The research also found that young people said the pilot made them more confident, helped them stay out of trouble, increased their ambitions and made them recognise the importance of education.
The Department of Health funded Young People's Development Programme (YPDP) was implemented through 27 existing youth projects across England by The National Youth Agency and modelled on the American "Youth Development" approach, which worked with disadvantaged young people to ensure good education and health outcomes.
Evaluation by researchers based at the Social Science Research Unit (SSRU) at the Institute of Education, University of London, found that YPDP had succeeded in working with more than 2,000 "at-risk" young people and that the learning gained could inform the direction of targeted youth support in the future.
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