Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships Initiative Puts the Spotlight on Healthy Breakups
August 4, 2011 | Story
2011 Break-Up Summit 2.0 and first-ever National Virtual Break-Up Summit encourages teens to "Face It, Don't Facebook It!"
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Promoting the Health and Stability of Young Black and Latino Males in Harlem
October 8, 2010 | Program Result
The Brotherhood/Sister Sol delivered a comprehensive array of services designed to promote the health and stability of young Black and Latino males in the Harlem neighborhoods of New York City.
Program Results Topic Summary: Positive Youth Development
October 13, 2009 | Program Result
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has funded youth development programs since the early 1990s. Since that time it has funded two national programs with positive youth development elements.
Social Impact 100 Index
November 27, 2012 | Grant/Feature
Ten grantees from the Vulnerable Populations Portfolio at RWJF have been named to the Social Impact Exchange's S&I 100, an index of the top nonprofits having a positive impact on America's most pressing social issues.
California Group Promotes Mentoring Through Book, Expanded Web Site
June 1, 2004 | Program Result
The California Mentor Foundation worked to hire additional staff and build its communications and research capabilities.
Mentoring Young People
January 1, 2008 | Book
This chapter examines the research on mentoring and Foundation-funded programs that encourage it.
Multi-State "Best Friends" Program Addresses Risky Behaviors Among Teenage Girls
May 1, 2005 | Program Result
The Best Friends Foundation developed and implemented a youth development program for girls in grades 6 to 12 with the message that they should wait until marriage to begin sexual relations and abstain from drinking, smoking and using illegal drugs.
Media Campaign Focuses National Attention on Mentoring Program for At-Risk Youths
February 1, 2004 | Program Result
From 1998 to 2002, project staff at the Center for Health Communication at the Harvard School of Public Health mounted a national media campaign—the Harvard Mentoring Project—to recruit large numbers of qualified mentors to build supportive relationships with at-risk youth.
Studying What Works, What Doesn't, in High-Risk Youth Mentoring
August 1, 2003 | Program Result
For 18 months beginning in mid-2000, Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, tested the feasibility of evaluating a Portland, Ore.-based mentoring program for high-risk children, called Friends of the Children.
Life Skills for Youths in South Central Los Angeles Housing Developments
March 1, 2002 | Program Result
The South Central Prevention Coalition created a series of substance abuse prevention programs for youth living in 12 low- to moderate-income housing developments in south central Los Angeles.