2 research outputs found
Education Maintenance Allowance Pilots for Vulnerable Young People and Childcare Pilots : implementation and reported impacts in the first year
The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) commissioned the Centre for Research in
Social Policy (CRSP), the National Centre for Social Research (NCSR) and the Institute for
Employment Research (IER) to evaluate the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)
Pilots for Vulnerable Young People and Childcare Pilots.
This report focuses on the first year of the EMA Pilots for Vulnerable Young People and
Childcare Pilots. The analysis of implementation of these pilots draws on interviews with
implementation groups and key informants and stakeholders. Eligible young people and their
significant others also provide evidence of the impact as well as difficulties involved in the
EMA Pilot for Vulnerable Young People and Childcare Pilots. The integrated evaluation that
follows discusses the degree of flexibility and level of effectiveness of EMA in relation to
vulnerable young people
Education Maintenance Allowance Pilots for Vulnerable Young People and Childcare Pilots : implementation and reported impacts in the first two years (2000-2001/2001-2002)
This is the second and final report of the evaluation of the Education Maintenance Allowance
(EMA) Vulnerable Pilots. These pilots were introduced by the Department for Education and
Employment (now the Department for Education and Skills) in 2000 and extended the scope
of the main EMA pilots by focusing on young people believed to be especially vulnerable to
economic and social exclusion in four LEA areas.
The evaluation has focused on three specific groups of young people who were the original
focus of the Vulnerable Pilots, young people who are homeless, teenage parents and young
people with disabilities. The definition of ‘vulnerability’ has since been widened to
encompass many more young people, such as young offenders and those who finish
compulsory education with no or low qualifications