Presents estimates of the impacts of Job Corps on participants' employment and related outcomes during the 48 months after random assignment.

First in a series of reports describes and documents program services, concluding that the program model is well-developed and the program well-implemented and provides information that will be useful in interpreting findings from the net impact study.

Estimates the impacts of Job Corps on participants' prose, document, and quantitative literacy, which are typically weak for youth entering the program. Finds positive impacts in all three domains and across most key groups of students.

This report uses annual Social Security earnings data employers report to the Internal Revenue Service, as well as quarterly wage records employers report to state unemployment insurance agencies, to examine impacts on earnings in years five to seven after random assignment. The research team...

Millions of U.S. children participate in the National School Lunch Program each day, receiving free or reduced-price food that makes an important contribution to their overall nutrition. But concern has mounted that many approved as eligible may in fact be ineligible because their family income...