This EMCF SIF investment will support GtCNN’s expansion to a total of 50 sites.  Potential sites for replication include communities of need in nine states. This investment will also support an evaluation that is expected to raise the evidence of GtCNN’s effectiveness to the demonstrated level within three years and generate valid estimates of program effects within a year after enrollment on intermediate outcomes such as credits earned, school attendance, risk-taking behavior, and attachment to school and the labor market.

States this EMCF SIF investment will support growth in: GtCNN is considering expansion to Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, as well as in California, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and South Carolina, where it is currently active.

Number of youth this investment will serve: GtCNN is developing plans to serve 2,900-3,800 young people between 2012 and 2014 in nine states it is targeting for growth with a SIF investment, an increase of 77 to 142 percent.

A scenario-based growth plan confirming or revising these projections will be available in June 2011.