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Study Name
Study of Bridges to Success
Study Sharepoint ID
101035
Evaluation name
How Do Holistic Wrap-Around Anti-Poverty Programs Affect Employment and Individualized Outcomes?
Intervention (standard name)
Outcome domains examined
Strength of Evidence Tag
Design
Services
Settings in which the intervention was studied
Subgroups
Subgroup data - Female
No
Subgroup data - Male
No
Subgroup data - White
No
Subgroup data - Black
No
Percent female
77.00
Percent Male
23.00
Percent No high school diploma or GED
32.00
Percent With a high school diploma or GED
68.00
Percent Parents
60.00
Percent Employed
34.00
Percent Black or African American
64.00
Percent Hispanic or Latino of any race
26.00
Percent White
9.00
Percent another race
27.00
Mean age
37.30
Group formation formatted
Participants were recruited from high-poverty neighborhoods in Rochester, NY, through door-to-door visits and agency referrals. Study participants were randomly assigned to a treatment group that could access the BtS program or a control group that could not. For the first study cohort (those enrolled between January 2017 and April 2018), participants were randomly assigned to each group with 50 percent probability, stratified by time of enrollment. For the second study cohort (those enrolled between February and July 2020), participants were randomly assigned with two-thirds probability of being assigned to the treatment group and one-third probability of being assigned to the control group, with no stratification.
Study timing formatted
7 years (2017-2023)
Study funding formatted
J-PAL North America, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Arnold Ventures, and the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO).
Sample Characteristics
Most study participants were female (77 percent), black (64 percent), and had children (60 percent). About a third (32 percent) did not have a high school degree or equivalent, with an average age of 37.3 years. Study participants had very low incomes, with only about a third of participants working at baseline and with average earnings of less than $1,200 per quarter.
Implementing organization formatted
The Catholic Family Center, Action for a Better Community, and Community Place of Greater Rochester
Program history
BtS was part of pilot adult mentoring programs that did not exist prior to the study
Treatment condition formatted
Bridges to Success (BtS) is an intensive adult mentoring and comprehensive case management program in Rochester, NY. Treatment group participants were assigned a mentor who worked with participants over two years to identify their short- and long-term goals, create step-by-step plans for progress, and provide cash incentives for completing planned steps.
Comparison condition formatted
The control group could access temporary services through referrals to meet immediate needs, but not the intenstive case management and long-term mentoring, structured goal-setting, or financial incentives provided by BtS.
Mandatory services formatted
None
Timing of study formatted
2 years
Program funding formatted
The City of Rochester, NY, and the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative
Setting details formatted
Rochester, NY, at nonprofit organizations
Delivered by public or private entity?
Private
Secondary domains examined
Housing, family relationships, health, social networks, finances
Check edits flag
No
Primary Service
Case management
Services Unclear
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Enrollment Period
January 2017 to April 2018 for Cohort 1; February to July 2020 for Cohort 2
Intervention Duration
24.00
Subgroup data - Hispanic
No
State & Region