Mighty Crow Shares Research Brief for Career Pathways

Mighty Crow’s Co-Directors of Research and Evaluation, Dr. Brieanne Beaujolais and Dr. Rebecca McCloskey, have shared a new research brief titled “Examining the Effects of Motherhood, Material Hardship, and Health in Utilizing Supports and Program Outcomes in a Career Pathways Program.” This brief is based on research on the Health Profession Opportunity Grant (HPOG) 2.0 program.

This brief analyzes how motherhood, material hardship, and health conditions affect women’s experiences in a career pathways . Using both quantitative and qualitative data, the study examines the program’s impacts on training completion, job outcomes, and use of support services. The findings offer practical insights to improve program design, services, and policies for workforce development.

The brief’s overview states: “Career pathways programs are intended to prepare individuals for job training and employment to meet local labor market demands and to reduce reliance on public assistance. Government dependency is overwhelmingly female and more likely to include mothers with dependent children. Additionally, females of reproductive age (15 to 49 years) have higher rates of multiple chronic health condition diagnoses. Understanding how outcomes differ among these groups — females with a health condition and mothers with material hardship — can inform and improve the design, implementation, and performance of TANF-funded services related to career pathways. Our work examined how these circumstances impacted the workforce development outcomes of participants in the Health Profession Opportunity Grant (HPOG) 2.0 program.”

A full manuscript of the research findings will be published later this year.

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