MDRC
Contact Information:
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Robert J. Ivry |
Description of Organization |
MDRC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization with a 30-year history of conducting large-scale demonstrations and evaluations to improve the education, employment, and life circumstances of low-income populations. Our goal is to identify the highest-payoff reforms, those with clear and measurable returns to families and taxpayers, and to increase the extent to which social policy can be built on evidence of effectiveness. |
Dropout Recovery Related
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JOBSTART: Developed by MDRC as a nonresidential alternative to Job Corps, JOBSTART was an unusual collaborative effort to help disadvantaged young people join the economic mainstream. Operated in 13 cities from 1985 to 1988, the JOBSTART programs offered education and training as well as support services and job placement assistance. New Chance: Designed and evaluated by MDRC from 1989-1992, gave young welfare mothers access to an array of education, employment, and family services to increase their employability, improve their parenting, and promote their children’s well-being. New Chance was targeted at 16- to 22-year-old mothers who had first given birth as teenagers, had dropped out of high school, and were receiving cash welfare assistance. National Guard ChalleNGe: The National Guard ChalleNGe Program was developed in the early 1990s to improve the employment and life prospects of youth, ages 16 to 18, who have dropped out of high school and have not found a place in the labor market. MDRC, in partnership with the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on the Transition to Adulthood, recently launched a random assignment evaluation of ChalleNGe. Youth Transition Demonstration: The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) has contracted with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR) to develop and evaluate Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD) projects for young people who are either receiving disability benefits or who are at risk of receiving them. By waiving certain federal disability program rules and offering services to disabled youth, the YTD projects are expected to encourage young people to work or continue their education. |
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