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The brief summarizes findings from a descriptive MDRC study on implementation and participant experiences, set against the challenge of young people who are not in school or working. 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This brief shares findings from a descriptive study conducted by MDRC and funded by the Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity and New York City Young Men’s Initiative that sought to describe the program’s implementation and participant experiences.  \nBackground and Context  \nApproximately one in seven young people in New York City between the ages of 16 and 24 are not in school and not working.1 Disconnection from school and work during these transformative years can have negative, long-term consequences for a range of outcomes—including earnings, experience with incarceration, and physical and mental well-being—that result in significant costs for these young people, their communities, and society at large.2  \nOften referred to as “opportunity youth” or “disconnected youth,” young people who are not in school or working disproportionately come from low-income families and are people of color.3 However, their skills, needs,  \nEmma Alterman Megan Millenky Farhana Hossain  \n(A note from the New York City agencies that commissioned this study can be found at the end of this brief.)  \nADVANCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW YORK CITY’S YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE ADVANCE & EARN PROGRAM  \n2  \nand experiences can vary depending on their age, amount of schooling and work exposure, experiences with traumatic events, and other factors such as parenthood, child welfare involvement, or legal system involvement. Research suggests that these young people need a diverse and comprehensive set of services that can meet them where they are and help them progressively advance their skills, credentials, and experiences toward economic mobility.4  \nIn this context, the Advance & Earn program aims to accommodate New York City’s opportunity youth at different stages of education and skill development. The program incorporates lessons and evidence from previous city-funded education and employment programs for opportunity youth by more closely integrating academic and workforce services under one program to help young people enter and advance in their career pathway. These prior programs included: (a) the Young Adult Literacy Program, which provided academic services and work-readiness services to young adults without a high school credential and with low literacy skills, and (b) Intern and Earn (formerly the Young Adult Internship Program), which provided short-term paid internships to opportunity youth.5 Based on feedback from young people, practitioners, and community-based organizations, Advance & Earn was designed to unify these previously separate services into a single, integrated pathway that supports youth from basic skills development through HSE attainment and entry into in-demand occupations.  \nThe Advance & Earn program was launched in February 2020 and has completed two cohorts each year since then—for a total of 10 cohorts between 2020 and 2024. As of 2024, five communitybased organizations—referred to as “providers” from hereon—offered Advance & Earn services across seven program locations in the city. (Program providers and locations are listed in Table 1.) All providers have a long history of offering education, employment, and supportive services to people who face barriers in the traditional labor market, including opportunity youth. The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) oversees the program, supported by the New York City Young Men’s Initiative (YMI) and the Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity (NYC Opportunity) .  \nTable 1. 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