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The "National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program" is a residential education and training program designed for youth ages 16 to 18 who have dropped out of or been expelled from high school. During the 22-week residential period, participants are offered GED preparation classes and other program services intended to promote positive youth…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, At Risk Students, Job Skills, Leadership
Direct linkMontecel, Maria Robledo – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2008
Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) is an independent, non-profit organization with a vision for schools that work for all children. It partnered with Coca-Cola in 1984 and began a dropout prevention program just as it was conducting the first comprehensive study of school dropouts in Texas. Its annual studies since then have…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Foreign Countries, Economic Development, Tutors
Sizemore, Donna Lynn – Momentum, 1985
Describes the activities and achievements of Broome County Catholic Youth Organization 70001, a unique program for economically disadvantaged youth and high school dropouts, which offers preemployment training, educational upgrading, motivational activities, and job placement assistance. Explains the benefits for the young participants, community,…
Descriptors: Catholics, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs, Employment Programs
Educational Consultants, Inc., Seattle, WA. – 1976
A description and evaluation of Project PA-I, URRD/ECI Pilot Program for dropouts is provided in this document. This program was funded by the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction under the Urban, Rural, Racial Disadvantaged Education Program (URRD) and conducted by Educational Consultants, Inc. in Everett, Washington from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Programs, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness
What Works Clearinghouse, 2009
The study examined whether participating in the "National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program", a quasi-military residential/mentoring program for dropouts, improved the educational and other outcomes of at-risk youth. The study analyzed data on about 1,000 16- to 18-year-old high school dropouts enrolled in 10 ChalleNGe programs throughout…
Descriptors: High School Students, Mentors, Program Evaluation, Dropouts
Department of Labor, Washington, DC.
The methods and objectives of the Neighborhood Youth Corps are described in anecdotal form. Brief case studies illustrate various facets of this federal work-study program. (NH)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs, Educational Programs, Federal Programs
Shales, Tom – Manpower, 1975
Job Corps programs have changed during its ten years, and include new residential manpower centers, support centers, coeducational centers, and civilian conservation centers. The article traces the history and development of this vital educational program. (MW)
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Educational Programs, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Job Training
Militello, Ronald – 1969
Project H.E.L.P. is a promise to youth that we do care and that we will show we do. However, in innovating a program for dropouts, many concerns arise, as more difficulties arise. These areas of concern are: (1) the widespread adoption of the innovation which could take place only with the backing and support of the school board and administrative…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Projects, Student Projects
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. – 1966
The organization, operations, participants, and achievements of the Neighborhood Youth Corps are described. Tables, graphs, and photographs also provide information on this program. (NH)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Employment Opportunities, Federal Programs
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Bureau of Work-Training Programs. – 1968
The successful operations of the Neighborhood Youth Corps are described in this Department of Labor document. The publication consists of brief comments about the program's achievements in various cities and includes some graphic and statistical presentations. (NH)
Descriptors: Delinquency Prevention, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Federal Programs
Walther, Regis H. – 1969
This is a report of the results of the Cincinnati Clerical Co-Op, a formal skill training program designed to enhance the clerical employability of out-of-school Neighborhood Youth Corps enrollees in Cincinnati. This program alternates cycles of work experience in firms that are potential employers and training in relevant skills and behaviors in…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Federal Programs, Job Placement, Job Skills
Useem, Elizabeth L. – 1991
This paper describes the implementation of an innovative integrated approach to the delivery of services for disadvantaged youth in Massachusetts, and examines the fiscal, political, and organizational factors that led to its subsequent demise. Massachusetts was one of the first states to envision and implement a statewide system of coordinated…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Business Cycles, Coordination
YALA Journal, 1990
The YALA journal is an annual publication of the Young Adult Learning Academy (YALA) in New York City, New York. This journal, one of many YALA publications and projects, was designed to encourage students to assume active roles in their education and to present their ideas, feelings, and craft to others. The YALA was established in 1984 to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Creative Writing, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Erickson, Edsel; Wortham, James – 1971
The objective of the Benjamin Franklin Urban League Street Academy, funded under Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965, is to help students to stay in school or to help dropouts to return to school, or enter the world of work prepared and motivated to adjust and achieve satisfactorily. The major evaluation objectives of this…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Casto, James E. – Appalachia, 2000
Describes the YouthBuild program in Fayette County, West Virginia, a federally funded program administered locally by the Southern Appalachian Labor School. Participants are unemployed youths aged 16-24, mostly school dropouts, who alternate between 1 week of training in repairing and building houses and 1 week studying for a GED or preparing for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
