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1 results foundAuthor: Insights MSD Title: Youth Service: Evaluation Report Summary: Youth Service is a new approach to working with vulnerable young people where MSD contracts a service provider to work actively and intensively with a young person Young people who access a main benefit are at extremely high risk of long term benefit dependency. Youth Service was established in August 2012 to address this and help this group of vulnerable young people reach their full potential. This evaluation presents findings from the first 18 months of Youth Service's operation. The findings consider: young people's participation in education, training or work-based learning, enrollment in budgeting and parenting activities, and achievement of NCEA qualifications the impact of Youth Service on the main benefit receipt of Youth Payment participants. This is assessed using a comparison group drawn from young people who started a main benefit before the introduction of Youth Service. In brief the findings show: Four out of five young people enrolled in Youth Service are now in education or training. Many of these young people were previously disengaged from school and had no NCEA qualifications. Youth Service is helping young people gain NCEA Level 2, so they have a better chance at getting a decent job During their first year in Youth Service, young people are more likely to gain NCEA credits and meet the requirements of NCEA Level 2 than under the old welfare system: 63 per cent of 16 and 17 year olds receiving YP achieved NCEA credits in their first year, compared to 24 per cent of similar young people who received the old Independent Youth Benefit (IYB). 14 per cent of Youth Payment participants met the requirements for NCEA Level 2, compared to 5 per cent of the young people who received IYB. 43 per cent of teen parents achieved NCEA credits in their first year, compared to 20 per cent of similar teen parents who received Emergency Maintenance Allowance (EMA) or the Domestic Purposes Benefit (DPB). 7 per cent of Young Parent Payment participants met the requirements for NCEA Level 2, compared to 5 per cent of the comparison group. Young people who are at risk of not being in education, employment or training (NEET) can also access Youth Service, even if they are not on benefit. Youth providers are targeting these young people and helping them to work toward an NCEA qualification: Half of these at risk young people have increased their number of NCEA credits within their first year in Youth Service. 15 per cent met the requirements for NCEA Level 2 in their first year. After one year in the service fewer 16 and 17 years olds receiving Youth Payment remain on benefit, compared to similar young people who received IYB under the old welfare system. More young people aged 16 and 17 are moving off benefit as a result of Youth Service Young people are now gaining the education, qualifications and skills needed to move off benefit and into employment or full-time tertiary study. After one year in the service fewer 16 and 17 years olds receiving Youth Payment remain on benefit, compared to similar young people who received IYB under the old welfare system. We expect to see the same trend for teen parents as their children become closer to school age and they have increased ability to move into full-time work or study. Details: Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Social Development, 2014. 20p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 18, 2017 at: https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/evaluation/youth-service/evaluation-report.html Year: 2014 Country: New Zealand URL: https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/evaluation/youth-service/evaluation-report.html Shelf Number: 141104 Keywords: At-Risk Youth Delinquency Prevention Youth Service |