# Long-Term Evaluation of the American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI) and Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) Grants

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/1605c224q00102

- Solicitation number: 1605C2-24-Q-00102
- Notice type: Award notice
- Status: Awarded to Abt Global LLC for $584,997.00
- Department: Department of Labor
- Agency: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
- Contracting office: Dol - Cas Division 2 Procurement (1605C2)
- Place of performance: Rockville, Maryland
- County: Montgomery County (FIPS 24031). https://abierto.us/counties/montgomery-county-md-24031
- City: Rockville. https://abierto.us/cities/rockville-md-2467675
- First posted: September 13, 2024
- Last posted: September 13, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3c62b43bbc4a4ffe93cb4560ce86710c/view

## Description

This follow-on contract will build on the original contracts with Abt Associates Inc. for the National Evaluation of the American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI) grant program (DOL-ETA-16-F-00006) and the Evaluation of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) Round 4 Grants (DOL-ETA-14-F-00013).

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office (CEO), in collaboration with the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), seeks to conduct supplemental, longer term longitudinal analysis of employment outcomes for participants of the AAI and TAACCCT grants. Many of the grant participants are underserved by, or underrepresented in, registered apprenticeship and post-secondary education and other job training opportunities and middle-income occupations.

A follow-on study of the AAI and TAACCCT evaluations would allow DOL to examine impacts on labor market participation of both programs and whether the findings both are sustained longitudinally for those participants on which outcomes were previously reported and the long-term outcomes of those participants not included in the original assessment due to timing constraints.

Having this information by industry and participant (by sub-population, in the aggregate) can inform future programming investments, continuous improvement, and technical assistance to the field. The results also help inform ongoing management, program development, and evaluation of career pathway programs, including those with registered apprenticeship and other work-based learning programs that link academic, technical, and professional skills.

Additionally, the findings from this follow-on study may inform a number of Federal initiatives, such as the modernization and bolstering of registered apprenticeship, good jobs, American Rescue Plan, infrastructure, and other initiatives.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Abt Global LLC (UEI C9S1NLQ67626)
- Contract: 1605C224F00037 under 1605C223A0002, bpa call
- Obligated: $392,168.00
- Competition: Full and Open Competition
- Link: award number 1605C224F00037 equals the contract number; same awarding office 1605C2 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_1605C224F00037_1605_1605C223A0002_1605/


## Publications

- September 13, 2024: Award notice. Notice 3c62b43bbc4a4ffe93cb4560ce86710c. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3c62b43bbc4a4ffe93cb4560ce86710c/view

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