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January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the trade-offs between the city-level and neighborhood-based approaches, looking at the Urban Health Initiative aimed at improving the health and safety of children, as a specific case study.
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.
November 17, 2008 | Program Result Report
From 1999 to 2007, Girls Incorporated and Mathematica Policy Research (under a subcontract) designed and conducted an evaluation of Will Power/Won't Power, a pregnancy prevention program for girls ages 12 to 14.
December 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The National Mentoring Partnership Incorporated developed and implemented a project designed to discourage high-risk urban youth from engaging in health-damaging behavior and to encourage them to pursue activities geared toward a productive future.
July 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
Between 1997 and 1999, the National Urban League, New York, launched a national campaign to advance the academic and social development of African-American youth.
July 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
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.
August 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
Harvard Law School directed five case studies of four cities that have made significant efforts to reduce youth violence or reform the juvenile justice system.
January 1, 1999 | Program Result Report
Shepherdstown Youth Center, a rural West Virginia community center, established a new youth program in 1995 for young people who are at risk for substance abuse and related destructive behaviors.
November 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation carried out a planning project to incorporate a specific focus on health into the National School and Community Corps program funded by AmeriCorps.
August 28, 2008 | Program Result Report
About 3,250 low-income children, most Asian, Pacific Islander and Latino, live in the Tenderloin neighborhood of downtown San Francisco.