Back on Track to College: A Texas School District Leverages State Policy to Put Dropouts on the Path to Success

Study type
Qualitative or implementation studies
Location
Texas
Population
Young people without a high school credential

Practices

Secondary Education

  • Preparation or instruction for high school diploma
  • High school reengagement
  • Dual enrollment in high school and college programs
  • Basic education services

Postsecondary Education

  • Pre-enrollment supports for transition to postsecondary
  • Academic supports for postsecondary success
  • Occupational skills training, sectoral training, and industry-recognized credential training
  • Supports to pay for postsecondary education

Job and Career Education and Training

  • Career exploration and career counseling
  • Work readiness training

Support Services

  • Supports for basic needs
  • Parenting, pregnancy and child care supports

Youth Development and Engagement Approaches

  • Connections to a caring adult  

Other Implementation Practices

  • Career and technical education
  • Use of technology to deliver services or promote engagement
Publications
In Compendium
No

Back on Track - Opportunity Works

Study type
Quasi-experimental studies
Qualitative or implementation studies
Study includes subgroup analysis
Location
California,
Connecticut,
Louisiana,
Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania,
Washington
Population
Young people under 25
Young people without a high school credential

Impacts measured

Education

  • High school completion (diploma or equivalent) 
  • Postsecondary enrollment 
  • Postsecondary persistence 

Well-being

  • Financial capability
  • Connection to school/work
  • Justice system involvement

Practices

Secondary Education

  • Preparation or instruction for high school diploma
  • Preparation or instruction for high school equivalency
  • High school reengagement
  • Dual enrollment in high school and college programs

Postsecondary Education

  • Pre-enrollment supports for transition to postsecondary
  • Postsecondary education advising and coaching after enrollment
  • Academic supports for postsecondary success
  • Occupational skills training, sectoral training, and industry-recognized credential training
  • Supports to pay for postsecondary education

Job and Career Education and Training

  • Career exploration and career counseling
  • Work readiness training
  • Pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships, on-the-job training for a particular industry
  • Temporary and transitional work experiences

Employment Placement and Supports

  • Job placement

Support Services

  • Mental and behavioral health supports
  • Supports for basic needs
  • Parenting, pregnancy and child care supports
  • Post-program supports
  • Life skills and financial literacy
  • Legal services

Youth Development and Engagement Approaches

  • Stipends and incentives
  • Connections to a caring adult  

Other Implementation Practices

  • Collective impact approaches
  • Use of technology to deliver services or promote engagement
Publications
In Compendium
Yes
Programs in compendium
JEVS E3 Center City
Congreso De Latinos Unidos' E3 Center
Northwest Education Access

Colorado Pathways to Success Formative Evaluation Final Report

Study type
Outcome studies
Qualitative or implementation studies
Location
Colorado
Population
Young people under 25
People involved in the child welfare system

Outcomes measured

Education

  • High school completion (diploma or equivalent) 

Employment

  • Employment placement/attainment 
  • Earnings 

Well-being

  • Health
  • Social-emotional
  • Housing status and stability
  • Financial capability

Practices

Postsecondary Education

  • Supports to pay for postsecondary education

Support Services

  • Mental and behavioral health supports
  • Supports for basic needs
  • Life skills and financial literacy

Youth Development and Engagement Approaches

  • Connections to a caring adult  

Other Implementation Practices

  • Use of technology to deliver services or promote engagement
Publications
In Compendium
Yes
Programs in compendium
Pathways to Success

Connecting to Opportunity: Lessons on Adapting Interventions for Young People Experiencing Homelessness or Systems Involvement

Study type
Outcome studies
Qualitative or implementation studies
Cost studies
Study includes subgroup analysis
Location
Alaska,
Arizona,
California,
Maine,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Nebraska,
New York
Population
Young people under 25
People who experience homelessness
People involved in the child welfare system
People involved in the justice system
Young people without a high school credential

Outcomes measured

Education

  • High school completion (diploma or equivalent) 
  • Postsecondary enrollment 
  • Postsecondary persistence 

Employment

  • Attainment of occupational skills/certificates 
  • Attainment of employability/work readiness skills 
  • Employment placement/attainment 
  • Earnings 
  • Job quality

Practices

Secondary Education

  • Preparation or instruction for high school diploma
  • Preparation or instruction for high school equivalency
  • High school reengagement

Postsecondary Education

  • Pre-enrollment supports for transition to postsecondary
  • Postsecondary education advising and coaching after enrollment
  • Academic supports for postsecondary success
  • Supports to pay for postsecondary education

Job and Career Education and Training

  • Career exploration and career counseling
  • Work readiness training
  • Temporary and transitional work experiences

Employment Placement and Supports

  • Job placement
  • Supports to maintain employment

Support Services

  • Mental and behavioral health supports
  • Supports for basic needs
  • Parenting, pregnancy and child care supports
  • Post-program supports
  • Life skills and financial literacy

Youth Development and Engagement Approaches

  • Youth leadership and civic engagement
  • Stipends and incentives
  • Connections to a caring adult  

Other Implementation Practices

  • Use of technology to deliver services or promote engagement
Publications
In Compendium
Yes
Programs in compendium
Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential

Final Evaluation Report of Year Up's Professional Training Corps in Philadelphia

Study type
Outcome studies
Qualitative or implementation studies
Cost studies
Location
Pennsylvania
Population
Young people under 25

Outcomes measured

Education

  • Postsecondary persistence 

Employment

  • Employment placement/attainment 
  • Earnings 

Impacts measured

Education

  • Postsecondary enrollment 
  • Postsecondary persistence 

Employment

  • Employment placement/attainment 

Practices

Postsecondary Education

  • Academic supports for postsecondary success
  • Occupational skills training, sectoral training, and industry-recognized credential training
  • Supports to pay for postsecondary education

Job and Career Education and Training

  • Work readiness training
  • Temporary and transitional work experiences

Employment Placement and Supports

  • Job placement
  • Supports for employers

Support Services

  • Mental and behavioral health supports
  • Supports for basic needs
  • Post-program supports
  • Life skills and financial literacy

Youth Development and Engagement Approaches

  • Stipends and incentives
  • Cohort model
  • Connections to a caring adult  

Other Implementation Practices

  • Career pathways model
  • Use of technology to deliver services or promote engagement
Publications
Maynard, Rebecca, Rebecca Baelen, Phomdaen Souvanna, David Fein, and Azim Shivji. 2018. Final Evaluation Report of Year Up's Professional Training Corps in Philadelphia. Boston: Abt Associates.
In Compendium
No

Implementing an executive skills approach. Insights for the field.

Study type
Qualitative or implementation studies
Location
Illinois
Population
Young people under 25
Young people who are parenting
Young females

Practices

Job and Career Education and Training

  • Career exploration and career counseling
  • Work readiness training
  • Pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships, on-the-job training for a particular industry
  • Temporary and transitional work experiences

Employment Placement and Supports

  • Job placement

Support Services

  • Mental and behavioral health supports
  • Supports for basic needs
  • Parenting, pregnancy and child care supports
  • Post-program supports
  • Life skills and financial literacy

Youth Development and Engagement Approaches

  • Stipends and incentives
  • Cohort model
  • Connections to a caring adult  

Other Implementation Practices

  • Integrated education and training model
  • Racial equity, diversity and inclusion approaches
  • Use of technology to deliver services or promote engagement
Publications
In Compendium
Yes
Programs in compendium
New Moms Job Training Program

The Future of Executive-Skills Coaching and Behavioral Science in Programs that Serve Teens and Young Adults Lessons from the Annie E. Casey Pilot Project

Study type
Qualitative or implementation studies
Location
Illinois
Population
Young people under 25
Young people who are parenting
Young females

Practices

Job and Career Education and Training

  • Work readiness training
  • Temporary and transitional work experiences

Employment Placement and Supports

  • Supports to maintain employment

Support Services

  • Supports for basic needs
  • Parenting, pregnancy and child care supports

Youth Development and Engagement Approaches

  • Stipends and incentives
  • Cohort model
  • Connections to a caring adult  

Other Implementation Practices

  • Integrated education and training model
  • Use of technology to deliver services or promote engagement
Publications
In Compendium
Yes
Programs in compendium
New Moms Job Training Program

The Use of Technology-Based Learning for Basic Skills in Job Corps

Study type
Qualitative or implementation studies
Location
Alabama,
Alaska,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Florida,
Georgia,
Hawaii,
Idaho,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Montana,
Nebraska,
Nevada,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Oregon,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Utah,
Vermont,
Virginia,
Washington,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Wyoming,
District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico
Population
Young people under 25
Young people without a high school credential

Practices

Secondary Education

  • Basic education services

Other Implementation Practices

  • Use of technology to deliver services or promote engagement
Publications
In Compendium
Yes
Programs in compendium
Job Corps

Youth Villages' YV Lifeset

Study type
Randomized controlled trials
Qualitative or implementation studies
Cost studies
Study includes subgroup analysis
Location
Tennessee
Population
Young people under 25
People involved in the child welfare system
People involved in the justice system

Impacts measured

Education

  • High school completion (diploma or equivalent) 
  • Postsecondary enrollment 

Employment

  • Employment placement/attainment 
  • Employment retention  or advancement
  • Earnings 

Well-being

  • Health
  • Social-emotional
  • Housing status and stability
  • Financial capability
  • Use of public benefits
  • Justice system involvement

Practices

Secondary Education

  • Preparation or instruction for high school diploma
  • Preparation or instruction for high school equivalency

Postsecondary Education

  • Pre-enrollment supports for transition to postsecondary
  • Postsecondary education advising and coaching after enrollment
  • Occupational skills training, sectoral training, and industry-recognized credential training
  • Supports to pay for postsecondary education

Job and Career Education and Training

  • Career exploration and career counseling
  • Work readiness training

Employment Placement and Supports

  • Job placement
  • Supports to maintain employment

Support Services

  • Mental and behavioral health supports
  • Supports for basic needs
  • Parenting, pregnancy and child care supports
  • Life skills and financial literacy

Youth Development and Engagement Approaches

  • Connections to a caring adult  

Other Implementation Practices

  • Use of technology to deliver services or promote engagement
Publications
In Compendium
Yes
Programs in compendium
LifeSet