Earnings

Earnings

Mississippi Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training Program (MIBEST) had the largest effects on long-term annual earnings (an average of $5,431 per year). Mississippi Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training Program (MIBEST) provided training with team teaching and support services that were designed to prepare students for high-demand occupations, enabling them to earn a high school credential while working toward certificates, degrees, and gainful employment.

These are the five interventions with the largest effects. See Exhibit 1 for all interventions.
Employment

Employment

National Guard Youth ChalleNGe had the largest effects on long-term employment (an average of 6 percentage points). The ChalleNGe Program aimed to improve the lives of youth who were out of school and under- or unemployed by providing education, positive youth development, and mentorship.

These are the five interventions with the largest effects. See Exhibit 1 for all interventions.
Public benefit receipt

Public benefit receipt

Los Angeles Reconnections Career Academy (LARCA) Program had the largest effects on long-term benefit receipt (decreasing the amount of public benefits received by $34 per year). To facilitate educational advancement and employment, the LARCA program provided case management, education, training, employment services, and supportive services to youth with low incomes who were at risk of dropping out or who had already dropped out of high school.

Effects on long-term benefit receipt

Los Angeles Reconnections Career Academy (LARCA) Program
$34

Decrease long-term benefit receipt

Education and training

Education and training

National Guard Youth ChalleNGe had the largest effects on education and training (increasing the attainment of a degree or credential by an average of 11 percentage points). The ChalleNGe Program aimed to improve the lives of youth who were out of school and under- or unemployed by providing education, positive youth development, and mentorship.

These are the five interventions with the largest effects. See Exhibit 1 for all interventions.

Urban Alliance’s High School Internship Program

Intervention (standard name)
Urban Alliance’s High School Internship Program

Urban Alliance’s high school internship program consisted of pre-work training that lasted three to six weeks; an internship program paired with continuous soft-skills training throughout the school year; and post-internship services, which connected alumni to continuing services and potential summer internship opportunities. The pre-work training provided general job and soft skills training for three to six weeks at the start of the school year, after which participants began their paid internships.

Structured Customer Choice (as compared with Guided Customer Choice)

Intervention (standard name)
Structured Customer Choice (as compared with Guided Customer Choice)

Structured Customer Choice participants received intensive, mandatory weekly counseling from program staff, in which the counselors directed participants to training programs with high returns on investment (that is, programs anticipated to lead to high earnings gains over participants’ lifetimes relative to the training cost). Participants selected the training program in which they wished to participate, but counselors could deny participants’ selections. Participants also received an ITA of up to $8,000 to cover the cost of training.

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