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Improving Life Chances of Disadvantaged Youth: Testing Best-Practice Academic vs. Non-Academic Supports

NCT01927523 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5344

Last updated 2017-07-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn more about the most cost-effective way to improve the long-term life outcomes of disadvantaged youth, by comparing best practice academic supports to best-practice non-academic supports, and learning more about whether investing in both simultaneously has synergistic (more than additive) effects.

Conditions

  • Youth Violence
  • Crime
  • Educational Achievement

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

BAM

BAM (Becoming a Man), a cognitive-behavioral group therapy intervention.

OTHER

Match

An intensive math tutoring program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • MacArthur Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • U.S. Department of Justice

    collaborator FED

  • Crown Family Philanthropies

    collaborator OTHER

  • Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Youth Guidance

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Match Education

    collaborator OTHER

  • Chicago Public Schools

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Chicago

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jens Ludwig, PhD · University of Chicago

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-08-31
Primary Completion
2018-06-30
Completion
2018-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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