Dan Bloom of MDRC examines policies and programs designed to help high school
dropouts improve their educational attainment and labor market outcomes. So called "second-…

Studies of 29 welfare reform initiatives conducted by the Manpower Demonstration Research
Corporation were synthesized in an exploration of how welfare and work policies affect …

This report discusses the implementation of the Opening Doors Learning Communities and
its effects on students up to two years after they entered the study. Freshmen in this "learning …

In May 2006, the National Poverty Center (NPC) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
at the University of Michigan hosted a meeting--"Research on Prisoner Reentry: What Do …

A postsecondary credential is becoming a prerequisite for admission to the American middle
class. Community colleges, with their open admissions, convenient locations, and relatively …

High school dropouts face an uphill battle in a labor market that increasingly rewards skills
and postsecondary credentials: they are more likely than their peers to need public assistance…

Gestalt therapy stands out from other experiential psychotherapies through its unique attention
to figure/ground emergence and the sequence of contact within the phenomenal field of …

This is the fifth and final report from MDRC’s six-year evaluation of Florida’s Family Transition
Program (FTP). Operated as a pilot program in Escambia County (Pensacola) from 1994 to …

An evaluation of Jobs First (JF) compared the experiences of JF participants who were
subject to welfare reform policies with those of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) …

Very early results from a random assignment evaluation of the National Guard Youth
ChalleNGe Program, an intensive," quasi-military" residential program for high school dropouts, …