Enhanced services for the YPD Plus Mentoring participants varied across sites but often included several hours of one-on-one mentoring services, individualized mentee support, or group workshops, in addition to YPD services. The duration of services varied by site. One site offered 2 to 12 weeks of work readiness classes followed by employment assistance, while another offered a 15-month weekly peer group workshops focusing on educational attainment, technological skills development, workforce readiness, and career exploration. YPD services included educational attainment services (GED preparation and study skills instruction), employment services (job-readiness and career counseling), and skill training (English-language courses). The intervention served at-risk youth ages 16 to 24 who had low incomes and who were parenting or were expectant parents in Los Angeles, CA; Birmingham, AL; Asheville, NC; and Worchester, MA.
Comparing the effectiveness of YPD Plus Mentoring with the effectiveness of YPD indicates the effect of being referred to a set of services that includes those unique to YPD Plus Mentoring. The comparison indicates how much better the offer of the YPD Plus Mentoring meets participants’ needs than YPD does. The services unique to YPD Plus Mentoring were the mentoring services in addition to YPD’s educational and employment services.
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