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LEAP: Three-Year Impacts of Ohio's Welfare Initiative To Improve School Attendance among Teenage Parents. Ohio's Learning, Earning, and Parenting Program.

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Long, David; And Others – 1996

This report presents the fourth-year findings on the effectiveness of Ohio's Learning, Earning, and Parenting (LEAP) Program, a statewide welfare initiative that uses financial incentives and penalties to promote school attendance by pregnant and parenting teenagers on welfare. The report looks at LEAP's effects on school completion, employment,…

Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Early Parenthood

LEAP. The Educational Effects of LEAP and Enhanced Services in Cleveland. Ohio's Learning, Earning, and Parenting Program for Teenage Parents on Welfare.

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Long, David; And Others – 1994

This report presents new findings on the effectiveness of Ohio's Learning, Earning, and Parenting (LEAP) Program in Cleveland as well as initial results from the Cleveland Student Parent Demonstration, a special project undertaken as part of the LEAP evaluation. LEAP is a statewide initiative that uses financial incentives and penalties to promote…

Descriptors: Adolescents, Ancillary School Services, Attendance, Day Care

LEAP: Ohio's Welfare Initiative To Improve School Attendance among Teenage Parents. Ohio's Learning, Earning, and Parenting Program. Final Report.

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Bos, Johannes M.; Fellerath, Veronica – 1997

Ohio's Learning, Earning, and Parenting Program (LEAP) provides all teen parents who receive welfare with a substantial financial incentive to attend school. This is the fifth and annual report from a large-scale evaluation of the program, based on a study of 4,151 teenagers who were randomly assigned to either a program group or a control group.…

Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Employment Potential

LEAP. Impelementing a Welfare Initiative To Improve School Attendance among Teenage Parents. Ohio's Learning, Earning, and Parenting Program.

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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