Domestically, since its founding, YouthBuild Global (formerly YouthBuild USA) has worked to establish a culture of accountability within the network of YouthBuild programs across the United States and around the world. We have developed a robust data management system that provides ongoing information guiding our quality assurance and grant-making practices.
We have also partnered with external researchers in a variety of targeted studies to increase our knowledge. Studies on YouthBuild have been contracted and funded by government agencies, funded by YouthBuild Global with private funds, or conducted by individual researchers and entities with their own funds.
In 2018, MDRC published Laying a Foundation, its final report on the YouthBuild Evaluation. This was a four-year, random assignment study of YouthBuild at 75 sites in the U.S. in partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor.
As part of this evaluation, in 2016, MDRC published its Interim Impact Findings, Building a Future. These studies confirm that the YouthBuild model is effective in increasing the achievement of a high school equivalency credential, employment rates, and earnings.
Learn more about all MDRC evaluations of YouthBuild
YouthBuild has also been featured in other studies supported by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Globally, since 2010 YouthBuild and its country-based partners have been the subject of multiple evaluations, assessments, reports, and case studies. These include impact evaluations that have been conducted in three countries and additional reports on YouthBuild’s impact and innovations in 15 countries.
Read the full report on completed assessments, evaluations and reports conducted on YouthBuild’s international work since 2010.
