Awarded Grants

What factors influence the effectiveness of structured mentoring and monitoring interventions designed to reduce school truancy and dropouts?

Funds were given for the Summer Matters Initiative, a public-private partnership of New York City youth grantmakers and the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development.

MDRC will work with Foundation staff to plan and convene a meeting of leading researchers to advance work on analyzing variation in intervention impacts.

In what ways can youth programs include the cultures of immigrant youth?

Does the influence of classroom stressors and supports on mental health differ depending on biological sensitivity? Does the impact of a school intervention on mental health differ depending on youth’...

Does an intervention that targets student leaders reduce harassment in high school?

How do parents, peers, and neurobiological sensitivity influence adolescents’ substance use problems?

How can mobile phones be used to develop new measurement and intervention tolls to support families and improve youth well-being?

The investigator will analyze the development of six efforts of the Obama administration: home visitation, teen pregnancy prevention, the Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund, the Social Innovation Fund, the Community College Challenge Fund, and the Workforce Innovation Fund.

The investigators will examine what research is used by intermediaries, how that research is packaged and conveyed to policymakers, and how policymakers use it across three policy issues at the ...