Independent Living Program - Florida's Center for Child Welfare

Experimental Intent-to-Treat Evaluations of Social Programs that Examined Impacts on One or More Youth Outcomes and WhetherThey Were Found to Work, Not Proven to Work, or Had Mixed FindingsOUTCOME AREA NOT PROVEN TO WORK MIXED FINDINGS FOUND TO WORKEducationEducation AttainmentEducation AchievementSchool Attendance- The Career Academies program did notimpact reading or math achievement scores.- There were no differences between thoseparticipating in the New Chance programand controls on measures of basiceducational achievement.- The Upward Bound program did noimpact participant GPA’s.- Job Corps participants were more likely toattain GEDs than controls; however, theprogram reduced the likelihood of receiving aHS diploma for those enrolled in school at thetime they began participating in the program.The program significantly increased thelikelihood of receiving a HS diploma or GEDamong 16 and 17 year-olds.- One study evaluating the Ohio Learning,Earning, and Parenting Program found thatthe program led to higher rates of HS diplomaand GED attainment, while two other studiesfound no differences between participants andcontrols.- Students who were at high-risk academicallyearned more HS credits after participating inthe Upward Bound program, however theprogram was not as effective for otherparticipants. Furthermore, the program did notimpact high school completion rates.- Black males and white females participatingin Youth Corps were more likely to earn anassociates degree than their controlcounterparts. However, this effect was notseen among other demographic groups.- Female participants in the Job TrainingPartnership Act (JTPA) were significantlymore likely than their control counterparts tohave received a HS diploma or GED atfollow-up; this impact was not found formales.- Nineteen-year-old youth participating in theTeenage Parent Demonstration (TPD) hadhigher math achievement scores than theircontrol counterparts, but this difference wasnot found across other age groups.- Students in the School AttendanceDemonstration Project had higher rates ofschool attendance than controls at the long-- Participants in the New Chance program weremore likely than control participants to earn HSdiplomas or GEDs.- Participants of JOBSTART were more likelyto earn a HS diploma or GED than controls.- The Career Academies program reduceddrop out rates and increased academic coursetaking for youth at-risk of dropping out of highschool.- The Career Academies program improvedschool attendance for youth at-risk of droppingout of high school.9