ERIC Number: ED275776
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1983-Jun
Pages: 233
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School, Work and Family Planning. Interim Impacts in Project Redirection.
Polit, Denise F.; And Others
Project Redirection was designed to help pregnant and parenting adolescents progress toward eventual self-sufficiency by linking them with community agencies and volunteers at four geographically and ethnically diverse sites in the United States. Distinctive features of the program include: (1) a broad scope of services including employability training, parenting and educational counselling, and (2) the inclusion of paid women drawn from the local community to act as primary supports to the teens and help them achieve short-term goals. This report discusses impact findings 12 months after the teens first enrolled in Project Redirection. The hypothesis tested is that participants in the program will experience better education, employment, family planning, and health outcomes than a group of similar non-participants. Results show that the Project positively resulted in improvements in educational, employment and fertility areas. The program was deemed effective for teens in the major ethnic, age, and parity subgroups included in the sample. The most pronounced effects were found among teens who came to the program with the least favorable education and employment histories. (LHW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Services, Early Parenthood, Financial Support, High Schools, Job Training, Pregnancy, Program Effectiveness, Social Services, Social Support Groups, Voluntary Agencies
Manpower Demonstration Research Corp., Three Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016 ($12.00).
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
Sponsor: Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs.; Ford Foundation, New York, NY.
Authoring Institution: Manpower Demonstration Research Corp., New York, NY.
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