Number of individuals with improved job readiness
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Tier 2: Add one free instrument
Asks for a reported change in knowledge, attitude, behavior or condition.
Instruments for employment readiness and financial well-being
- CFPB Financial Well-Being Scale, standard Public domain 10 scored + 2 scoring-context questions items, about 3-5 min
License: “free and publicly available”
EN; Spanish. CFPB-created information is public domain, with third-party exceptions. Do not calculate a simple percentage of raw points.
Form - CFPB Financial Well-Being Scale, abbreviated Public domain 5 scored + 2 context questions items, about 2-3 min
License: “free and publicly available.”
EN; Spanish. Related version of the standard scale, not an independent construct.
Form - USDA six-item food-security module Federal work 6 scored items, about 2-4 min
License: “G, federal-work basis; instrument-specific licensing sentence not located. ERS directs users to USDA policy; that policy page itself did not open and remains unverified.”
EN; Spanish/Chinese resources. Does not measure children's food security separately. Rights rest on federal authorship (17 USC 105).
Form - USDA Adult Food Security Survey Module Federal work 10 scored items, about 3-5 min
License: “G, federal-work basis; same qualification as the six-item module.”
EN; translated resources. Adult household conditions; not a measure of employment. Rights rest on federal authorship (17 USC 105).
Form - USDA Household Food Security Survey Module Federal work 18 scored, with skip patterns items, about 5-10 min
License: “G, federal-work basis; same qualification as the six-item module.”
EN; Spanish/Chinese resources. Select the documented 12-month or 30-day version consistently. Related to the six-item and adult modules. Rights rest on federal authorship (17 USC 105).
Form - General Self-Efficacy Scale, Schwarzer/Jerusalem Free, with conditions 10 items, about 4 min
License: “permission to use and reproduce the General Self-Efficacy Scale for your study”
EN; extensive translations. The author's permission explicitly addresses research studies; do not represent it as unrestricted permission for a commercial product.
Form - Career Engagement Scale Free, with conditions 9 items, about 2-3 min
License: “CC BY-NC 4.0; attribution and noncommercial scope; commercial use requires author permission.”
EN verified. Standard recall is six months. Measures behavior, not job placement, wages or retention.
Form - CRQ-A: four selected career-resource subscales Free, with conditions 12, four validated 3-item subscales items, about 3-5 min
License: “CC BY-NC 4.0: attribution and noncommercial use.”
EN verified. The complete CRQ-A has 36 items and fails the length rule; this entry concerns the named subscales only.
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Definition of Individuals: those reported in measure O1A, V1, V7A, or V8 Key Terms Improved job readiness: increased knowledge or skills related to seeking, obtaining, or successfully retaining a job. How to Survey, interview, observation, or other instrument capable of measuring Measure/ changes in job readiness at the individual beneficiary level. When possible, pre- Collect Data post assessments should be utilized.
- Instrument
- eGrants Performance Measure Module
- Target
- Applicant proposes the target