Youth Policy Lab

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Poverty Solutions pilot offers employment, life skills, mentorship to local youth

Aug 15, 2017

In “A job well done: Youth employment program offers mentors, life skills,” the University Record highlights Poverty Solutions’ Summer Youth Employment Program. The pilot program, launched this summer, is pairing more than three-dozen local...

Youth Policy Lab announces application for new technical assistance program

Nov 30, 2016

The Youth Policy Lab has issued a request for proposals to organizations seeking to use data to improve service delivery or program design for Michigan youth. Applications for the Michigan Technical Assistance Partnership (M-TAP) Program are due...

Ford School, Survey Research Center faculty launch Youth Policy Lab to improve young lives

Oct 13, 2016

Researchers at the University of Michigan have launched a new lab designed to help state and local agencies, social service providers, nonprofits and educators improve life outcomes for Michigan youth, from birth through age 25.The Youth Policy Lab...

EPI Speaker Series

The on-going evaluation of a volunteer tutoring program for struggling readers

Sep 29, 2022, 12:00-12:50 pm EDT

1210 Weill Hall

Professor Tepper Jacob's talk will tell the story of an on-going evaluation of the Reading Partners program, a successful one-on-one volunteer tutoring program that serves struggling readers in elementary schools serving students from families with low-income

EPI Speaker Series

Supporting early intervention in Washtenaw County: Benefits and challenges of partnership-driven research

Apr 12, 2022, 12:00-12:50 pm EDT

Catherine Asher will talk about the Youth Policy Lab's project to understand and support the use of Early Intervention Services in Washtenaw County.

Continuous Improvement in a Juvenile Court: A Youth Policy Lab Brown Bag

Jan 31, 2018, 12:00-1:00 pm EST

Weill Hall, 3rd Floor Seminar Room

Robin Jacob and A. Foster will discuss how the partnership has developed since initially proposed by WCJC, the challenges involved in beginning such work, and other lessons learned after more than 8 months of partnership.

Detroit Youth Employment: A Youth Policy Lab brown bag

Dec 6, 2017, 12:00-1:15 pm EST

Weill Hall, 3rd Floor Seminar Room

Brian Jacob presents the initial findings from the Youth Policy Lab’s evaluation work for GDYT, which centers around educational outcomes for applicants and participants.

Youth Policy Lab

The Youth Policy Lab coordinates activities to provide information and analyses that social services organizations need to do their jobs most effectively. They develop close, sustainable partnerships with state and local agencies, and help connect...

Work|Force - Video 1: Solving for Jobs, Mobility, & Poverty in an Era of Rapid Change

Mar 26, 2019 0:45:25

Shamar Herron, Deputy Director of Michigan Works! Southeast, leads a discussion with providers and participants on the front lines of workforce development about what works and what doesn’t.