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Session Title: Informing Government Policy Through Evaluation: A Cross-site Evaluation of the Self-Employment Initiative (Start-Up USA)
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Multipaper Session 131 to be held in CROCKETT D on Wednesday, Nov 10, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
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Sponsored by the Government Evaluation TIG
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| Chair(s): |
| Teserach Ketema,
United States Department of Labor, teserachk@yahoo.com
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| Discussant(s): |
| Richard Horne,
United States Department of Labor, horne.richard@dol.gov
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Evaluation of Research Demonstration Programs: Self Employment
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| Richard Horne, United States Department of Labor, horne.richard@dol.gov
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| Abstract:
The Office of Disability Employment Policy was created by the Federal Government to address the low employment rate of people with disabilities. The Office provides national leadership on employment policy to the Department of Labor and other Federal agencies and policy direction for serving those with disabilities. As part of its mission, ODEP awards grants and cooperative agreements to implement research demonstration programs. ODEP funded grants/programs consist of a variety of initiatives targeted at both adults and youth with disabilities of which Self Employment is one.
Richard Horne, the senior Federal official has oversight responsibility for the evaluation of ODEP programs and initiatives. His presentation will provide background information on the mission of the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and research programs, with special emphasis on the self Employment grants and the purposes of the evaluation. He will also be the discussant providing insight about what ODEP has learned from the evaluation thus far, identifying the key findings and their implication for policy.
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