> Children’s Futures’ First Five Years: Lessons and Early Outcomes of a Community Change Initiative by Karen E. Walker August 2008, 12 pages This publication summarizes lessons from the first five years of P/PV's research on Children's Futures, a community change initiative based in Trenton, NJ, that aims to increase access to prenatal and other health services, parenting skills education and childcare. > Reaching Through the Cracks: Guide to Implementing the Youth Violence Reduction Partnership by Linda Jucovy and Wendy S. McClanahan July 2008, 81 pages This guide draws upon lessons learned from seven years of experience in Philadelphia to describe how cities and other jurisdictions can plan and carry out an initiative like the Youth Violence Reduction Partnership (YVRP). P/PV Experts Present Around the Nation Nora Gutierrez, Senior Education Officer for P/PV, Dr. Jean Baldwin Grossman, Senior Vice President for Research, and Wendy McClanahan, Vice President for Research, have all lent their expertise on youth issues recently—at events in Dallas, New York, and Washington, DC, respectively. > Growing Bigger Better: Lessons from Experience Corps’ Expansion in Five Cities by Lauren J. Kotloff with Linda Jucovy June 2008, 55 pages This report explores the expansion of the Experience Corps program in five cities, documenting how sites’ initial readiness to expand, the organizational resources they possessed, and the receptivity of the external environment (i.e., the local school districts) shaped their progress. > Going to Work with a Criminal Record: Lessons from the Fathers at Work Initiative by Dee Wallace and Laura Wyckoff May 2008, 58 pages Based on the experience of organizations taking part in the Fathers at Work initiative, this guide offers fundamental lessons on connecting people with criminal records to appropriate jobs and employers, as well as tools to organize these efforts.

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