Publisher: Northwestern University
Author(s): Hirsch, Barton J.; Larry V. Hedges; Megan A. Mekinda; JulieAnn Stawicki
Published: June 2011
Evaluates outcomes for teens in Chicago’s After School Matters apprenticeship-like program, finding statistically significant benefits on some measures of youth development and reduced problem behaviors but not in job skills or school performance.
Funder(s): Chicago Community Trust, Wallace Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation
Subject(s): Children and Youth; Children and Youth, After-School Programs; Children and Youth, Youth/Adolescents