ERIC Number: ED001549
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1965-Jun
Pages: 3
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MOBILIZATION FOR YOUTH, FACT SHEET NO. 2, PROGRAM PARTICIPATION.
Mobilization for Youth, Inc., New York, NY.
MOBILIZATION FOR YOUTH REACHED 4,567 YOUTHS AT ITS JOB CENTER. MANY OF THESE WERE COUNSELED, 1,448 PARTICIPATED IN THE URBAN YOUTH JOB CORPS AND 528 TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. THERE WERE 205 PARTICIPANTS IN TRADE TRAINING AND DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAMS. MFY CARRIED OUT A JOINT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WITH THE NEW YORK BOARD OF EDUCATION IN 25 SCHOOLS FROM ELEMENTARY GRADES THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. INSERVICE TRAINING WAS PROVIDED FOR 513 TEACHERS. OVER 1,000 PEOPLE WERE TAUGHT IN READING CLINICS. SIXTY-SIX TEACHERS TAUGHT 2,899 PUPILS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS. THERE WERE 1,000 PARTICIPANTS IN THE SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR 1964. PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS SERVED 1,025 PERSONS AND 700 FAMILIES. GROUP WORK WITH 3,251 CHILDREN WAS PROVIDED IN A YOUTH ACTION GROUP, ABSTINENCE PROGRAMS, A COFFEE HOUSE PROGRAM, AND AN ADVENTURE CORPS. THE HOUSING PROGRAM AIDED 7,000 TENANTS. SIX HOUSING ACTION GROUPS HAD A TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF 943. COUNSELING AND INFORMATION WERE DISSEMINATED BY FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTERS TO 18,500 PERSONS.
Descriptors: Community Action, Counseling Services, Delinquency, Disadvantaged, Dropouts, Housing, Inservice Teacher Education, Job Placement, Job Training, Motivation Techniques, Parent Education, Participation, Reading Centers, Summer Programs, Urban Education, Worksheets, Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs
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Authoring Institution: Mobilization for Youth, Inc., New York, NY.
Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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