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Skemer, Melanie; Valentine, Erin Jacobs – MDRC, 2016
Large numbers of young people in the United States were in foster care or in juvenile justice custody as teenagers, and many of them have a difficult time making a successful transition to independent adulthood as they leave these systems. Most of them faced a number of disadvantages during childhood and often have poor outcomes across several…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Caseworker Approach, Counseling Services, Program Effectiveness
Valentine, Erin Jacobs; Skemer, Melanie; Courtney, Mark E. – MDRC, 2015
The "Youth Villages Transitional Living Evaluation" is testing whether the "Transitional Living" program, operated by the social service organization Youth Villages, makes a difference in the lives of young people with histories of foster care or juvenile justice custody. The program, which was renamed "YVLifeSet" in…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Independent Living, Program Evaluation, Young Adults
Riccio, James; Dechausay, Nadine; Miller, Cynthia; Nuñez, Stephen; Verma, Nandita; Yang, Edith – MDRC, 2013
Opportunity NYC-Family Rewards, an experimental, privately funded, conditional cash transfer (CCT) program to help families break the cycle of poverty, was the first comprehensive CCT program in a developed country. Launched in 2007 by New York City's Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO), Family Rewards offered cash assistance to low-income…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs, Incentive Grants, Poverty Programs
Manno, Michelle; Jacobs, Erin; Alson, Julianna; Skemer, Melanie – MDRC, 2014
The Youth Villages Transitional Living program is intended to help youth who were formerly in foster care or juvenile justice custody, or who are otherwise unprepared for adult life, to make the transition to independent living. Youth Villages, which serves emotionally and behaviorally troubled young people, operates a number of programs in…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Program Implementation, Independent Living, Daily Living Skills