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Key Findings:

• The Self-Employment Training (SET) pilot program resulted in a persistent increase in self-employment. At the time of the 18-month survey, 68 percent were self-employed, versus 56 percent of the control group.
• SET helped 3 to 4 percent of the program group become reemployed in any job—including both self-employment and wage/salary work—at the time of the 18-month survey. The program and control groups earned similar amounts, on average, during the 12 months before the survey.
• About 60 percent of both the program and control groups held a wage/salary job at the time of the 18-month survey, and the two groups both spent a similar amount of time (between 900 and 1,000 hours) in wage/salary work during the year before the survey. SET also led to an increase in dual employment—that is, holding a wage/salary job while pursuing self-employment—from 28 to 35 percent.
• SET led to greater receipt of self-employment assistance, especially individualized supports. SET nearly tripled the average number of personalized contacts with self-employment assistance providers between the time of enrollment and the 18-month survey—from 1.6 in the control group to 4.7 in the program group. The program also increased the share of people who attended in-person classes or training from 33 to 63 percent.
• SET more than doubled the share of people who received nonborrowed funds during that time—from 21 to nearly 49 percent.