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November 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
In 1997, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Washington, held a one-day planning session to address gaps in available methods of tracking adolescent well-being, particularly as it relates to safety and security. Twenty-five researchers from multiple disciplines and 10 NAS staffers attended the planning meeting, which was held on September 18, 1997.
June 30, 1999 | Program Result Report
Join Together, Boston, produced a documentary video on Boston's comprehensive public-private sector strategy (called the Boston Strategy) to reduce youth violence and homicide.
October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The Seattle Indian Health Board developed a series of opportunities for Alaska-Native and American-Indian youth and recovering alcoholics to gain exposure to jobs and education.
July 24, 2002 | Program Result Report
The Boston Police Department developed a model truancy intervention program for middle and high school students in Boston and documented the program's development.
January 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
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.
June 10, 2013 | Program Result Report
The Caregiving Youth Project provided in-school and out-of-school support for middle-school and high-school students in Palm Beach County, Fla., caring for elderly, ill, or disabled household members.
May 23, 2013 | New Public Health Post
NewPublicHealth recently spoke with Robert Faherty, VP and Commissioner of the Babe Ruth League, about what the league in particular—and youth sports in general—are doing to improve the prevention of and response to traumatic brain injuries.
May 15, 2013 | Evaluation
Mathematica Policy Research and the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University conducted a randomized controlled trial of Playworks.
May 15, 2013 | Issue Brief
A safe and healthy recess has the potential to drive better student behavior, health, and learning, according to a new study from Mathematica Policy Research and the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University.
May 14, 2013 | Commentary
"When it comes to changing schools for the better, recess and play may be one of the most powerful and underutilized tools we have," says RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey.