Control group members had ready access to transition-related services, and Way2Work services may have substituted for existing services¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q2–q3
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Almost half of control group members used vocational rehabilitation agency services, though at lower intensity than the treatment group. → David Mann 2021 q2 i? The authors interpret that Way2Work Maryland services might have been substitutes for other existing services, such as those provided by secondary and postsecondary schools. → David Mann 2021 (2)

Evidence¶

David Mann 2021¶

David Mann, Kathleen Feeney, Todd Honeycutt, Marlena Luhr. (2021). Way2Work Maryland Demonstration: Impacts 24 Months After Enrollment. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/way2work-maryland-demonstration-impacts-24-months-after-enrollment

q3 · i? · causal · r2

RCT service-use comparison between treatment and control groups at 24 months. The report states "almost half of control group members also used services from the agency," though not at treatment-group intensity.

"However, almost half of control group members also used services from the agency, though they did not do so at an intensity similar to that of the treatment group."

David Mann 2021 (2)¶

David Mann, Kathleen Feeney, Todd Honeycutt, Marlena Luhr. (2021). Way2Work Maryland Demonstration: Impacts 24 Months After Enrollment. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/way2work-maryland-demonstration-impacts-24-months-after-enrollment

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Authors' interpretation of the service-use findings: control members had ready access to transition-related services, and Way2Work services "might have been substitutes for other existing services." This is an interpretive explanation, not a tested result.

"These findings suggest that (1) control group members had ready access to transition-related services and (2) though Way2Work Maryland connected youth with the vocational rehabilitation agency, its services might have been substitutes for other existing services, such as those provided by secondary and postsecondary schools."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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