MDRC’s College Promise Success Initiative provides technical assistance to College Promise and Free College programs interested in promoting success in college by implementing evidence-based student support practices.
Michigan
A Snapshot of State Efforts
December, 2017
The Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation-Strong Start (MIHOPE-Strong Start) aims to determine whether home visiting programs improve birth- and health-related outcomes up to age 1. This report provides a snapshot of state efforts to promote prenatal health and improve birth outcomes, including but not limited to home visiting.
The Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential (LEAP) project is a three-year nationwide program that provides education and employment services to young people ages 14-25 who are homeless or “systems-involved” — that is, young people who are aging out of the foster care system or who are otherwise involved in the child welfare, criminal justice, or j
Even as employers need skilled workers in order to grow and compete in the global economy, too many young Americans are shut out.
July, 2017
The Detroit Promise allows the city’s high school graduates to attend local colleges tuition-free. To that existing scholarship the Detroit Promise Path adds campus coaches, monthly financial support, enhanced summer engagement, and messages informed by behavioral science. Early findings from the first year are positive.
Cindy Redcross, Dan Bloom, Peter Baird, Dina A. R. Israel, Louisa Treskon, Melanie Skemer, Douglas Phillips, Rebecca Behrmann, Caroline Mage, Yana Kusayeva
The Office of Child Support Enforcement launched the Procedural Justice-Informed Alternatives to Contempt (PJAC) demonstration to test the efficacy of incorporating procedural justice principles into child support practices
College Promise is the latest college access movement in the United States. With more than 200 programs across the nation — a number that grows every year — College Promise is driving national conversations about college access and affordability. These programs typically cover college tuition and fees for students in a particular geographic area to attend college.
Which Improves Welfare Recipients’ Earnings More in the Long Term?
October, 2016
Findings after 10-15 years from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies suggest that while initially stressing job search for participants led to greater earnings in the short term than did initially stressing education and training, neither approach produced substantial effects past the five-year follow-up period.
Interim Impact Findings from the Investing in Innovation (i3) Evaluation of Diplomas Now
June, 2016
The Diplomas Now whole-school reform model, including targeted interventions for students at risk of dropping out, had an impact on the percentage of students with no early warning indicators related to attendance, behavior, or course performance, and had more encouraging results in middle schools than high schools.
Third Annual Report
April, 2016
MIHOPE-Strong Start is the largest random assignment study to date examining the effects of home visiting services on birth and health outcomes and health care use. This report describes a partial sample of 1,200 families, explores the priorities and practices of the study programs, and discusses program recruitment.