This overview of the City University of NewYork Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (CUNY ASAP) initiative
is based on a program review conducted byWestat/Metis staff for the evaluation of the Center for Economic
Opportunity (CEO) initiatives.
This overview of the Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Community-Based Organization (CBO)
Outreach programis based on a program review conducted byWestat/Metis staff for the evaluation of Center
for Economic Opportunity (CEO) initiatives.
This overview of the Department of Correction's CUNY Catch program is based on a program review conducted
by Westat/Metis staff for the evaluation of the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) initiatives.
The Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) focuses on young adults as a key target population, and offers a number of programs intended to either reinforce their educational goals and/or provide them with some work experience in order to increase their chances of obtaining permanent employment.
Family Rewards 2.0 was launched in July 2011 in the Bronx, New York and Memphis, Tennessee. While still offering rewards in the areas of children's education, family health, and parents' work, Family Rewards 2.0 has fewer rewards in each domain, offers the education rewards only to high school students, makes the rewards more timely by paying them each month, and includes family guidance.
This overview of the CUNY Preparatory Transitional High School Program (CUNY Prep) is based on a program
review conducted by Westat/Metis staff for the evaluation of the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO)
initiatives.
This report presents very promising early findings from a random assignment study of ASAP that is taking place at three CUNY community colleges: Borough of Manhattan Com-munity College (BMCC), Kingsborough Community College (KCC), and LaGuardia Commu-nity College (LGCC).
Employment Works was launched in 2008 as a pilot initiative to help probationers secure employment, with the goal or promoting their self-sufficiency and reducing their rates of recidivism. The program promotes collaboration between two City agencies by coordinating workforce services between NYC's Department of Small Business Services (SBS) and the Department of Probation (DOP).
This overview of the NewYork City Department of Correction's (DOC's) Supportive Basic Skills Program is based
on a program review conducted by Westat/Metis staff for the evaluation of the Center for Economic
Opportunity (CEO) initiatives.
This overview of the Office of the Food Policy Coordinator (OFPC) is based on an internal program review conducted
by the NYC Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO).
This qualitative report focuses on Family Rewards'
educational incentives and the variety of ways that parents and children interacted
with each other in relation to these incentives.
Aimed at low-income families in six of New York City's highest-poverty communities,
Family Rewards ties cash rewards to a pre-specified set of activities and outcomes in the areas
of children's education, family preventive health care, and parents' employment.
This overview of the Department of Correction's (DOC's) Getting Out and Staying Out (GO/SO) program is based
on a program review conducted by Westat/Metis staff for the evaluation of the Center for Economic
Opportunity (CEO) initiatives.
This overview of the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene's (DOHMH) Healthy Bodega is
based on an internal program review conducted by the NYC Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO).
This overview of the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene's (DOHMH) Healthy Bodega is
based on an internal program review conducted by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
The evaluation of the NYC Justice Corps conducted by Westat and Metis has been designed to
assess the implementation and effect of the program on participants and on the target
communities.
This study evaluates CUNY's Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) from a
benefit-cost perspective. ASAP is designed to accelerate degree completion within three years at
community colleges.
This overview of the Nursing Career Ladder: Accelerated Licensed Practical Nurse Training Program (LPN) is
based on a program review conducted by Westat/Metis staff for the evaluation of the Center for Economic
Opportunity (CEO) initiatives.
The goal of the LTP is to improve educational preparedness for youth involved with the
juvenile justice system by improving their life skills, attitudes, and beliefs about the
value of education and school attendance, and their awareness of careers and goalsetting
skills.