Becoming Adults: One-Year Impact Findings from the Youth Villages Transitional Living Evaluation

Autor/inn/en	Valentine, Erin Jacobs; Skemer, Melanie; Courtney, Mark E.
Institution	MDRC
Titel	Becoming Adults: One-Year Impact Findings from the Youth Villages Transitional Living Evaluation
Quelle	(2015), (156 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Transitional Programs; Independent Living; Program Evaluation; Young Adults; Foster Care; Juvenile Justice; Outcomes of Treatment; Outcomes of Education; Income; Housing; Economic Status; Well Being; Participation; Caseworker Approach; Counseling; School Readiness; High School Equivalency Programs; Money Management; Daily Living Skills; Tennessee + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstverantwortung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Pflegehilfe; Jugendgerichtshilfe; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Einkommen; Unterkunft; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Teilnahme; Counselling; Beratung; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Alltagsfertigkeit
Abstract	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 April 2015, is intended to help these young people make a successful transition to adulthood by providing intensive, individualized, and clinically focused case management, support, and counseling. This is the second major report in the evaluation. An earlier report provides a detailed description of the "Transitional Living" program model and assesses its implementation. This second report assesses whether the program affected key outcomes during the first year after young people enrolled in the study. After one year, the program increased earnings, reduced homelessness and material hardship, and improved outcomes related to health and safety. These findings set the stage for additional analysis using a second year of follow-up data and an assessment of the program's benefits relative to its costs. Those results will be available in 2016. Appendices to this report include: (1) Survey Response Bias Analysis and (2) Definitions of the Scales Used in This Report. [See First Report and Policy Brief in ERIC: "Moving into Adulthood: Implementation Findings from the Youth Villages Transitional Living Evaluation," (Manno, Michelle; Jacobs, Erin; Alson, Julianna; Skemer, Melanie), at ED545451, and "After Foster Care and Juvenile Justice: A Preview of the Youth Villages Transitional Living Evaluation. Policy Brief" (Muller-Ravett, Sara; Jacobs, Erin) at ED531545.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01