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Wasserman, Kyla; Freedman, Lily; Rodney, Zaina; Schultz, Caroline – MDRC, 2021
The Families Forward Demonstration (FFD) examined new strategies to increase the earnings of parents who owe child support but are unable to fully meet their obligations due to low earnings. It also focused on "responsive" child support services that helped parents understand their support obligations, and even suspended certain…
Descriptors: Job Training, Parents, Children, Financial Support
Kazis, Richard; Molina, Frieda – MDRC, 2016
WorkAdvance is a sectoral workforce development program designed to meet the needs of workers and employers alike. For unemployed and low-wage working adults, the program provides skills training in targeted sectors that have good-quality job openings with room for advancement within established career pathways. For employers in those sectors,…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Employment Programs, Job Skills, Skill Development
Welbeck, Rashida; Ware, Michelle; Cerna, Oscar; Valenzuela, Ireri – MDRC, 2014
Difficulties in paying for college and in maintaining good academic performance are two major hurdles to college graduation for low-income students. In recent years, state and federal budgets for postsecondary education have been cut significantly, limiting the options policymakers, education leaders, and communities have to improve rates of…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Guidelines, Guides, Performance Contracts
Fraker, Thomas; Black, Alison; Mamun, Arif; Manno, Michelle; Martinez, John; O'Day, Bonnie; O'Toole, Meghan; Rangarajan, Anu; Reed, Debbie – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2011
The Social Security Administration is funding a random assignment evaluation of six demonstration projects to improve employment and other outcomes for youth ages 14 to 25 who are either receiving disability benefits or are at high risk of receiving them in the future. This report reviews the Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD) projects, located…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Disabilities, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Lee, Robert E. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2009
Objective: This study attempts to uncover barriers to participation in a marital enrichment program that had been expected to be attractive to eligible couples. Method: Work products associated with a multiyear demonstration project were subjected to ethnographic analysis. Results: Eligible couples did not see congruence between the program's…
Descriptors: Program Development, Program Implementation, Recruitment, Needs Assessment
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1990
This guide to developing and implementing mentor programs in local communities contains three sections. The first section examines why mentor programs are needed and what being a mentor involves. The second section includes guidelines for developing and implementing mentor programs. The first subsection covers the first stages of program…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Guidelines, Mentors, Organizations (Groups)
Institute for Law and Justice, Inc., Alexandria, VA. – 1997
Strategies to enhance prosecution of gang-related crimes are presented, with a focus on enforcement and prosecution targeting urban street gangs. The model programs introduced offer strategies largely based on the practical experiences of agencies that participated in a demonstration program, the Urban Street Gang Drug Trafficking Enforcement…
Descriptors: Crime, Demonstration Programs, Juvenile Gangs, Law Enforcement

Rosenfield, Sylvia; Rubinson, Florence – Exceptional Children, 1985
The consultant interested in helping teachers adopt curriculum-based assessment techniques should consider the process of innovation along with aspects of school culture. The consultant should examine four stages in developing a model program: creating a need, supporting change, implementing a guided practice, sequence, and allowing for…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Consultants, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Landrum, Mary S. – 2003
This manual is a guide to consultation and collaboration for educators of gifted children and is based on the Resource Consultation and Collaboration Program implemented at 10 schools in Charlotte, North Carolina, over 2 years. Individual chapters of the manual address the following topics: (1) overview of resource consultation and collaboration…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Richardson, John G. – 1991
To marshall the resources needed to deal positively with current and emerging issues, the Cooperative Extension System must use networks skillfully to establish necessary connections with other agencies and individuals. The process of developing cooperative and productive interconnections among individuals, groups, or organizations is networking.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Demonstration Programs
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1986
This report presents findings from a project to gather from pilot Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education (CPVE) programs in Great Britain examples of ways in which teachers had or were intending to approach the Science and Technology objectives. (The CPVE framework consists of 10 core areas, one of which is Science and Technology.) It is intended…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Postsecondary Education
Hamilton, Gayle; And Others – 1988
The San Diego (California) Saturation Work Initiative Model (SWIM) was part of the Social Security Administration's two-site demonstration of saturation work programs in an urban area. The multicomponent program operated from July 1985 until late 1987, when it was replaced by a new statewide initiative called the Greater Avenues for Independence…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Incentives, Job Search Methods, Program Development
Sutherland, Mary; And Others – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1989
This article describes a health promotion demonstration project which addressed the health problem of hypertension, as related to variables of excercise, weight, blood pressure measurement and reduction, medication compliance, and nutritional practices. Participants (N=18) were senior citizens who were associated with a small, rural, predominantly…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Health Promotion, Hypertension, Middle Aged Adults
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1979
A project was conducted to (1) determine how to install comprehensive career education programs on a districtwide basis when development and field testing have been completed, and (2) determine how to transport effective career education programs from school districts that have them to school districts that need them. Project objectives were met…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Banathy, Bela H.; Studebaker, Diana P. – 1979
Based on concepts and approaches resulting from the development of a series of Native American Career Education instructional units in a previous project, this project was designed to assist educational staff and Indian community members at four sites to initiate development of career education programs that would use available resources and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Career Education, Demonstration Programs