The Impact Evaluation of the
YouthBuild program is a seven-year experimental design impact
evaluation. YouthBuild is a youth and community development program
that addresses several core issues facing low-income communities:
education, employment, crime prevention, leadership development and
housing. The program primarily serves high school dropouts and
focuses on helping them attain a high school diploma or general
educational development (GED) certificate and teaching them
construction skills geared toward career placement. The evaluation
will measure core program outcomes including educational
attainment, postsecondary planning, employment, earnings,
delinquency and involvement with the criminal justice system, and
youth social and emotional development. The evaluation represents
an important opportunity for DOL to add to the growing body of
knowledge about the impacts of second-chance programs for youth who
have dropped out of high school, including outcomes related to
educational attainment, postsecondary planning, employment,
earnings, delinquency and involvement with the criminal justice
system, and youth social and emotional development. The evaluation
will include a random assignment component, with applicants in
selected sites randomly assigned to one of two research groups.
Random assignment is generally viewed as the best and most feasible
design for answering questions about the effectiveness of social
programs and policy interventions.
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USC 2917 Name of Law: The Workforce Investment Act
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