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    Implementation and Second-Year Impacts for New Deal 25 Plus Customers in the UK Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) Demonstration
    UK Department for Work and Pensions
2008. Cynthia Miller, Helen Bewley, Verity Campbell-Barr, Richard Dorsett, Gayle Hamilton, Lesley Hoggart, Tatiana Homonoff, Alan Marsh, Kathryn Ray, James A. Riccio, and Sandra Vegeris.

This report published by the UK Department for Work and Pensions presents new findings on the effects of a program to help long-term unemployed individuals who receive government benefits in Great Britain and participate in a welfare-to-work program, New Deal 25 Plus, retain jobs and advance in the labor market.
 
    Implementation and Second-Year Impacts for Lone Parents in the UK Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) Demonstration
    UK Department for Work and Pensions
2008. James A. Riccio, Helen Bewley, Verity Campbell-Barr, Richard Dorsett, Gayle Hamilton, Lesley Hoggart, Alan Marsh, Cynthia Miller, Kathryn Ray, and Sandra Vegeris.

This report presents new and positive findings on the effects of Britain’s Employment Retention and Advancement demonstration. After two years, the program increased employment and earnings for single-parent participants. ERA offered a combination of job coaching and financial incentives to encourage low-income individuals to sustain employment and progress in work.
 
    Subsidized Housing and Employment
Building Evidence About What Works to Improve Self-Sufficiency
Working Paper
    2007. James A. Riccio.

This working paper argues for building a stronger base of evidence in the housing-employment policy arena through an expanded use of randomized controlled trials.
 
    Implementation and First-Year Impacts of the UK Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) Demonstration
    UK Department for Work and Pensions.
2007. Richard Dorsett, Verity Campbell-Barr, Gayle Hamilton, Lesley Hoggart, Alan Marsh, Cynthia Miller, Joan Phillips, Kathryn Ray, James A. Riccio, Sarah Rich, and Sandra Vegeris.

This report published by the UK Department for Work and Pensions presents encouraging findings on the early effects of Britain’s Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) Demonstration. Aimed at helping low-income individuals sustain employment and progress in work, ERA offers a combination of job coaching and financial incentives to participants once they are working.
 
    Jobs-Plus: A Promising Strategy
Presented Before the Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census, House Committee on Government Reform
Congressional Testimony
    2006. James A. Riccio.

MDRC’s study of Jobs-Plus, an employment program for public housing residents, offered the first hard evidence that a work-focused intervention based in public housing can effectively boost residents’ earnings and promote their self-sufficiency. Congress may wish to consider introducing Jobs-Plus in additional housing developments across the country.
 
    Raising Hope with Jobs-Plus
Promoting Work in Seattle Public Housing During a HOPE VI Redevelopment
    2005. Nandita Verma, James A. Riccio, and Howard S. Bloom, with Johanna Walter.

Early success for this ambitious employment program for public housing residents in Seattle was disrupted by a federal HOPE VI grant to tear down and revitalize the housing development.
 
    Promoting Work in Public Housing
The Effectiveness of Jobs-Plus
    2005. Howard S. Bloom, James A. Riccio, Nandita Verma with Johanna Walter.

Jobs-Plus, an ambitious employment program inside some of the nation’s poorest inner-city public housing developments, markedly increased the earnings of residents in the sites where it was implemented well.
 
    Housing Assistance and the Effects of Welfare Reform
Evidence from Connecticut and Minnesota
    U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 2003. Nandita Verma, James A. Riccio, with Gilda L. Azurdia.

Using data from two random assignment welfare reform experiments, this report contributes insights to efforts to foster economic self-sufficiency in both the assisted housing and the welfare policy arenas.
 
    Using Place-Based Random Assignment and Comparative Interrupted Time-Series Analysis to Evaluate the Jobs-Plus Employment Program for Public Housing Residents
    2002. Howard S. Bloom, James A. Riccio.

 
    Making Work Pay for Public Housing Residents
Learning from the Jobs-Plus Demonstration
Policy Brief
    2002. James A. Riccio, Steven Bliss.

 
    Making Work Pay for Public Housing Residents
Financial-Incentive Designs at Six Jobs-Plus Demonstration Sites
    2002. Cynthia Miller, James A. Riccio.

 
    Promoting Employment in Public Housing Communities
Learning from the Jobs-Plus Demonstration
Policy Brief
    2001. James A. Riccio, Steven Bliss.

 
    Extending the Reach of Randomized Social Experiments
New Directions in Evaluations of American Welfare-to-Work and Employment Initiatives
    2001. James A Riccio, Howard S. Bloom.

 
    Modeling the Performance of Welfare-to-Work Programs
The Effects of Program Management and Services, Economic Environment, and Client Characteristics
    2001. Howard S. Bloom, Carolyn J. Hill, James Riccio.

 
    Building New Partnerships for Employment
Collaboration Among Agencies and Public Housing Residents in the Jobs-Plus Demonstration
    2001. Linda Y. Kato, James A. Riccio with Jennifer Dodge.

 
    Mobilizing Public Housing Communities for Work
Origins and Early Accomplishments of the Jobs-Plus Demonstration
    1999. James A. Riccio.

 
    A Research Framework for Evaluating Jobs-Plus
A Saturation and Place-Based Employment Initiative for Public Housing Residents
    1998. James A. Riccio.

 
    From Welfare to Work Among Lone Parents in Britain
Lessons for America
    1996. James Riccio.

 
    GAIN
Benefits, Costs, and Three-Year Impacts of a Welfare-to-Work Program
    1994. James Riccio, Daniel Friedlander, Stephen Freedman.

 
    GAIN
Two-Year Impacts in Six Counties
    1993. James Riccio, Daniel Friedlander, Stephen Freedman.

 
    GAIN
Program Strategies, Participation Patterns, and First-Year Impacts in Six Counties
    1992. James Riccio, Daniel Friedlander with Stephen Freedman, Veronica Fellerath.

 
    GAIN
Participation Patterns in Four Counties
    1991. Stephen Freedman, James Riccio.

 
    GAIN
Child Care in a Welfare Employment Initiative
    1989. Karin Martinson, James Riccio.

 
    GAIN
Early Implementation Experiences and Lessons
    1989. James Riccio, Barbara Goldman, Gayle Hamilton, Karin Martinson, Alan Orenstein with David Long, Stephen Freedman, Electra Taylor, John Wallace.

 
    The Challenge of Serving Teenage Mothers
Lessons from Project Redirection
    1988. Denise Polit, Janet Quint, James Riccio.

 
    Virginia
Final Report on the Virginia Employment Services Program
    1986. James Riccio, George Cave, Stephen Freedman, Marilyn Price.

 
    Arkansas
Final Report on the WORK Program in Two Counties
    1985. Daniel Friedlander, Gregory Hoerz, Janet Quint, James Riccio with Barbara Goldman, Judith Gueron, David Long.

 
    Strengthening Services for Teen Mothers
    1985. James A. Riccio with Delia L. Council.

 
    The Challenge of Serving Pregnant and Parenting Teens
Lessons from Project Redirection
    1985. Janet Quint, James Riccio.

 
    A Transitional Employment Strategy for the Mentally Retarded
The Final STETS Implementation Report
    1984. James A. Riccio with Marilyn L. Price.

 
    Building Self-Sufficiency in Pregnant and Parenting Teens
Final Implementation Report of Project Redirection
    1984. Alvia Branch, James Riccio, Janet Quint.

 
 



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