NORC has completed work on a baseline survey for an impact evaluation of the second round of the Mi Primer Empleo ("My First Job") Program in Honduras. Mi Primer Empleo is a job training program that targets urban youth aged 15-19 years who live in conditions of poverty and are currently unemployed. The program is managed by the Secretaría de Trabajo y de Seguridad Social (STSS, Ministry of Labor and Social Security) of the Government of Honduras with funding by the World Bank.

With its Honduran partner, ESA Consultores, NORC designed and conducted an in-person paper-and-pencil (PAPI) survey of program applicants in Tegucigalpa, Villanueva and other cities to support an impact evaluation being carried out by the World Bank.  The baseline survey gathered data on economic, educational and behavioral items from applicants after the registration process.