Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3) National Evaluation
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About the Study
In 2015, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) to fund contractors Mathematica and Social Policy Research to conduct the Performance Partnership Pilots (P3) for Disconnected Youth National Evaluation. The goal of the study is to identify and document the extent to which the P3 initiative increased coordination across federal agencies and programs to allow local communities the flexibilities they need to support disconnected youth.
To promote a more integrated system of federal, state, local, and tribal services for disconnected youth, Congress authorized the P3 initiative under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014. It allowed up to ten grantee organizations and their partners, together called “pilots,” to waive regulations, such as spending and performance requirements, and gain coordinated access to the discretionary funds of five federal agencies. In 2015, the federal agencies participating in P3 awarded nine pilots for Cohort 1. Since its inception, six more pilots were established for two additional cohorts.
The Department of Labor-funded study is a requirement of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 and a result of the annual process to determine the Department’s research priorities for the upcoming year. It contributes to the labor evidence base to inform employment and training programs and policies and addresses Department strategic goals and priorities.
- How do the pilots use the flexibility offered by P3 to implement P3 models and interventions to improve the outcomes of disconnected youth?
- How has each pilot structured its P3 system and work across the community’s network of partners to provide effective services to disconnected youth?
- Who are the youth who participate in P3 and what services do they receive?
- What systems and programmatic changes and efficiencies resulted from P3?
- National Evaluation of the Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3): Summary of the Evaluation’s Reports and Findings (Summary of Findings, April 2021)
- Supporting Disconnected Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences from the Field (Issue Brief, April 2021)
- Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3): Implementation Study Findings of the Pilots’ Experiences (Final Implementation Report, April 2021)
- Operating a Youth Homelessness Prevention Program: A Case Study from the P3 Pilot in Sacramento, California (Issue Brief, April 2021)
- Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3): Sustaining Systems Change Efforts and Coordinated Services for Youth (Issue Brief, April 2021)
- Local Evaluations of the Cohort 1 P3 Pilots: A Synthesis of Their Findings (Final Report, August 2020)
- Insights from Federal Evaluation Technical Assistance Liaisons on the Partnerships Supporting Local Evaluations (Issue Brief, August 2020)
- Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3): Four Years After Initial Authorization (Interim Implementation Report, August 2020)
- Early Experiences of the Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3): Cohort 1 Pilots (Final Report, August 2020)
Project Duration: 66 Months
Contract End Date: February 2021
Contractor: Mathematica Policy Research and Social Policy Research Associates
For More Information: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) sponsors independent evaluations and research, primarily conducted by external, third-party contractors in accordance with the Department of Labor Evaluation Policy and CEO’s research development process.