How can social programs improve the lives of young people? <a href="https://www.src.isr.umich.edu/people/robin-jacob/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robin Jacob</a>, PhD, research associate professor at the Institute for Social Research and the School of Education, and faculty co-director of the Youth Policy Lab (YPL), joined this episode of Michigan Minds to explain her research evaluating programs and interventions to better understand the variety of factors that affect young people. She also discusses the <a href="https://youthpolicylab.umich.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Youth Policy Lab</a> and the work that is done there to impact positive change. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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