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Yang, Edith; Aceves, Aurelia De La Rosa; Tomlinson, Gloria – MDRC, 2019
Workforce development organizations often find it challenging to assess how former program participants are faring in the labor market, since they need to rely on participants' willingness to report and verify their job placements after they either leave or complete their programs. The 2013 Unemployment Insurance Data Sharing Bill (S5773A) amended…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Labor Force Development, Data Use, Unemployment
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Geller, Joanna D.; Zuckerman, Natalie; Seidel, Adam – Education and Urban Society, 2016
Service-learning has the potential to create mutually beneficial relationships between schools and communities, but little research explores service-learning from the community's perspective. The purpose of this study was to (a) understand how community-based organizations (CBOs) benefited from partnering with students and (b) examine whether…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Community Development, Community Benefits, Partnerships in Education
Blank, Martin J.; Jacobson, Reuben; Melaville, Atelia – Center for American Progress, 2012
A community school is a place and a set of partnerships connecting a school, the families of students, and the surrounding community. A community school is distinguished by an integrated focus on academics, youth development, family support, health and social services, and community development. The community school strategy is central to efforts…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Social Services, Unions, Community Development