Faith- and community-based organizations : select research on their roles in job clubs and hurricane relief / Glenn P. Bagley, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bagley, Glenn P., editor.

Series:

Religion and spirituality series.

Religion and Spirituality

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community organization--United States.

Community organization.

Social service--United States.

Social service.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the past several decades, job search support groups, commonly referred to as ""job clubs,"" have evolved into one of several important activities used by the public workforce system and faith- and community-based organizations to enhance worker readiness and employability, as well as to provide ongoing support to unemployed and underemployed individuals as they search for jobs. The overall purpose of this book is to describe the key characteristics of job clubs being offered by a range of faith- and community-based organizations (FBCOs); document how they differ from and are similar to th

Contents:

""FAITH- AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS: SELECT RESEARCH ON THEIR ROLES IN JOB CLUBS AND HURRICANE RELIEF""; ""FAITH- AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS: SELECT RESEARCH ON THEIR ROLES IN JOB CLUBS AND HURRICANE RELIEF""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Formative Evaluation of Job Clubs Operated by Faith- and Community-Based Organizations: Findings from Site Visits and Options for Future Evaluation""; ""Abstract""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Section 1. Introduction""; ""A. Background""

""B. Study Objectives, Methodology, and Organization of Report""""Section 2. Review of the Literature on Faith-Based and Community-Based Sponsored Job Clubs""; ""A. Review of Literature on Job Search and Job Clubs Provided by the Public Workforce System""; ""1. Job Search Theory""; ""2. Research Findings on Job Clubs""; ""B. Review of Literature on Job Search and Employment and Training-Related Assistance Provided by FBO/CBOS""; ""1. Extent of FBO/CBO-Affiliated Job Clubs""; ""2. Background on Curriculum Used in FBOC-Affiliated Job Clubs""

""3. Research Findings on Employment and Training Services Provided by FBO/CBOs""""4. Research Findings about Other Human Services Provided by FBO/CBOs""; ""C. Implications of the Literature Review for Evaluation of FBO/CBO-Sponsored Job Clubs""; ""Section 3. Key Finding from the Environmental Scan""; ""A. Key Findings from Interviews with Key Stakeholders""; ""B. Key Findings from Site Visits to Job Clubs in Six Local Areas""; ""1. Overview of Job Clubs Visited""; ""2. Numbers and Types of Job Seekers Served by Job Clubs""; ""3. Job Club Structure and Format""

""4. Funding and Funding Sources""""5. Job Club Participant Data Collection and Views on Evaluation""; ""C. Conclusions""; ""Section 4. Alternative Evaluation Designs for Potential Future Rigorous Study of FBO/CBO-Sponsored Job Clubs""; ""A. Potential Outcome and Explanatory Variables for Experimental and Non-Experimental Evaluations of FBO/CBO- Sponsored Job Clubs""; ""B. Potential Experimental Research Designs for Evaluating FBO/CBO Job Clubs""; ""1. Types of Experiments""; ""2. Applying Experimental Methods to the Rigorous Evaluation of FBO/CBO- Sponsored Job Clubs""

""C. Potential Non-Experimental Research Designs for Evaluating FBO/CBO Job Clubs""""1. Instrumental Variables Using “Randomized Encouragement�""; ""2. Propensity Score Matching (PSM)""; ""D. Potential Process/Implementation Evaluation Designs for Evaluating FBO/CBO-Sponsored Job Clubs""; ""1. Site Visits""; ""2. Focus Groups with Job Club Participants""; ""3. Customer Satisfaction and Participant Follow-up Surveys""; ""4. Job Club Participant Tracking System""; ""E. Recommendations for Future Evaluation of FBO/CBO Job Clubs""; ""Appendix A. Job Club Evaluationstakeholder""

""Discussion Guide""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 5, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63321-611-X

OCLC:

916949506