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Download full textMegan Millenky; Louisa Treskon; Farhana Hossain – MDRC, 2024
In 2021, approximately five million young people in the United States were not in school or working. This group of young people transitioning to adulthood, roughly ages 16 to 24, are often referred to as "opportunity youth" and sometimes "disconnected youth." Young people from low-income families and from communities of…
Descriptors: Out of School Youth, Adolescents, Young Adults, Low Income
Grossman, Jean; Duchesneau, Nancy – MDRC, 2021
In March of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic struck the United States. Every part of America has been affected while its existing inequities have been both highlighted and worsened. Millions of families lost income as parents, especially those of color and those employed in low-paying industries, lost their jobs. By May 2020, one in three children…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Service Learning, School Community Relationship, Community Problems
Treskon, Louisa – MDRC, 2016
The purpose of this paper was to conduct a scan of the current state of the evidence regarding what works in helping disconnected young people, defined as the population of young people ages 16 to 24 who are not connected to work or school. The following four main research questions were investigated: (1) What local, state, and federal policies…
Descriptors: Student School Relationship, Adolescents, Young Adults, Barriers
Dechausay, Nadine – MDRC, 2018
Executive skills are the cognitive abilities that make it possible for people to set goals, regulate impulses, and complete the steps necessary to achieve their objectives. Examples of these skills include time management, emotional control, and organization. Richard Guare and Peggy Dawson have developed a coaching strategy based on executive…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Cognitive Ability, Coaching (Performance), Behavioral Sciences
Berlin, Gordon L. – MDRC, 2016
The social sector's hottest "impact investing" product--the social impact bond (SIB)--has generated a range of reactions, from excitement to angst. An SIB uses private funds to pay for a social, educational, or health program, and the government repays investors (plus a return) only if the program achieves prespecified results. The…
Descriptors: Investment, Bond Issues, Financial Support, Program Implementation
Financing Promising Evidence-Based Programs: Early Lessons from the New York City Social Impact Bond
Rudd, Timothy; Nicoletti, Elisa; Misner, Kristin; Bonsu, Janae – MDRC, 2013
Lack of money has long kept promising preventive programs from expanding. Existing government-funded programs are furthermore subject to budgetary cutbacks or complete loss of funding. Moreover, preventive programs traditionally offer no accountability for success or failure. This leaves government entities in a bind where if they invest their…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Best Practices, Adolescent Development, Adolescents
