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> 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).



Nora Gutierrez Presents at the 21st Century Community Learning Centers' Summer Institute
Nora Gutierrez, Senior Education Officer for P/PV, presented alongside Malka Borrego, former Literacy Director of the Long Beach YMCA CORAL site, at the 21st Century Community Learning Centers' Summer Institute in Dallas on The Golden Rule: Treating Staff the Way You Want Them to Treat Youth. She focused her workshop on lessons learned from the CORAL initiative, highlighting features of the After-School Toolkit.



> 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.



> Putting It All Together: Guiding Principles for Quality After-School Programs Serving Preteens
by Rachel A. Metz, Julie Goldsmith and Amy J.A. Arbreton
April 2008, 25 pages


The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health commissioned P/PV to write this report, which identifies characteristics of quality after-school programs that are linked to positive outcomes for preteens. To read the full report, click here.




overview

Youth have always been a priority for P/PV. We are most interested in finding effective policies and programs for the country’s disadvantaged youth—those who have inadequate adult support; those who show early signs of learning or behavior problems; those who spend time in public institutions; and those who endanger their communities.

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Research about the impact and implementation of "created" adult/youth relationships.

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after school programs

Evaluations of a variety of school- and community-based after-school programs.

> After-School Programs

high risk youth

Initiatives serving high-risk youth, including violence reduction initiatives, and mentoring, education and employment programs.

> High-Risk Youth

education

Initiatives to improve both on-the-ground practice and public policies related to out-of-school education programs.

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