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Barriers to Success

March 30, 2017

While many young people in America continue to be bombarded by severe adversity, few receive the supports and resources they need to cope and succeed.

Type: Report

TAG: Youth Voice, Career Pathways, Special Populations

promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education

channels: Re-engaging Youth, Mentoring, College & Career

SOURCE: Center for Promise

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

Hidden in Plain Sight

June 13, 2016

This report examines the growing problem of student homelessness by interviewing and surveying currently and formerly homeless students and the state coordinators and local liaisons assigned to help them. Written by a team of researchers at Civic Enterprises, a public policy and strategy firm, in association with Hart Research Associates, the study was released by America’s Promise Alliance, a leader of the GradNation campaign.

Type: Report

TAG: Special Populations, Grad Rate Data, ESSA

promises: Effective Education, Caring Adults

channels: Mentoring

SOURCE: Civic

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

A Profile of the Evaluation of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Program

January 15, 2014

Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of America is a national mentoring program that matches at-risk youth (“Littles”) with older volunteer mentors (“Bigs”). The BBBS approach does not target or address any particular aspects of academics, prevention, or risk, but rather emphasizes continuity and consistency in mentor relationships.

Type: Resource

TAG: Special Populations

promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education

channels: Attendance, Expanded Learning Time, Mentoring

SOURCE: Harvard Family Research Project

Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC)

January 15, 2014

MTFC provides severely delinquent youths with foster care in community families trained in behavior management, and emphasizes preventing contact with delinquent peers.  Typical community treatment for such youth, by contrast, often involves placement in a group residential care facility with other troubled youth.

Type: Resource

TAG: Youth Involvement, Special Populations

promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places, Effective Education

channels: Mentoring, Youth Involvement

SOURCE: Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy

The Role of Risk: Mentoring Experiences and Outcomes for Youth with Varying Risk Profiles

June 10, 2013

More and more, mentoring programs are being asked to serve young people who are considered “higher risk.” While mentoring has a strong research base generally, relatively little is known about mentoring programs’ capacities to serve and produce benefits for higher-risk youth. This report presents results from the first large-scale evaluation to examine how the levels and types of risk youth face may influence their mentoring relationships and the benefits they derive from mentoring programs.

Type: Resource

TAG: Special Populations

promises: Caring Adults

channels: Mentoring

SOURCE: MDRC