Across two rounds of grants from 2010 and 2021, the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Program aimed to provide education and training to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients and other adults with low incomes for occupations in the healthcare field that pay well and are expected to either experience labor shortages or be in high demand. From a participant’s perspective, the goal of the HPOG Program was to increase their employment opportunities through training for healthcare professions.

This report examines the earnings and employment outcomes of HPOG 1.0 participants who completed at least one healthcare training offered by HPOG; we analyze outcomes by both length of training and occupation of training. These results do not prove a causal link between completing specific trainings and subsequent outcomes.

Adults seeking to enroll in training (and programs advising them) can use these results on average earnings after training by occupation and length as a guide — one piece of information to help them in deciding which occupational training is right for them, given their individual circumstances.

Key Findings

• Participants completing a long training generally had better employment and earnings outcomes than those completing a medium or short training.
• Outcomes differed by occupation type and were largely in line with the training length (with some exceptions).
• Participants with prior healthcare experience had higher earnings than those without it, but length of training had a larger association with earnings.