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Hossain, Farhana; Wasserman, Kyla – MDRC, 2023
Roca is a nonprofit organization that works to change the lives of young people who are involved in the justice system and are at high risk of participating in violence or being affected by it. Such young people include those with a history of arrests, incarceration, violent behavior, or gang involvement, and often a disconnection from education…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Males, At Risk Persons, Violence
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McCombe, Lindsay H. A.; Martin, Toby L.; Curtis, Hannah; Ediger, James; Temple, Beverley – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities sometimes engage in challenging behaviours. When behaviours escalate to the point where they pose imminent risk to the safety of people and environments, a crisis occurs that jeopardises community living and participation. In these situations, timely access to crisis stabilisation services is…
Descriptors: Crisis Management, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Problems
Anzelone, Caitlin; Timm, Jonathan; Kusayeva, Yana – MDRC, 2018
State child support programs secure financial support for children whose parents live apart. These programs establish paternity, set orders for the amounts parents are required to pay, and collect and distribute payments. An essential step in the process of establishing paternity and setting an order of support is delivering legal documents to the…
Descriptors: Children, Financial Support, Legal Responsibility, Parents