Solutions for youth: an evaluation of the Latin American Youth Center's Promotor Pathway program

This report evaluates the Latin American Youth Center's (LAYC) Promotor Pathway program. The program matches youth with a 'promotor', who provides intensive case management, mentorship, and advocacy, and aims to improve education and employment outcomes, boost life skills, prevent delinquency, and reduce unhealthy behaviors for at-risk youth transitioning to adulthood. Using a randomized controlled trial design, the evaluation assesses whether the Promotor Pathway program improved 18-month outcomes in educational attainment, employment, reduced births, residential stability, and reduced risk-t ... Show more

Authors: Theodos, Brett; Pergamit, Michael R.; Derian, Alexandra; Edelstein, Sara ... [+] Show more

Published: Washington, District of Columbia, Urban Institute, 2016

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: xi, 77 p.

Access item: http://www.urban.org/research/publication/solutions-youth-evaluation-latin-american-youth-centers-promotor-pathway-program

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