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Villarreal, Lisa R. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2005
A pioneer effort when passed as a bipartisan bill into legislation in 1991, California's Healthy Start initiative now stands out as a promising model for the emerging community school movement. Healthy Start is intended to bring "comprehensive, integrated, supports and services" to California's most disadvantaged K-12 students and…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Development, Statewide Planning

California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2002
The "2001-02 Budget Act" included approximately $127 million to fund 19 different outreach programs designed to encourage and support high school students to attend college. Since some programs also receive additional funds from federal, private, and local school districts the combined outreach program revenue is even greater. Over the…
Descriptors: Profiles, Outreach Programs, High Schools, Research Reports