Awarded Grants

Funds were given to create and evaluate a research forum and structured mentoring program at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM).

How do students’ changing relationships with parents, teachers, and peers influence their math/science achievement and course taking? How do these influences shift over time and within contexts defined by their level of economic disadvantage, race/ethnicity, and immigration status?

Funds were given for two policy meetings focusing on the use of evidence and research-based knowledge in shaping policy and practice in education.

Funds were given to support the completion of a book by Judith Gueron and Howard Rolston that will tell the inside story of how the field of welfare research was transformed to produce higher quality evidence.

Funds were given to JOBSFIRSTNYC in support of their work with Public/Private Ventures on a project to develop a set of basic interim outcome measures that could be used across workforce development programs, particularly for young adult programs.

How are healthy children’s development, education, and employment outcomes affected by a sibling’s chronic or severe health problems?

Westhab will increase college enrollment of participants in our ongoing College Material (specialized college-prep program) by providing the juniors and seniors in high school with a strengthened targeted program, to include: 1. An expert consultant to provide individualized and group student ...

The purpose of the High School Prep Project is to support rising 9th grade youth as they transition into and beyond high school. Through a short retreat, summer workshops and a network of peers, staff and family, Harlem RBI will ...

The Fortune Society will pilot a program to integrate Community Education Pathways to Success (CEPS), an evidence-based approach to youth development, to address the educational needs of criminal-justice-involved out-of-school students ages 16-25.

The Red Hook Initiative will improve our college preparation program for high school students from Red Hook, Brooklyn. Funds will be used to train current staff, develop a comprehensive yearly program schedule and curriculum, and ultimately increase the number of ...