Evaluation of the Second Round of Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG 2.0), United States, 2015-2025 (ICPSR 38427)
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Abt Associates;
Jacob Alex Klerman, Abt Associates
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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38427.v1
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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 were expected to either experience labor shortages or be in high demand. Following on a first round of HPOG awards in 2010 ("HPOG 1.0"), a second round of 32 five-year grants across 21 states were funded in 2015 ("HPOG 2.0"). After an additional one-year extension, the HPOG 2.0 grants concluded in 2021.
Local HPOG programs were 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.
HPOG was 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 for HPOG 2.0 includes an Impact Evaluation of HPOG's impacts on participants and its costs and benefits, as well as a Descriptive Evaluation of the implementation, outcomes, and local service delivery systems of the grants.
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- For additional information on HPOG 2.0, please visit the HPOG Study website.
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The purpose of this study was 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 were expected to either experience labor shortages or be in high demand.
The Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) study's key evaluation questions included:
- What impacts do HPOG programs as a group have on outcomes of participants and their families?
- To what extent do these impacts vary across selected subpopulations?
- Which locally adopted program components influence average impacts?
- To what extent does participation in a particular HPOG component(s) change the impact?
- To what extent do specific program enhancements have impacts, relative to the "standard" HPOG program?
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Low-income adults in the United States.