Oakland Fund for Children & Youth Final Evaluation Report
The report describes Oakland Fund for Children & Youth programming–nearly 150 programs across nine focus areas. It is part of a full suite of products focusing on key strategies and program profiles. See all products.
Read more » Promising Approaches for Connecting Opportunity Youth to Registered Apprenticeship
This resource highlights promising practices (in five categories) for building and growing successful apprenticeship programs for opportunity youth. Drawn from among a network of 15 partner sites as part of the US Department of Labor’s apprenticeship expansion effort with JFF,…
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 » Efren works as an Associate at SPR, handling research, evaluation, and technical assistance projects in the Workforce and Human Services Division. His areas of interest include equitable implementation science, youth development, and career readiness skills. Before joining SPR, Efren was…
Read more » Nick is a Senior Associate in the Education, Equity, & Community Change Division, providing mixed-methods expertise for a variety of education evaluations including First 5’s Kit for New Parents evaluation, projects with the Hiesing-Simons foundation’s early learning and care portfolio,…
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