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    Evaluation of Pretrial Justice System Reforms That Use the Public Safety Assessment

    Effects in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

    The Public Safety Assessment (PSA) assesses the likelihood that a defendant will commit a new crime or fail to appear for court hearings, information that then can guide decisions about release conditions. This study presents the effects of the PSA and related policy changes in Mecklenburg County, NC.

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    A Path from Access to Success

    Interim Findings from the Detroit Promise Path Evaluation

    The Detroit Promise allows the city’s high school graduates to attend local colleges tuition-free. To that scholarship the Detroit Promise Path adds campus coaches, monthly financial support, enhanced summer engagement, and messages informed by behavioral science. Interim findings about persistence in school, full-time enrollment, and credit accumulation are all positive.

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  • Brief

    Designing for Success

    The Early Implementation of College Promise Programs

    College Promise programs offer scholarships for up to 100 percent of tuition and fees. Many Promise programs are adding to their models by providing students with support services. MDRC’s College Promise Success Initiative (CPSI) works with Promise programs interested in including such services; this brief provides some early implementation lessons.

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  1. Detroit Promise Path Boosts Full-Time Enrollment, Persistence, and Credit Accumulation by Detroit Community College Students
  2. Mary Marx: Investing in Mental Health
  3. MDRC Announces New Initiative: Scaling Up Community College Efforts for Student Success (SUCCESS)
  4. Personalized Outreach to Students Boosts Summer Enrollment
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MDRC is committed to finding solutions to some of the most difficult problems facing the nation — from reducing poverty and bolstering economic self-sufficiency to improving public education and college graduation rates. We design promising new interventions, evaluate existing programs using the highest research standards, and provide technical assistance to build better programs and deliver effective interventions at scale.

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