Book/Printed Material The impacts of Dog Tag Inc. : a mixed-methods exploration of an entrepreneurial fellowship for veterans, military spouses, and military caregivers

Title

• The impacts of Dog Tag Inc. : a mixed-methods exploration of an entrepreneurial fellowship for veterans, military spouses, and military caregivers

Summary

• Dog Tag Inc. is a nonprofit organization that seeks to help veterans, their spouses, and those who serve as their caregivers reintegrate into civilian life. The organization runs the Dog Tag Inc. Fellowship Program, a five-month entrepreneurial fellowship program designed to enhance reintegration into civilian entrepreneurial and employment opportunities. This report describes research to help Dog Tag Inc. better understand how its fellowship program shapes the careers and life trajectories of its alumni. The authors first conducted focus groups and interviews with program alumni to better understand their experience with the fellowship. Using this information, as well as existing quantitative data on Dog Tag Inc. alumni outcomes, the authors worked with Dog Tag Inc. to revise the organization's existing alumni survey to more adequately and meaningfully capture the longitudinal impacts of the Dog Tag Inc. Fellowship Program at scale. They then fielded two waves of the revised survey in 2020 and 2021, the results of which are presented here and complemented by qualitative data. In addition to providing valuable information to Dog Tag Inc. as the organization continues to expand and refine its programming, these findings are likely to be of interest to other organizations serving veterans, spouses, and caregivers.

Names

• Holliday, Stephanie Brooks, author
• Bouskill, Kathryn E., author
• Lee, Sarita D., author
• RAND Education and Labor (Program)
• Rand Corporation

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2022]

Contents

• CHAPTER ONE: Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO: Methodological Approach -- CHAPTER THREE: What Challenges Do Veterans, Caregivers, and Spouses Face in Transitioning from Military to Civilian Life? Insights from the Literature -- CHAPTER FOUR: How Dog Tag Inc. Alumni Describe the Program's Impact: Qualitative Findings from Focus Groups and Interviews -- CHAPTER FIVE: How the Fellowship Continues to Affect Alumni and Their Post-Fellowship Experiences: Findings from Alumni Survey Data -- CHAPTER SIX: Conclusion -- APPENDIX A: Revised Survey -- APPENDIX B: Alumni Survey Development -- APPENDIX C: Data Corresponding to Chapter 5 Figures -- APPENDIX D: Analyses from the Original Dog Tag Inc. Alumni Survey (2018 and 2019).

Headings

• -  Veterans--Employment--United States--Case studies
• -  Veterans--Employment--United States--Evaluation
• -  Veterans' families--Services for--United States
• -  Anciens combattants--Travail--États-Unis--Études de cas
• -  Anciens combattants--Travail--États-Unis--Évaluation
• -  Familles des anciens combattants--Services--États-Unis
• -  Veterans--Employment
• -  United States

Genre

• Case studies

Notes

• -  Title from PDF document (title page; viewed August 30, 2022)
• -  "RAND EDUCATION AND LABOR"
• -  "This research was sponsored by Dog Tag Inc."
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-111).
• -  See also RAND/RB-A1898-1
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xii, 111 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• UB357

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739246

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739246

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739246

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