Ray Marshall Center News

The Ray Marshall Center has entered into a new partnership with the Office of the Attorney General of Texas to review the child support guidelines established by state and federal laws to ensure their adequacy in determining appropriate child support award amounts in divorce cases and other suits affecting parent-child relations (SAPCR). Read more about it!

The Ray Marshall Center has entered into a partnership with Texas Workforce Commission to implement its duty to establish a self-sufficiency wage for each Texas county.

The Ray Marshall Center has entered into a new partnership with City of Austin to conduct an evaluation of the City’s workforce training investments. Read more about it!

The Ray Marshal Center has entered into a new partnership with ECHO to assist with the AT Home Initiative evaluation. Read more about it!

Through a partnership with the Aspen Institute, the RMC will engage in a data-driven longitudinal study following Opportunity Youth (OY) in San Antonio into either the labor market or postsecondary education (or both) between Fall 2021 and Summer 2026 to map out the pathways taken by OY. This study will use UI wage and National Student Clearinghouse data to monitor the progress at the individual level. Read more about the partnership!

With the support of JPMorgan Chase, the Ray Marshall Center will study the pathways taken by Opportunity Youth in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. This five-year grant, also known as Evaluating Services for Texas Opportunity Youth (ESTOY), represents one of the largest efforts undertaken in Texas to date to study the systems that serve, and the trajectories taken by, disconnected young adults (between the ages of 18 and 24 who are neither enrolled in school nor working) after participation in a youth-serving program. Read more about the project!

The Ray Marshall Center is pleased to announce support from JPMorgan Chase to study the pathways taken by Opportunity Youth in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. This $750,000, five-year grant represents one of the largest efforts undertaken in Texas to date to study the systems that serve, and the trajectories taken by, disconnected young adults (between the ages of 18 and 24 who are neither enrolled in school nor working) after participation in a youth-serving program. Read more about the project!