ERIC Number: ED275779
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985-Apr
Pages: 325
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Final Impacts from Project Redirection. A Program for Pregnant and Parenting Teens.
Polit, Denise; 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 and educational counseling; 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 two years 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. Participation in Project Redirection did result in some short-term improvements in most subgroups and for most outcomes. By the end of the study, however, when teens were out of the program, differences between the experimental and comparison groups had largely disappeared, except for certain subgroups. The report concludes with a summary of lessons to be considered by policymakers, program planners, and funding agencies. (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
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
Sponsor: Grant (W.T.) Foundation, New York, NY.; Department of Labor, Washington, DC.; Ford Foundation, New York, NY.
Authoring Institution: Manpower Demonstration Research Corp., New York, NY.
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