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Lalley, Jacqueline, Ed.; Ahsan, Nilofer, Ed. – Family Resource Coalition of America Report, 1998
This newsletter issue presents articles on the development of youth resiliency through caring relationships with adults, high expectations, engaging activities, and opportunities to make decisions and contributions. Youth development programs and the experiences of teachers, parents, and adolescents are described, organized in five categories:…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Disadvantaged Youth
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Schine, Joan, Ed. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 1997
This yearbook contains 14 essays that address a wide variety of issues that educators, policymakers, and others involved in education are exploring in order to expand the understanding of the burgeoning field of service learning. The following papers are included: "Youth Participation: Integrating Youth into Communities" (Peter…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Higher Education, Program Development, Program Implementation
Resources for Welfare Decisions, 2002
This Resources for Welfare Decisions highlights publications that offer guidance on developing youth systems under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA). An introductory section discusses the changes WIA made to youth services; the opportunities and challenges these changes created for Youth Councils and youth service providers; states' role…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Community Services, Education Work Relationship
Becker, Stanli K. – 1986
A description is provided of Cuyahoga Community College's (CCC's) Jesse Owens Youth Development Program, a comprehensive year-round combination of courses, programs, and activities for inner city young people between the ages of 11 and 21. Following introductory comments on the program, the beginnings of CCC's youth development program are…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Cultural Activities, Disadvantaged Youth
Jones, Joan; And Others – 1979
Designed to assist local education agency representatives and prime sponsors of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs in initiating and implementing awarding of academic credit for work experience, this report reviews the issues evolving from the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977. Three major sections…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advisory Committees, Community Programs, Cooperative Education
The Evaluation Exchange: Emerging Strategies in Evaluating Child and Family Services, 1999
This document is comprised of the 1999 issues (issues 2 and 3 are combined) of a newsletter of the Harvard Family Research Project, designed to share new ideas and experiences in evaluating systems reform and comprehensive child and family services. The first issue focuses on the evaluation of youth programs and includes the following articles:…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Cost Effectiveness, Empowerment, Evaluation Methods
Goodyear, Leslie, Ed.; Bohan-Baker, Marielle, Ed. – The Evaluation Exchange: Emerging Strategies in Evaluating Child & Family Services, 2001
This document is comprised of the two 2001 issues of a newsletter of the Harvard Family Research Project, designed to share new ideas and experiences in evaluating systems reform and comprehensive child and family services. The first issue focuses on strategic communications and efforts of nonprofit agencies to evaluate strategic communication…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Change Strategies, Child Welfare, Evaluation Methods