Improving the Status of Black Youth: Some Lessons from Recent National Experiments.

Taylor, Ronald L.

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ERIC Number: EJ417633

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1990

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Improving the Status of Black Youth: Some Lessons from Recent National Experiments.

Taylor, Ronald L.

Youth and Society, v22 n1 p85-107 Sep 1990

Reviews youth employment and training programs since 1962. Concludes that successful programs share the following characteristics: (1) a focus on chronic unemployment; (2) comprehensive remedial programs and human services; (3) early intervention; and (4) connections to mainstream institutions. (FMW)

Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Training, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Unemployment, Youth Programs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Researchers; Policymakers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act

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