While research generally shows that employment assistance helps people get jobs, it’s not always clear why certain programs work well and whether they can be expanded. The nationwide employment program that Corey’s benefiting from is based on a Nevada model that significantly reduced the amount of time people received unemployment benefits. The program was designed to uncover idlers who weren’t looking for work — and thus weren’t eligible for benefits — and to help participants get jobs faster. The Nevada program had the best results: It cut time receiving benefits by almost three weeks, saving $805 in payments on average. But researchers still are not sure what caused Nevada’s program to work so well, if it can be replicated, or if the current version of the program delivers the same results.

Source: Huffington Post May 09, 2018 19:30 UTC