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Download full textAllen Schirm; Nuria Rodrguez-Planas – Mathematica Policy Research, 2004
This report presents the first post-intervention impacts of the Quantum Opportunity Program (QOP) demonstration. From July 1995 through September 2001, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Ford Foundation (Ford) operated a demonstration of QOP designed to help at-risk high-school-age youth graduate from high school and enroll in…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, High School Students, Program Effectiveness, After School Programs
Health and Welfare Council of the National Capital Area, Washington, DC. – 1968
This summary report describes CROSS-TELL, a 2-year project to demonstrate ways of communicating and utilizing research findings on the urban poor. These findings, derived from the earlier "Child Rearing Study of Low Income Families in the District of Columbia" (CRS), were disseminated to educators, social workers, and other professionals…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Blacks, Child Rearing, Demonstration Programs
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Research, Planning and Evaluation. – 1981
The District Facilitator Project assists local schools in improving their programs by disseminating information about Developer/Demonstrator projects and other resources of the National Diffusion Network; by helping schools identify their needs and select appropriate programs; by providing technical assistance and training for schools installing a…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Demonstration Programs, Demonstrations (Educational), Elementary Secondary Education
Molina, Frieda; Nelson, Laura C. – 2001
The Neighborhood Jobs Initiative (NJI) began in 1998 in five cities (Chicago, Fort Worth, Hartford, New York, and Washington, D.C.) in 1998. The NJI targets high-poverty urban neighborhoods, attempting to connect residents to employment opportunities nearby and in the urban periphery by providing training, supporting interpersonal networks, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Development, Cooperative Planning, Demonstration Programs
Hargrove, Ann Hughes; Faucett, Jan E. – 1978
This report describes a demonstration project conducted by Wider Opportunities for Women in which women who had been found guilty of criminal offenses, child abuse, or child neglect were trained and placed in nontraditional jobs. The project was carried out from mid-summer, 1974, to spring, 1977, in the Washington, D.C., area. The report is…
Descriptors: Adults, Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminals, Demonstration Programs
Decker, Paul T.; Olsen, Robert B.; Freeman, Lance; Klepinger, Daniel H. – 2000
In order to measure their effectiveness in promoting rapid re-employment and shorter spells during which claimants are entitled to collect unemployment insurance (UI), the U.S. Department of Labor tested these three assistance strategies in the District of Columbia (8,071 claimants selected during June 1995-June 1996) and Florida (12,042 claimants…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
