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2005 California Symposium Encourages Minority High School Students to Pursue Health and Biomedical Sciences Careers

March 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

The Minority Health Professions Foundation sponsored the 19th Annual Symposium on Career Opportunities in Biomedical Sciences for minority high school and college students.

Mentoring Young People

January 1, 2008 | Book

This chapter examines the research on mentoring and Foundation-funded programs that encourage it.

Media Campaign Focuses National Attention on Mentoring Program for At-Risk Youths

February 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

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 Report

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.

Fighting Delinquency with Three M's

January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

The goal of this project conducted by Public/Private Ventures was to produce a report on youth crime, delinquency, and substance abuse that could be used to inform and guide RWJF's program development in the area of criminal justice and substance abuse.

Locating Family Mental Health Services in Shopping Malls and Schools

March 25, 2013 | Program Result Report

The UCLA Family Commons is a new model of preventive mental health care that provides nonstigmatized, cost-effective education and coaching to help families with children from infancy to adolescence address common childhood issues.

Support from "San Antonio Fighting Back" to Community Coalitions Increases Substance Abuse Treatment and Reduces Crime

March 23, 2007 | Program Result Report

San Antonio Fighting Back worked to plan and implement a comprehensive system of substance abuse prevention, treatment and aftercare services in the southeast quadrant of San Antonio.

Free to Grow Special Report: New Britain, Connecticut

September 5, 2005 | Program Result Report

This report by the Free to Grow National Program Office at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University outlines how Free to Grow was integrated into the local Head Start program.

In Puerto Rican Community, Families Help Others Combat Drug Abuse Through Head Start

October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

Aspira de Puerto Rico developed a family-to-family peer mentoring model of substance abuse prevention based on the Latino concept of compadres (godparents).

Head Start/Anti-Substance Abuse Program Falters in New Jersey

October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

Concerned Parents for Head Start in Paterson, N.J., developed Project Unconditional, a project designed to integrate family and community strengthening components into Head Start to reduce risks for substance abuse.

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