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    A Promising Approach to Coordinated Community-Based Reentry Services

    The Reentry Intensive Case Management Services program in Los Angeles County connects people who have been involved with the criminal legal system to community health workers who help them navigate services. This report presents encouraging findings from process and outcomes studies of the program and provides recommendations for providers.

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    Pathway to College Achievement

    A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of the Male Student Success Initiative for Men of Color

    Research literature is rich with theories about the challenges faced by male students of color who strive to achieve college success and completion. This report provides the first causal estimates of the effects of a college program targeting male students of color on academic outcomes.

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    Effective Student Success Programs at Community Colleges Can Help Pay for Themselves

    In this commentary originally published in Community College Daily, Colin Hill describes a new MDRC tool that helps college administrators estimate both the costs and revenues gained when implementing programs that increase graduation rates and put students on track to labor market success.

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  1. MDRC Experts Contribute Chapters to The Oxford Handbook of Program Design and Implementation Evaluation
  2. MDRC Hosts University of Pennsylvania IES Predoctoral Fellow Stacey Bevan
  3. Could $2,000 a Year Keep Students in College?
  4. MDRC Experts Presenting at Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, September 27-30
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A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, 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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