Alicia Modestino

Awarded Grants

Grant

Building a more holistic and inclusive workforce development system for Boston’s Youth

Northeastern University is partnering with The City of Boston’s Department of Youth Engagement and Employment to reduce inequality among young people through the Boston Summer Youth Employment Program and other year-round workforce development programs that aim to improve ...

Alicia Modestino

Northeastern University

2021 – 2024
$53,529

Grant

Evaluation of Alternative Programming for the Boston Summer Youth Employment Program during the COVID19 Pandemic

What are effective and feasible summer youth employment options in the context of COVID-19?

Alicia Modestino

Northeastern University

2020 – 2021
$48,393

Grant

Mentoring and Career Dvelopment: 2019 Modestino and Paul

Modestino will use this award to enhance her cultural competency in terms of addressing issues of race by attending workshops and training at the MassMentoring Institute, which will enable her to develop a structured mentoring program that can be implemented ...

Alicia Modestino

Northeastern University

2019 – 2022
$59,493

Grant

A Multi-Year Evaluation of the Boston Youth Summer Employment Program and Features to Reduce Inequality Across Groups

Under what conditions does a summer employment program reduce academic, economic, and behavioral inequalities for economically disadvantaged youth?

Alicia Modestino

Northeastern University

2017 – 2021
$280,714

Articles & More

Blog Post

Tips for Researchers: Navigating the Gaps Between Research and Policy

Local policymakers often lack rigorous data and analysis about which programs are most effective. But too often academics do not apply their knowledge to the most pressing policy issues in these local contexts. This creates a “valley of death&...

Alicia Modestino

Tips for Researchers: Navigating the Gaps Between Research and Policy

News

• Jan 13, 2021

William T. Grant Foundation 2021 Institutional Challenge Grant Finalists

The William T. Grant Foundation is very pleased to announce the finalists for its 2021 Institutional Challenge Grant competition. Launched in 2017, the Institutional Challenge Grant encourages research institutions to build long-term research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit organizations in order ...

Foundation Staff

William T. Grant Foundation 2021 Institutional Challenge Grant Finalists

Blog Post

Vivian’s Voice: Meeting this Moment

At our recent William T. Grant Scholars retreat, I had the opportunity to share my reflections with early- and mid-career academics about ways they might meet this social and political moment. In this post I expand on three recommendations: 1) act ...

Vivian Tseng

News

• Jun 1, 2020

William T. Grant and Spencer Foundations Award Rapid Response Research Grants to Combat Youth Inequality Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

The swift, systematic review of existing research is jointly designed by both partners to ensure that the questions guiding the synthesis are responsive to real information needs of decision makers.

Foundation Staff

William T. Grant and Spencer Foundations Award Rapid Response Research Grants to Combat Youth Inequality Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Blog Post

How Summer Jobs Programs Can Help Reduce Inequality Among Youth

With funding from the William T. Grant Foundation, I have been engaged in a multi-year evaluation with the Boston Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development to assess the impact of the city’s summer jobs program on criminal ...

Alicia Modestino

How Summer Jobs Programs Can Help Reduce Inequality Among Youth

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.

Awarded Grants

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