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Quick Links

• ADRF Login (Okta sign-in required)

  • Setting up your ADRF Account

Class materials

• Project Template PDF

• Project Template.docx

• Discussing Data inside the ADRF

• JupyterLab Tips

• Intro to DBeaver

DATA DOCUMENTATION

• CDSS Data

  • CDSS Data Dictionary

• CDE Data

  • CDE Data Dictionary

    • Offense Key

    • School Type

• EDD Data

  • EDD Data Dictionary

    • Wage Plan

• Schema

  • Data Diagram

  • Analysis Diagram

• Literature Review

  • ADAPT Class Lit Review**

Literature

Stewart, C. Joy & Kum, Hye-Chung & Barth, Richard P. & Duncan, Dean F., 2014. "Former foster youth: Employment outcomes up to age 30," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 220-229.

Toni Naccarato, Megan Brophy, Mark E. Courtney, Employment outcomes of foster youth: The results from the Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Foster Youth, Children and Youth Services Review, Volume 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 551-559.

Lena Hensvik & Oskar Nordström Skans, 2016. "Social Networks, Employee Selection, and Labor Market Outcomes," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 34(4), pages 825-867.

Fredrik Andersson, Harry J. Holzer, Julia I. Lane. “Moving Up Or Moving On: Who Gets Ahead in the Low-Wage Labor Market?” (Russell Sage Foundation, 2005).

Fredrik Andersson, Harry J. Holzer, Julia I. Lane. “Studies of labor market intermediation” (University of Chicago Press, 2009), pp. 373–398.

Autor, David H., and Susan N. Houseman. 2010. "Do Temporary-Help Jobs Improve Labor Market Outcomes for Low-Skilled Workers? Evidence from "Work First"." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2 (3): 96-128.

Holzer, Harry. "Raising job quality and skills for American Workers: Creating more-effective education and workforce development systems in the states." EPRN (2015). https://www.hamiltonproject.org/assets/legacy/files/downloads_and_links/11_workforce_holzer_paper.pdf 

The California Youth Transitions to Adulthood Study (CalYOUTH)

• CHAPIN HALL has done an extensive study on California foster youths’ transitions to adulthood. Please go to their website https://www.chapinhall.org/research/calyouth/ and look through the reports they have written. On their home page they have provided a summary of the entire project, as well at 31 reports/memos they have compiled for the study. For each report that is linked on their home page they provide an executive summary. This is a fantastic resource to get you acquainted with and help you navigate through the literature.

Additional Resources

Robert Goerge, Emily Wiegand, Lean Gjertson. “Making Data Work for Families: Expanding impactful use of data with the Family Self-Sufficiency Data Center and TANF Data Innovations”

Robert Goerge, Lean Gjertson. “Administrative Data for the Public Good: Census Bureau-Chapin Hall partnership yields proposals, pilots for creative use of government data”

Robert Goerge, Lean Gjertson. “Studies Explore Use of Administrative Data: Six pilot projects chosen to show how data can advance evidence-based policies”

Dottie Rosenbaum. “Lessons Churned: Measuring the Impact of Churn in Health and Human Services Programs on Participants and State and Local Agencies”

Research Services Branch (2015). National Youth in Transition Database: Survey Summary Brief, California 2015. Outcomes for the First NYTD Cohort of Youth Ages 17, 19, and 21. California Department of Social Services: Child Welfare Data Analysis Bureau

California Foster Youth Education Law Fact Sheets

Parish, T., et al. (2001). Education of Foster Group Home Children, Whose Responsibility Is It? California Department of Education.

Barrat, V. X., & Berliner, B. (2013). The Invisible Achievement Gap, Part 1: Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care in California’s Public Schools. San Francisco: WestEd.

Wiegmann, W., Putnam-Hornstein, E., Barrat, V. X., Magruder, J. & Needell, B. (2014). The Invisible Achievement Gap Part 2: How the Foster Care Experiences of California Public School Students Are Associated with Their Education Outcomes.

Stewart, C. J., Kum, H. C., Barth, R. P., & Duncan, D. F. (2014). Former foster youth: Employment outcomes up to age 30. Children and Youth Services Review, 36, 220-229.

For more publications, visit: MDRC.org/publications

*Disclaimer: This reference list is illustrative, not exhaustive. We would be delighted to include any other useful references provided by class participants.

** We are very grateful to Tiffany Hamidjaja for putting together this wonderful bibliography and sharing it with the class.

Other Relevant Materials

OMB Memo M-21-27