This grant will provide funds to plan a comprehensive evaluation of Nexus for Equity and Opportunity Nationwide (NEON), an initiative of the Community Foundation Opportunity Network (CFON).
Georgia State University and Achieve Atlanta will conduct and use research to reduce racial, ethnic, and economic disparities in how new college students finance their education in order to reduce long-term inequities in higher education attainment and reduce loan default.
The Education Trust will partner with Jean Grossman and Matthew Kraft to tackle two pressing policy issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic: unfinished instruction and recession-induced layoffs.
The Forum for Youth Investment will advance grantees’ capacities to conduct and share research by connecting them with policymakers and by organizing grantee learning communities.
This grant will help amplify the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges’ targeted outreach to judges and others who make high-stakes decisions about youth detention.
What are the impacts of different welfare-to-work interventions on the children of former recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 20 years later, and how do impacts vary by gender and age of exposure to the policy changes?
The William T. Grant Foundation invests in high-quality research focused on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people in the United States.