Youth Corps Emerging Practices for Education and Employment

In an attempt to understand and learn from the results of the National Evaluation of Youth Corps, this project provides insight into aspects of corps' service delivery systems that may lead to positive member outcomes in employment and/or education. The practices identified respond to Goal 2 of the CNCS Strategic Plan for 2011–2015, in that they may help members find professional, education, or civic growth opportunities in their service experience. The practices and lessons described can be used as: profiles of emerging practices for promoting youth education and work-readiness within the youth corps model; a toolbox for youth education and employment service providers; or a complement to the existing research on youth corps that provides an in-depth investigation of corps' service models and variations.