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This report describes the implementation and impact study findings from a rigorous evaluation of the relative effectiveness of two approaches to providing job search assistance (JSA) to cash assistance recipients in Sacramento County, California. From 2016 to 2018, the Sacramento County’s Department of Human Assistance operated two JSA programs for cash assistance recipients who were required to work: Standard Job Club and Fast Track Job Club. The former required recipients to participate in three weeks of group-based instruction on job search and soft skills, followed by up to five weeks of supervised job search. Fast Track, in contrast, required recipients to participate in three-and-a-half days of group job search assistance, followed by up to seven weeks of mostly independent job search.