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Studying What Works, What Doesn't, in High-Risk Youth Mentoring

August 1, 2003 | Program Result

For 18 months beginning in mid-2000, Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, tested the feasibility of evaluating a Portland, Ore.-based mentoring program for high-risk children, called Friends of the Children.

Pregnancy Prevention

July 1, 2000 | Program Result

Starting in January 1997, the National Council on the Aging, Washington, implemented the first initiative in the country to match older adults with young people in a pregnancy prevention project.

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.

Locating Family Mental Health Services in Shopping Malls and Schools

March 25, 2013 | Program Result

The UCLA Family Commons is a new model of preventive mental health care that provides nonstigmatized, cost-effective education and coaching to help families with children from infancy to adolescence address common childhood issues.

Growing Experience Corps

January 25, 2013 | Program Result

Experience Corps engages older volunteers to tutor - with a focus on reading - and mentor low-income kindergarten through third-grade students. It expanded and became an independent nonprofit organization.

Promoting the Health and Stability of Young Black and Latino Males in Harlem

October 8, 2010 | Program Result

The Brotherhood/Sister Sol delivered a comprehensive array of services designed to promote the health and stability of young Black and Latino males in the Harlem neighborhoods of New York City.

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.

After-School Intermediaries: A Valuable Asset for Cities

November 18, 2009 | Program Result

Boston After School & Beyond brought key players from the public and private sectors together to coordinate after-school programming.

Drugs, Sex, HIV: Programs Teach At-Risk Urban Girls How to Play it Safe

September 19, 2008 | Program Result

The Freedom Foundation of New Jersey Inc., West Orange, N.J., carried out three programs encouraging girls in inner-city Newark, N.J., to abstain from illegal drugs and sexual relations.

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