This natural experiment will evaluate the effect of Pathways to Potential (P2P) on youth violence outcomes
using administrative data sources and surveys of key program staff. P2P is a Michigan Department of Health
and Human Services program that began in 2012 as a novel approach to human services delivery, and P2P
seeks to improve school communities’ social conditions by identifying and reducing the level and concentration
of risk factors for chronic absenteeism. Overall, this study will help determine if school-based social and
material needs identification and resource connections equitably and immediately prevent youth violence
involvement.
