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Sontag-Padilla, Lisa; Williams, Denise; Kosiewicz, Holly; Daugherty, Lindsay; Kane, Heidi; Gripshover, Sarah; Miller, Trey – RAND Corporation, 2023
The United States faces an unprecedented mental health crisis, with youth and young adults at the center. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 50 percent of college students reported at least one mental health concern. The COVID-19 pandemic notably exacerbated these issues and underscored the urgent need to identify and implement ways to…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Community College Students, Health Needs, Prevention
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Sontag-Padilla, Lisa; Williams, Denise; Kosiewicz, Holly; Daugherty, Lindsay; Kane, Heidi; Gripshover, Sarah; Miller, Trey – RAND Corporation, 2023
The United States faces an unprecedented mental health crisis, with youth and young adults at the center. Even before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, nearly 50 percent of college students reported at least one mental health concern. Without adequate mental health support, college students, including those at community colleges,…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Community College Students, Health Needs, Prevention
Fain, Terry; Turner, Susan; Ridgeway, Greg – RAND Corporation, 2012
In 2000, the California State Legislature passed what is now known as the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA). This effort was designed to provide a stable funding source to counties for juvenile programs that have been proven effective in curbing crime among juvenile probationers and young at-risk offenders. The Corrections Standards…
Descriptors: Crime, Crime Prevention, Program Implementation, Counties
Fain, Terry; Turner, Susan; Ridgeway, Greg – RAND Corporation, 2010
In 2000, the California State Legislature passed the Schiff-Cardenas Crime Prevention Act, which authorized funding for county juvenile-justice programs and designated the Corrections Standards Authority (CSA) (formerly named the Board of Corrections) the administrator of funding. A 2001 California Senate bill extended the funding and changed the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Crime Prevention, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Bodilly, Susan J.; Orr, Nate; Scherer, Ethan; Constant, Louay; Gershwin, Daniel – RAND Corporation, 2010
High-quality out-of-school-time (OST) programs have a positive effect on youth development, but many cities have found it difficult to address the challenges of expanding and improving the quality of programs offered to underserved and high-need students. In response, The Wallace Foundation sponsored an initiative to help five cities increase…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, After School Programs, Grants, Data
McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Orr, Nate; Bodilly, Susan J.; Naftel, Scott; Constant, Louay; Scherer, Ethan; Gershwin, Daniel – RAND Corporation, 2010
High-quality out-of-school-time (OST) programs have a positive effect on youth development, but many cities have found it difficult to address the challenges of expanding and improving the quality of programs offered to underserved and high-need students. In response, The Wallace Foundation sponsored an initiative to help five cities increase…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Management Information Systems, Financial Support, Data