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Apprenticeship Industry Intermediary Project

Apprenticeship industry intermediaries work to increase awareness and adoption of apprenticeship programs in a targeted industry sector. AIR is working as an intermediary with CompTIA to drive the creation of new apprenticeship programs with the goal to increase and diversify the tech talent pool in America. Focusing on tech occupations ...
Methods of Synthesis and Integration Center (MOSAIC)

The Methods of Synthesis and Integration Center (MOSAIC) at AIR is an interdisciplinary collection of research synthesis projects conducted at AIR.
Unemployment Insurance American Rescue Plan Act Gap Analysis

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), signed into law in March 2021, has provided a wide range of supports to help the United States bear the economic impact of the pandemic, including allocating $2 billion for the unemployment insurance (UI) system. The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration ...
McGovern-Dole Food for Education Project: Liberia Empowerment Through Attendance, Reading, and Nutrition (LEARN) and LEARN II

LEARN is a five-year program designed to improve literacy, health, and dietary practices of school-aged children, and to increase awareness of gender norms and sexual and gender-based violence in Liberia. In 2022, Save the Children began implementing LEARN II, with a focus on sustainability. AIR will continue to evaluate outcomes ...
Getting Ready for Change in Out-of-School Time: New Tools, Resources, and a Conversation with Field Leaders on Applying Readiness Thinking in Practice

23 Feb 2023

On February 23, 2023 AIR held a webinar to discuss what readiness is and why it matters, and to hear from OST leaders who are integrating readiness thinking and tools into their work. Participants had the opportunity to hear from researchers at AIR about AIR’s new, free resource, the Ready ...
Expanding the Evidence Base for Reconnecting Opportunity Youth Pathways to Thriving

17 Feb 2023

This research brief explores the research and practice evidence on strategies intended to support opportunity youth and identifies a researcher-practitioner learning agenda to support opportunity youth on a path to thriving.