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Since its founding, MDRC’s work has focused on the critical challenges of identifying the most effective ways to improve labor market outcomes for individuals facing barriers to employment, and understanding how policies to promote work affect the well-being of vulnerable families.  more

How Can We Build Better Programs for Disconnected Youth?
Nearly one in seven 18- and 19-year-olds are disconnected from the worlds of school and work. In a labor market that values education and skills, these young people are at a serious disadvantage. How can we build on the early promise of several current youth programs?

How Can We Help Ex-Prisoners Reenter the Labor Market?


MDRC Announces Doctoral Fellowship Program for Summer 2010
MDRC Releases 2009-2010 Corporate Report
American Youth Policy Forum Highlights MDRC Studies in Guide to Successful Education and Youth Programs

Building a Learning Agenda Around Disconnected Youth
Built on a research review and consultation with youth policy experts, this paper makes the case for developing a menu of approaches for the heterogeneous population of disconnected youth, building knowledge about mature programs (to better understand whether they work, for whom, and why), and creating new programs that address areas of unmet need. This framework may be particularly relevant for the Administration’s newly proposed Youth Innovation Fund.

The Social Security Administration’s Youth Transition Demonstration Projects
Implementation Lessons from the Original Projects
The Employment Retention and Advancement Project
Results from the Los Angeles Reach for Success Program
Alternative Welfare-to-Work Strategies for the Hard-to-Employ
Testing Transitional Jobs and Pre-Employment Services in Philadelphia

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