The goal of the PRAG evaluation conducted by the Center for Urban Economic Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago was to examine the degree to which PRAG had achieved, or worked toward, the objectives identified in the Urban Communities proposal. Three overall objectives were identified:
1. To promote research (at universities and within community organizations) that is driven by, and can be applied to, community needs.
Joan Fitzgerald
The First Year of PRAG
An Evaluation Of The Paternal Involvement Demonstration
The Paternal Involvement Demonstration project (PIDP) was a public-private partnership initiative undertaken to demonstrate the value of providing job training, job placement and paternal involvement services to young non-custodial fathers whose children received support from Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Along with the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation's Parents Fair Share (PFS) pilot project, PIDP was, in 1992, unique in its focus on developing parenting and employment-related services for welfare-dependent non-custodial fathers.