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Download full textAbt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA. – 1997
In 1995, the Jobs Initiative, an 8-year, six-site demonstration project, was launched to attempt to improve access to family-supporting jobs for disadvantaged young adults in the inner city. The Jobs Initiative is providing seed money to develop and implement job strategies in six cities: Denver (Colorado); Milwaukee (Wisconsin); New Orleans…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Employment, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Financial Support
Goodnow, Michael – 1996
A primary goal of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is to identify and promote programs that enhance the field of juvenile justice. Since 1992, the Gould-Wysinger Awards, commemorating two OJJDP professionals, have recognized programs that advance the objectives of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Delinquency, Identification
Schinke, Steven P.; And Others – 1991
This comparative study evaluates the effects of Boys and Girls Clubs and related SMART Moves drug prevention programs on children and adolescents living in public housing and on the quality of life in public housing. The study involves 15 public housing developments in a representative sample of American cities and focuses on alcohol and other…
Descriptors: Athletics, Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention, Drinking
Pope, Carl E.; And Others – 1995
This report presents findings and recommendations resulting from the evaluation of programs implemented in 15 cities by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. These programs were implemented to distribute variations on the "Weed and Seed" program and its provision of crime and drug prevention programs. The overall goal of Weed and Seed was…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Crime, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedWalton, Flavia R.; And Others – Journal of Negro Education, 1991
Describes the Project LEAD: High Expectations! (PLHE) program, a targeted, nontraditional, primary prevention demonstration project that focuses on African-American youth who are children in one of five at-risk categories. Discusses the prevention curriculum, site selection, trainers, implementation, evaluation, and continuing efforts of the PLHE.…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Black Youth, Blacks, Compensatory Education
Hardy, Janet B.; Zabin, Laurie Schwab – 1991
An in-depth discussion of national and local statistics regarding teenage and adolescent pregnancy and the developmental issues involved opens this analysis. Problems and adverse consequences of adolescent pregnancy in an urban setting are explored using a city-wide random sample of adolescent births. A model pregnancy and parenting program and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Contraception, Early Parenthood
Hubbert, Elice D., Ed.; Peck, Magda G., Ed. – 1993
In 1992 CityMatCH, a national organization of urban maternal and child health programs and leaders, initiated a survey of programs to serve as an information resource for urban public health practitioners. This report updates previous data, presents baseline information on maternal and child health (MCH) programs in urban health departments…
Descriptors: Child Health, Delivery Systems, Family Programs, Financial Support
Martin, Deanna C.; And Others – 1986
This report evaluates the Urban University/Urban School Collaborative Program sponsored by the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC). The program provided grants for 16 projects to improve opportunities for youth in urban areas, giving them access to higher education and jobs. The grants were to be used to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, College School Cooperation, Employment Programs, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
