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Megan Millenky; Louisa Treskon; Farhana Hossain – MDRC, 2024
In 2021, approximately five million young people in the United States were not in school or working. This group of young people transitioning to adulthood, roughly ages 16 to 24, are often referred to as "opportunity youth" and sometimes "disconnected youth." Young people from low-income families and from communities of…
Descriptors: Out of School Youth, Adolescents, Young Adults, Low Income
Derrick Ssewanyana; Marie-Claude Martin; Vibian Angwenyi; Margaret Kabue; Kerrie Proulx; Linlin Zhang; Tina Malti; Eunice Njoroge; Carophine Nasambu; Joyce Marangu; Rachel Odhiambo; Eunice Ombech; Mercy Moraa Mokaya; Emmanuel Kepha Obulemire; Greg Moran; Stephen Lye; Kofi Marfo; Amina Abubakar – SAGE Open, 2023
Integrated early childhood development (ECD) programs boost child health and developmental outcomes. However, the factors contributing to the successful implementation of such programs in informal urban settlements are not well researched. We conducted 14 focus group discussions and 13 key informant interviews with 125 caregivers of children under…
Descriptors: Child Health, Urban Areas, Housing, Sustainability
Spassiani, Natasha A.; Parker Harris, Sarah; Hammel, Joy – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
Community-based health initiatives (CBHI) play an important role in maintaining the health, function and participation of people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) living in the community. However, implementation and long-term sustainability of CBHI is challenging. The Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Health Programs, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Bevan-Brown, Jill – Kairaranga, 2011
This article introduces a waka tino whakarawea model for evaluating programmes and services for Maori learners. It is based on a set of underlying principles identified in the author's PhD study (Bevan-Brown, 2002). Explanations are provided for eight principles: kaupapa Maori; importance, relevance and beneficence; participation; empowerment,…
Descriptors: Pacific Islanders, Models, Program Evaluation, Educational Principles
Bowen, Linda K.; Sellers, Sherrill – 1994
This report provides three case studies illustrating the characteristics and general nature of selected family support programs in socially vulnerable communities. The profile of each program provides in-depth information about how the program operates. Fundamental barriers to program development and service provision are identified, and specific…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Community Services, Family Programs
Cronin, Roberta; Gragg, Frances; Schultz, Dana; Eisen, Karla – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2006
This bulletin reports results from an evaluation of six sites of the Safe Kids/Safe Streets (SK/SS) program, which applies a comprehensive, collaborative approach to the child maltreatment field. The bulletin provides insights into collaboration building, systems reform, service options, and other strategies. Among the findings were that the SK/SS…
Descriptors: Program Design, Data Collection, Child Abuse, Agency Cooperation
Wisconsin State Dept. of Health and Social Services, Madison. – 1983
This document contains a preliminary report on the implementation of Wisconsin's Community Options Program (COP), a program designed both to divert persons from entering nursing homes and to deinstitutionalize current nursing home residents who can be effectively served by community-based alternatives. The introduction of this report provides a…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Services, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems
Sallee, Alvin L.; Hoffman, Kay – 1988
This paper presents a model for rural social service outreach programs, based upon the following: (1) an explanation of various resource systems and how they are related to outreach services; (2) current economic and social conditions of rural areas; (3) rural client systems; (4) the relationship of the agricultural extension model to rural…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Programs, Community Services, Delivery Systems
Valente, Maureen Godsey – Rural Development Perspectives, 1985
Discusses use of volunteers to augment local government services such as libraries, parks, paralegal aid, elderly care, data processing. Outlines requirements of successful programs and steps toward initiating volunteer programs. Presents case studies of volunteer programs in two Maryland communities and 41 examples of how local governments can…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Services
A City Year. On the Streets and in the Neighborhoods with Twelve Young Community Service Volunteers.
Goldsmith, Suzanne – 1993
City Year is a community-service program based in Boston (Massachusetts) that has frequently been praised as a model for other service programs. In City Year, young people of all races and from differing backgrounds work together for 9 months on public service programs ranging from physical labor to tutoring. Volunteers receive a small stipend and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Services, Disadvantaged Youth, Group Dynamics
Bloomberg, Laura; And Others – 1995
This literature review is intended for use by organizations and agencies who are working to develop coordinated and integrated services for children and families in their communities. The information is organized in a framework that reflects primary areas of importance in evaluating implementation and effects of collaboration. The reviewed…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Community Services, Cooperative Programs
Bender, Ellen; Brown, L. Joan – 1994
Incorporating community service into the education of public school students in the United States is becoming a national trend and an important research topic. The implementation of the Louis Feinstein Public Service Program in Sharon Public Schools in Massachusetts was evaluated. A structured interview approach was used to gain information about…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Programs, Community Services, Educational Trends
Hammiller, Ruth E. – 1994
Although the principal is a vital key in the success of any project involving the school, a variety of constraints interfere with the principal's effectiveness to use interagency collaboration as an impetus for school reform. This paper presents findings of a study that investigated the perspectives of principals toward a neighborhood-based…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Agency Cooperation, Community Coordination, Community Programs
Campbell, Sally – Zero to Three (J), 2005
Healthy Families America is a national, voluntary, home visiting program model designed to help expectant and new parents get their children off to a safe and healthy start. Since 1992, it has been successfully replicated in over 440 communities in the U.S. and Canada. This article describes the program's reflective, relationship-based model and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Caregivers, Home Programs
Conrad, Dan; Hedin, Diane – 1987
This guidebook was developed to provide assistance to persons wishing to begin, expand, or promote programs of youth community service. It features examples of what young people already are doing and practical, down-to-earth ideas for designing, organizing, running, promoting, and supporting youth service programs. Special attention is given to…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Organizations, Community Programs, Community Services
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