National Evaluation of Youth Corps Findings at Follow-Up (June 2011)


Description :

This report was prepared by Abt Associates Inc. for the Corporation for National and Community Service. The research questions that guided the impact study design were:

1. What are the impacts of youth corps participation on corpsmembers’:
  • educational outcomes (e.g., attainment, aspirations);
  • employment-related outcomes (e.g., employment status, wages and earnings, number of employers, participation in training, total income);
  • civic engagement and life skills (e.g., social trust, volunteering and community participation and responsibility, perceived service efficacy); and
  • risky behaviors (e.g., alcohol and substance abuse, criminal offence and incarceration)?
2. Do impacts vary by subgroups defined by corpsmember demographics or program participation characteristics? If so, what are the impacts in each subgroup?

Publish Date : 2011

Author/Source : Abt Associates for CNCS

Type : Research/Report