [2021-11-29] unpublished
  • V4 [2020-07-23] unpublished
  • V3 [2019-12-23] unpublished
  • V2 [2019-10-29] unpublished
  • V1 [2019-05-21] unpublished

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Alternate Title

HPOG

Summary

The Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG), administered by the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, was created to provide education and training to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients and other low-income individuals for occupations in the healthcare field that pay well and are expected to either experience labor shortages or be in high demand.

HPOG programs are expected to target skills and competencies demanded by the healthcare industry; support career pathways; result in an employer- or industry-recognized certificate or degree; combine supportive services with education and training services to help participants overcome barriers to employment; and provide services at times and locations that are easily accessible to targeted populations.

In 2010, the first round of HPOG awards was made to 27 organizations located across 20 states to carry out five-year programs in their areas. The first round of HPOG grant awards is referred to as HPOG 1.0. In 2015, a second round of HPOG grant awards was made to 32 organizations located across 21 states for a new five-year period. This second round of grants is referred to as HPOG 2.0.

HPOG is authorized as a demonstration program with a mandated federal evaluation. The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is utilizing a multi-pronged evaluation strategy to document the operations and assess the success of the HPOG program. The evaluation strategy aims to provide information on program implementation, systems change, outcomes, and impacts.

Citation

Abt Associates, Peck, Laura, and Werner, Alan. Health Profession Opportunity Grants Evaluation, United States, 2010-2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-05-21. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37290.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2010 -- 2016

Date of Collection

2013-03 -- 2016-05 (Baseline and short-term follow-up survey data collection), 2013-03 -- 2014-11 (Enrollment and random assignment)

Data Collection Notes

  1. This collection currently contains only study documentation, including data collection instruments and P.I. produced codebooks. The data will be released at a future date.

  2. See the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) website for more details.

  3. See the Career-Pathways website for more details.

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Study Purpose

The Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) study's key evaluation questions included:

  1. What impacts do HPOG programs as a group have on outcomes of participants and their families?
  2. To what extent do these impacts vary across selected subpopulations?
  3. Which locally adopted program components influence average impacts?
  4. To what extent does participation in a particular HPOG component(s) change the impact?
  5. To what extent do specific program enhancements have impacts, relative to the "standard" HPOG program?

Sample

All participants randomly assigned were included in the Impact Study; All participants were included in the Descriptive Study.

Time Method

Longitudinal: Cohort / Event-based

Universe

All participants that enrolled in HPOG are included in the Descriptive Study (N=35,592)

All participants randomly assigned are included in the Impact Study (N=13,716)

Low-income adults

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Response Rates

All participants completed the baseline survey. 75.6 percent of the Impact Study sample completed a short-term interview.

Presence of Common Scales

See documentation.

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Original Release Date

2019-05-21

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