Improving Outcomes for Youth in Transition

Supported employment outcomes for transition age youth and young adults.

TOPIC Supported Employment (SE) can help transition age youth and young adults to obtain employment and develop meaningful careers and financial security. PURPOSE The purpose of this analysis is to examine the role of SE in achieving employment outcomes for youth (ages 18-24) and young adults (ages 25-30), compared to outcomes for older adults. Given the importance of employment to the qualit...

Longitudinal transition outcomes of youth with emotional disturbances.

OBJECTIVE Two perspectives are offered on the transition outcomes of youth with emotional disturbances (ED) using data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study (NLTS) and the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2). The first perspective compares two cohorts of youth ages 18-21 who were out of high school up to 4 years in 1990 and 2005 on their rates of high school completion, p...

The Effects of Youth Transition Programs on Labor Market Outcomes

The process of "transitioning" to adulthood for youth with disabilities has long been recognized to be an important but understudied public policy concern. This paper evaluates the labor market effects of Virginia’s school-to-work vocational evaluation program, PERT. Using a unique panel data set containing more than a decade of employment and service provision, we provide the first-ever assess...

An Analysis of Organizational Structure and Transition Outcomes in the Youth-to-Senior Professional Soccer Transition

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Residential Education: An Emerging Resource for Improving Educational Outcomes for Youth in Foster Care?