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Portland Teen Describes What Reclaiming Futures Meant to Her Life

September 2, 2010 | Program Result Report

At a Capitol Hill briefing in 2006, 19-year-old Tiffiney Hendon of Portland, Ore., described her journey from being a methamphetamine addict to now serving as a mentor to young women with similar struggles.

Prisoners Returning Home in the Bronx and Brooklyn Find Reentry Services Located Far Away in Manhattan

August 27, 2009 | Program Result Report

An electronic database and map of reentry services available to prisoners returning from New York City's jails to communities in its five boroughs finds services are often inaccessible.

Reclaiming Futures

January 1, 2010 | Book

In this chapter of the Anthology, Sara Solovitch, a California-based freelance writer and former columnist for the San Jose Mercury News, examines the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Reclaiming Futures program.

Health Link Program Provided Health and Community Services to Current and Former Inmates of New York City's Rikers Island Jail

February 23, 2006 | Program Result Report

The Hunter College Center on AIDS, Drugs and Community Health designed and ran Health Link, which provided in-jail and post-release services to women and adolescent inmates ages 16 to 18 at New York City's Rikers Island correctional complex.

2000 Conference Explores Policy Solutions to the Alcohol-Crime Connection

April 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

The National Crime Prevention Council convened Alcohol Policy XII, "Alcohol and Crime: Research and Practice for Prevention," which took place June 11-14, 2000 in Washington.

Extra Help Takes Parolees Only So Far

October 1, 2000 | Program Result Report

New York University and Columbia University planned, implemented, and evaluated a demonstration program designed to reduce substance-abuse relapse and criminal recidivism among felony offenders released from prison.

Defining and Promoting Positive Youth Development

January 24, 2012 | Story

Travis built his New Connections research project on a data set from the 1997–2002 evaluation of the Health Link Program.

When Students Have an Emergency, the Brookline Resilient Youth Team Steps in

April 18, 2011 | Program Result Report

In 2004, the Brookline Community Mental Health Center and Brookline High School established the Brookline Resilient Youth Team. It provides counseling and academic help to high school students who are re-entering school after a personal emergency.

Reclaiming Futures: Communities Helping Teens Overcome Drugs, Alcohol and Crime

January 13, 2011 | Program Result Report

The program focused on assisting juvenile justice systems in 10 communities to work with alcohol and drug treatment providers and community members to help teens not only in trouble with the law but also with drug and alcohol problems.

Reclaiming Futures: Communities Helping Teens Overcome Drugs, Alcohol and Crime

National Program

An approach to helping teenagers caught in the cycle of drugs, alcohol, trauma and crime by uniting juvenile courts, probation, adolescent substance abuse treatment, and the community.

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