Independent Evaluation
An Independent Evaluation of the impact of
Raise Youth Mentoring
In 2023, the University of Melbourne and the Social Outcomes Lab conducted independent evaluations of the impact of Raise Youth Mentoring.
The evaluations were funded by the Australian Government.
The Independent Outcome evaluation compared the outcomes for young people in the Raise Youth Mentoring program to a matched control group of other young people.
The evaluation found that Raise Youth Mentoring caused positive outcomes across the domains of help seeking, resilience, hope for the future and school engagement.
This means that young people have better outcomes than other similar young people after six months of Raise Youth Mentoring.
You can read more about the Outcome Evaluation Full Report below:
Outcome Evaluation
The Independent Economic evaluation calculated a Social Return on Investment (SROI) of Raise Youth Mentoring. The SROI was calculated by measuring the program costs and the expected benefits to our community. The evaluation found that Raise Youth Mentoring returns $4.37 in social benefits for every $1 invested.
You can read the Economic Evaluation Full Report below:
Economic Impact Evaluation
Economic Insights
This short video explains what the Economic evaluation has found.
Quality Assurance
The University of Melbourne also conducted a quality assurance of the evaluation we do every year at Raise.
They found that the evaluation we do is rigorous, appropriate and effective.
What does this mean?