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Barriers to employment for out-of-school youth: Evidence from a sample of recent CET applicants.

Miller, C., & Porter, K. (2005). Barriers to employment for out-of-school youth: Evidence from a sample of recent CET applicants. MDRC working paper. New York: MDRC.

Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth

Study Type: Descriptive Analysis

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Job search assistance and supportive services Other training and education Work based and other occupational training Youth programs

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Becoming adults: One year impact findings from the youth villages’ Transitional Living evaluation

Valentine, E.J., Skemer, M., & Courtney, M.E. (2015). Becoming adults: One year impact findings from the youth villages’ Transitional Living evaluation. New York: MDRC.

Topic Area: Justice-Involved Youth
Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: High Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impacts

Earnings and wages
Education and skills gains-Low-No impacts

Education and skills gains

Youth programs Basic skills Other training and education

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Beyond a summer work experience: The Recovery Act 2009 Post-Summer Youth Employment Initiative.

Holcomb, P., Ziegler, J., & Laird, E. (2011). Beyond a summer work experience: The Recovery Act 2009 Post-Summer Youth Employment Initiative. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research.

Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth

Study Type: Implementation Analysis

Outcome Effectiveness:

Basic skills Job search assistance and supportive services Work based and other occupational training Youth programs

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Bridging the opportunity divide for low-income youth: Implementation and early impacts of the Year Up program

Fein, D. & Hamadyk, J. (2018). Bridging the opportunity divide for low-income youth: Implementation and early impacts of the Year Up program (Report No. 2018-65). Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Topic Area: Registered Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning

Study Type: Implementation Analysis

Outcome Effectiveness:

Employment and Training Services Employment and Reemployment Youth programs

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Bridging the opportunity divide for low-income youth: Implementation and early impacts of the Year Up program

Topic Area: Registered Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning

Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis

Causal Evidence Rating: Low Causal Evidence

Outcome Effectiveness:

Earnings and wages-Low-Favorable impacts

Earnings and wages
Education and skills gains-Low-Favorable impacts

Education and skills gains
Employment-Low-Favorable impacts

Employment
Public benefits receipt-Low-Favorable impacts

Public benefit receipt

Employment and Training Services Employment and Reemployment Youth programs

Bring them back, move them forward: Case studies of programs preparing out-of-school youths for further education and careers.

Buschmann, R., & Haimson, J. (2008). Bring them back, move them forward: Case studies of programs preparing out-of-school youths for further education and careers. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research.

Topic Area: Opportunities for Youth

Study Type: Descriptive Analysis

Outcome Effectiveness:

Job search assistance and supportive services Youth programs Community college education and other classroom training Other training and education

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Career Academies: Additional evidence of positive student outcomes

Elliott, M., Hanser, L., & Gilroy, C. (2002). Career Academies: Additional evidence of positive student outcomes. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 7(1), 71–90.