In 2014, the Office of Research and Evaluation (ORE) and AmeriCorps State and National (ASN) began an evaluation of grantee programs that engage opportunity youth (OY) as AmeriCorps members. The evaluation bundled 19 ASN programs into a single, collaboratively designed impact evaluation. The study assessed whether OY who participated in AmeriCorps showed greater improvements in education, employment, and civic engagement outcomes than comparison youth. While ASN OY were not more likely to show improvements on key outcomes than comparison youth, ASN OY showed improvements from pre-test to follow-up on a number of key outcomes, including high school completion and current employment, for example.
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Program/Intervention
AmeriCorps Membership
Implementing Organization
CNCS (on behalf of 19 programs/sites)
AmeriCorps Program(s)
AmeriCorps State and National
Age(s) Studied
6-12 (Childhood)
13-17 (Adolescent)
18-25 (Young adult)
Outcome Category
Employment
Post-secondary educational support
Study Type(s)
Impact
Study Design(s)
Quasi-Experimental (QED)
Level of Evidence
Strong
Researcher/Evaluator
JBS International, Inc.
Published Year
2018
Report Citation
Frazier, R., Pratt, D., Cardazone, G., Hartig, M., Liang, J., Georges, A. (2018). Final Report for AmeriCorps Opportunity Youth Evaluation Bundling. North Bethesda, MD: JBS International, Inc.?
Study Site Location (State)
Texas