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Eligible applicants to the Year Up program’s Boston, MA; New York City, NY; and Providence, RI sites were randomly assigned by evaluators to the intervention or comparison groups with an approximately 70 percent probability of assignment to the intervention group. Individuals were randomly assigned in September 2007 and followed through September 2011. The study reports both intent-to-treat and treatment-on-treated estimates of impacts.
Individuals were randomly assigned in September 2007 and followed through September 2011.
Year Up and local colleges
Year Up offered young adults six months of technical skills training in information technology or investment operations fields. Year Up also included classes in business writing and communication, professional skills training, opportunities to earn college credit, and a six-month internship with a top company in the region. Participants received a weekly stipend and the support of social workers and mentors. Those who completed the program received job search or college application assistance.
Evaluators placed young adults assigned to the comparison condition on a 10-month waitlist and told those participants they could attend Year Up at that time. In the meantime, participants could participate in any education and training activities available to them in the community.
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