Connecting to Opportunity: Lessons on Adapting Interventions for Young People Experiencing Homelessness or Systems Involvement

Autor/inn/en	Treskon, Louisa; Wasserman, Kyla; Ho, Vicky
Institution	MDRC
Titel	Connecting to Opportunity: Lessons on Adapting Interventions for Young People Experiencing Homelessness or Systems Involvement
Quelle	(2019), (150 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Program Implementation; Program Effectiveness; Grants; Costs; Homeless People; Intervention; Youth; Job Skills; Child Welfare; Juvenile Justice; Job Training; Dropouts; Agency Cooperation; Partnerships in Education; Barriers; Access to Education; Student Participation; College Readiness; Career Readiness; Postsecondary Education; Academic Persistence; Graduation; Student Recruitment; Enrollment; Student Characteristics; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Gender Differences; Child Rearing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Cost; Kosten; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Produktive Fertigkeit; Kindeswohl; Jugendgerichtshilfe; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Abschluss; Graduierung; Einschulung; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Geschlechterkonflikt; Kindererziehung
Abstract	The Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential (LEAP)™ initiative, a nationwide project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, aims to improve education and employment outcomes for young people ages 15 to 25 who have been involved in the child welfare and justice systems or who are experiencing homelessness. Young people eligible for LEAP are likely to be disconnected from school and work, and face added challenges that stem directly from their systems involvement or homelessness, including disrupted schooling, housing instability, limited family support, and trauma. LEAP seeks to reduce the inequalities in life chances and outcomes that affect this population, with the goal of helping these young people reach their full potential by connecting them to postsecondary and career pathways. LEAP operationalizes two education- and employment-focused program models to help young people at different stages along their educational and employment pathways. One program, Jobs for America's Graduates, or JAG, targets young people who have not completed high school. JAG's goal is to help these individuals obtain a high school credential and to equip them with the work and life skills they need to land quality jobs or acquire a postsecondary education. The second, JFF's Back on Track program, aims to help young people transition to postsecondary education and persist through their crucial first year of college or advanced training. Ten grantees in eight states are implementing LEAP, each in multiple locations. This report presents implementation, outcomes, and cost research findings from MDRC's evaluation of the grantees' LEAP programs, which focused on the early years of the initiative. Four appendices are included in the report. [Numerous organizations sponsored this work and the full list can be seen in the document.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01