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Boston Creates Citywide Directory of After-School Programs

November 18, 2009 | Program Result Report

Whatever the age, interests and neighborhood, young people and their parents now have an easy way to find out about these, through the Boston Out-of-School Time Navigator.

Brief Emergency Department Intervention Tested for Young People Who Use Alcohol

July 23, 2009 | Story

Ralph W. Hingson's work contributed to legislation making it illegal for people under age 21 to drive after drinking and lowering the allowable blood alcohol limit for adult drivers to .08 percent.

Young Achievers: Improving After-School Programs Through Partners for Student Success (Boston)

August 28, 2008 | Program Result Report

Young Achievers is one of 11 pilot public schools in Boston that are intended to serve as laboratories for educational innovation and models for other urban public schools. It runs from kindergarten through eighth grade.

Helping High-Risk Young Men Learn and Practice the Skills They Need to Get a Job and Stay Employed

August 19, 2010 | Program Result Report

Roca, a 22-year-old youth development organization in Chelsea, Mass., launched the Young Men's Violence Intervention Project in four Massachusetts' communities it provides intensive and repeated efforts to influence their behavior.

Bringing Coordinated Services to Soon-to-be-Released Puerto Rican Inmates in Springfield, Mass.

March 24, 2010 | Program Result Report

North End Outreach Network in Springfield, Mass., expanded outreach to soon-to-be-released inmates and their families and coordinated access to social and medical services once they returned to the community.

Streetworkers Mediate Gang Violence and Connect Teens to Health Services in Lowell, Mass.

November 20, 2008 | Program Result Report

From 2003 to 2007, the United Teen Equality Center hired two outreach workers who worked with members of seven of the most active Southeast Asian youth gangs in Lowell, Mass., to reduce violence and improve teens' access to health care.

Anti-Tobacco/Alcohol Messages Can Backfire with Middle School Students

March 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

The Harvard University Graduate School of Education studied adolescent risk behavior among middle grade students in the Cambridge, Mass., public school system.

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