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Green, Rex S.; Ellis, Peter T. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2008
In 2003 foster youth employed by a foster youth advocacy organization suggested that an evaluation of group home services to foster youth be conducted in Alameda County, California. This report presents the development and conduct of this evaluation study; how funding was obtained; and how foster youth were hired, trained, and employed to produce…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Group Homes, Program Effectiveness, Foster Care
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Wetzel, Mary C.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1995
An evaluation of a successful summer camp for youth with developmental disabilities (Camp Horizons) identifies practices that should work well in other youth programs. The natural, personalized setting favors worthwhile relationships with satisfying human bonds. The ecological evaluation approach is also explored. (SLD)
Descriptors: Camping, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Environment, Interpersonal Relationship
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Lundgren, Lena; Rankin, Bruce – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1998
This study examined the extent to which wages received by graduates of the Chicago Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) youth programs are more closely correlated with the program in which the client participated or the client's personal history. Results found that program type was a particularly critical factor for the wages of African American…
Descriptors: Background, Blacks, Income, Individual Characteristics