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Kentucky Free to Grow Project Improves Outcomes for Families and Empowers Residents to Form Community Policing Program

October 1, 2003 | Program Result

Audubon Area Community Services in Owensboro, Ky., planned and implemented a Free to Grow model that reduced risks for substance abuse by combining grassroots community action with intensive case management for high-risk families.

Clean&Cool in Orange, N.J., Helps Teenagers with Life Skills, Substance Abuse

August 22, 2008 | Program Result

Family Connections launched a research-based outpatient treatment and training program for teenagers involved with alcohol, drugs and other high-risk behaviors.

Stopping Teen Dating Violence in New Jersey with Safe Dates

June 20, 2012 | Program Result

From 2008 to 2011, eight projects implemented Safe Dates, a dating abuse prevention program, in middle and high schools through New Jersey Health Initiatives, which supports projects that improve the health and health care of state residents.

Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior

National Program

To improve understanding of school, community, state, and national policies and environmental factors affecting youth diet, physical activity, obesity, and tobacco, alcohol, and drug use.

Urban Health Initiative: Working to Ensure the Health and Safety of Children

National Program

Program to improve the health and safety of young people in urban areas by improving collaboration among youth-serving agencies and organizations.

After School: Connecting Children at Risk With Responsible Adults to Help Reduce Youth Substance Abuse and Other Health-Compromising Behaviors

National Program

Program to support a three-city demonstration project designed to connect at-risk urban youth with responsible adults in activities after school.

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.

Beverages Sold in Public Schools

August 14, 2012 | Issue Brief

Some Encouraging Progress, Additional Improvements are Needed

Why Teenagers? (Chicago)

November 18, 2009 | Program Result

Chicago first lady Maggie Daley, chair of After School Matters, deliberately focused the program on teenagers.

Apprenticeship Programs Give Chicago Teens Skills and Job Opportunities (Chicago)

November 18, 2009 | Program Result

With 29 miles of lakefront and about 250 pools, the Chicago Park District (Park District) needed about 1,000 lifeguards in 2000-more than any other city in the United States.

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