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Health & Barriers to Employment |
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Youth Transitions to Work |
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Making the Transition
Interim Results of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Evaluation
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2010. Megan Millenky, Dan Bloom, and Colleen Dillon.
Interim results from a random assignment evaluation of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, an intensive, residential program for high school dropouts, show that young people who had access to ChalleNGe were much more likely than those in the control group to have obtained a high school diploma or a General Educational Development certificate. They were also somewhat more likely to be working, in college, or enlisted in the military.
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Building a Learning Agenda Around Disconnected Youth
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2010. Dan Bloom, Saskia Levy Thompson, and Rob Ivry.
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.
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The Social Security Administration’s Youth Transition Demonstration Projects
Implementation Lessons from the Original Projects
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U.S. Social Security Administration
2010. John Martinez, Thomas Fraker, Michelle Manno, Peter Baird, Arif Mamun, Bonnie O’Day, Anu Rangarajan, and David Wittenburg.
The Youth Transition Demonstration, led by Mathematica Policy Research, MDRC, and TransCen, Inc., is developing and evaluating promising strategies to help youth with disabilities become as economically self-sufficient as possible as they transition from school to work. This report offers six overall implementation lessons to help policymakers and administrators develop, fund, and provide interventions for youth with disabilities.
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Reengaging High School Dropouts
Early Results of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program Evaluation
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2009. Dan Bloom, Alissa Gardenhire-Crooks, and Conrad Mandsager.
Very early results from a random assignment evaluation of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, an intensive, “quasi-military” residential program for high school dropouts, show that the program has large impacts on high school diploma and GED attainment and positive effects on working, college-going, health, self-efficacy, and avoiding arrest.
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The Social Security Administration’s Youth Transition Demonstration Projects
Profiles of the Random Assignment Projects
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U.S. Social Security Administration
2009. John Martinez, Michelle S. Manno, Peter Baird, Thomas Fraker, Todd Honeycutt, Arif Mamun, Bonnie O’Day, and Anu Rangarajan.
The transition to adulthood for youth with disabilities, particularly youth receiving disability program benefits, can be especially challenging. The Youth Transition Demonstration, led by Mathematica Policy Research, MDRC, and TransCen, Inc., is developing and evaluating six promising strategies to help youth with disabilities become as economically self-sufficient as possible as they transition from school to work.
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The Social Security Administration’s Youth Transition Demonstration Projects
Evaluation Design Report
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U.S. Social Security Administration
2009. Anu Rangarajan, Thomas Fraker, Todd Honeycutt, Arif Mamun, John Martinez, Bonnie O’Day, and David Wittenburg.
The Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD), led by Mathematica Policy Research, MDRC, and TransCen, Inc., is developing and evaluating six promising strategies to help youth with disabilities become as economically self-sufficient as possible as they transition from school to work. This report presents a detailed, comprehensive design for the YTD evaluation.
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The Challenge of Repeating Success
in a Changing World
Final Report on the
Center for Employment Training Replication Sites
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2005. Cynthia Miller, Johannes M. Bos, Kristin E. Porter, Fannie M. Tseng, and Yasuyo Abe.
The Center for Employment Training (CET) in San Jose, California, produced large, positive employment and earnings effects for out-of-school youth in the late 1980s. However, in this replication study, even the highest-fidelity sites did not increase employment or earnings for youth over the 54-month follow-up period, despite short-term positive effects for women.
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Barriers to Employment for Out-of-School Youth
Evidence from a Sample of Recent CET Applicants
Working Paper
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2005. Cynthia Miller and Kristin E. Porter.
This working paper examines employment and earnings over a four-year period for a group of disadvantaged out-of-school youth who entered the Evaluation of the Center for Employment Training (CET) Replication Sites between 1995 and 1999. It assesses the importance of three key factors as barriers to employment: lack of a high school diploma, having children, and having an arrest record.
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"One Day I Will Make It"
A Study of Adult Student Persistence in Library Literacy Programs
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2005. Kristin E. Porter, Sondra Cuban, John P. Comings with Valerie Chase.
Library-based literacy programs face serious challenges to improving adult students’ participation. This study suggests programs should be prepared to accommodate intermittent participation by adult students and to connect students to social services and other supports.
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Working with Disadvantaged Youth
Thirty-Month Findings from the Evaluation of the Center for Employment Training Replication Sites
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2003. Cynthia Miller, Johannes M. Bos, Kristin E. Porter, Fannie M. Tseng, Fred C. Doolittle, Deana N. Tanguay, Mary P. Vencill.
Efforts to replicate the experience of the Center for Employment Training in San Jose, California — a uniquely successful program that helped at-risk youth develop skills needed to compete in today’s labor market — showed mixed results.
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"As Long As It Takes"
Responding to the Challenges of Adult Student Persistence in Library Literacy Programs
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2003. John Comings, Sondra Cuban, Johannes M. Bos, Kristin E. Porter, with Fred C. Doolittle.
Based on a study of nine adult literacy programs in public libraries, this report examines student characteristics, participation patterns, and new strategies to raise student persistence.
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Evaluation of the Center for Employment Training Replication Sites
Interim Report
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2000. Stephen Walsh, Deana Goldsmith, Yasuyo Abe, Andrea Cann.
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"I Did It for Myself"
Studying Efforts to Increase Adult Learner Persistence in Library Literacy Programs
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2001. John P. Comings, Sondra Cuban, Johannes M. Bos, Catherine J. Taylor.
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"So I Made Up My Mind"
Introducing a Study of Adult Learner Persistence in Library Literacy Programs
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2000. John T. Comings, Sondra Cuban.
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Parenting Behavior in a Sample of Young Mothers in Poverty
Results of the New Chance Observational Study
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1998. Martha J. Zaslow and Carolyn A. Eldred, Editors.
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New Chance
Final Report on a Comprehensive Program for Young Mothers in Poverty and Their Children
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1997. Janet C. Quint, Johannes M. Bos, Denise F. Polit.
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LEAP
Final Report on Ohio’s Welfare Initiative to Improve School Attendance Among Teenage Parents
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1997. Johannes M. Bos, Veronica Fellerath.
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LEAP
Three-Year Impacts of Ohio's Welfare Initiative to Improve School Attendance Among Teenage Parents
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1996. David Long, Judith M. Gueron, Robert G. Wood, Rebecca Fisher, Veronica Fellerath.
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New Chance
The Cost Analysis of a Comprehensive Program for Disadvantaged Young Mothers and Their Children
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1994. Barbara L. Fink with Mary E. Farrell.
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LEAP
The Educational Effects of LEAP and Enhanced Services in Cleveland
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1994. David Long, Robert G. Wood, Hilary Kopp with Rebecca Fisher.
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New Chance
Interim Findings on a Comprehensive Program for Disadvantaged Young Mothers and Their Children
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1994. Janet C. Quint, Denise F. Polit, Hans Bos, George Cave.
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Lives of Promise, Lives of Pain
Young Mothers After New Chance
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1994. Janet C. Quint and Judith S. Musick with Joyce A. Ladner.
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JOBSTART
Final Report on a Program for School Dropouts
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1993. George Cave, Hans Bos, Fred Doolittle, Cyril Toussaint.
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LEAP
Interim Findings on a Welfare Initiative to Improve School Attendance Among Teenage Parents
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1993. Dan Bloom, Veronica Fellerath, David Long, Robert G. Wood.
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New Chance
Implementing a Comprehensive Program for Disadvantaged Young Mothers and Their Children
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1991. Janet C. Quint, Barbara L. Fink, Sharon L. Rowser.
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Assessing JOBSTART
Interim Impacts of a Program for School Dropouts
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1991. George Cave, Fred Doolittle.
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LEAP
Implementing a Welfare Initiative to Improve School Attendance Among Teenage Parents
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1991. Dan Bloom, Hilary Kopp, David Long, Denise Polit.
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Implementing JOBSTART
A Demonstration for School Dropouts in the JTPA System
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1989. Patricia Auspos, George Cave, Fred Doolittle, Gregory Hoerz.
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New Chance
Lessons from the Pilot Phase
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1989. Janet C. Quint, Cynthia A. Guy.
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Launching JOBSTART
A Demonstration for Dropouts in the JTPA System
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1987. Patricia Auspos with Marilyn Price.
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The Pilot Phase
A Case Study of Five Youth Training Programs
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1985. Michael Redmond.
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