Evaluation of the Bridge Initiative’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery Efforts
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commissioned SPR to conduct a formative implementation and summative evaluation of its Bridge Initiative to support school districts’ COVID-19 response and recovery efforts.
Read more » How Apprenticeship Programs for Opportunity Youth Stay Resilient Through the COVID-19 Recession
A product of an apprenticeship expansion and modernization effort supported by the US Department of Labor, with JFF, the National Association of Workforce Boards, the Rural Youth Catalyst Project, and SPR, this report documents strategies for sustaining and expanding Registered…
Read more » An Evaluation of AB 1111: The Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative
In December 2019, the California Workforce Development Board (State Board) awarded 26 Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative (Breaking Barriers or the initiative) grants. Each grant went to either a community-based organization (CBO) or a workforce development board (WDB) with each…
Read more » San Francisco Community Hubs Initiative Final Report
When schools in San Francisco were closed to in-person instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic, San Francisco’s Department of Children, Youth and Their Families (DCYF) and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department (RPD) worked with other city departments to…
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