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Download full textCave, George; And Others – 1993
The JOBSTART demonstration program provided education and vocational training, support services, and job placement assistance to educationally disadvantaged dropouts aged 17-21 at 13 sites. An evaluation assessed whether helping disadvantaged dropouts increase their educational attainment led to increased earnings. A total of 2,312 people were…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Bloom, Dan; And Others – 1991
An analysis of Ohio's Learning, Earning, and Parenting (LEAP) program focused on the first 18 months of program operations. The 12 randomly selected research counties contained about two-thirds of the statewide teen population targeted by LEAP. The analysis relied on field research, supplemented by data collected from county human service agencies…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Attendance
Quint, Janet C.; And Others – 1991
New Chance was designed as a research and demonstration program to improve the economic status and general well-being of highly disadvantaged young women and their children. The program was directed toward mothers aged 16 to 22 who were high school dropouts and receiving welfare. Sixteen sites in 10 states that had some prior experience in serving…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adolescents, Attendance, Attrition (Research Studies)
