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Direct linkKauh, Tina J. – Public/Private Ventures, 2011
This report presents findings from a two-year quasi-experimental evaluation of the "AfterZone"--a citywide system-building effort in Providence, Rhode Island, that aims to provide high-quality, accessible out-of-school-time services to middle school youth. The AfterZone model is unique in that it is built on a network of…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Middle School Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Program Effectiveness
Kauh, Tina J. – Public/Private Ventures, 2011
This executive summary highlights the main findings from our participation and outcomes analysis of the "AfterZone" initiative--a citywide system-building effort in Providence, Rhode Island, that aims to provide high-quality, accessible out-of-school-time services to middle school youth. The summary briefly defines the AfterZone's unique…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Middle School Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedBender, Stacy L.; Fedor, Megan C.; Carlson, John S. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2011
This study examined a comprehensive screening model within children attending Head Start programs from urban (n = 232) and rural (n = 231) communities. The Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA; LeBuffe & Naglieri, 1999) was used to measure social-emotional protective factors (i.e., Total Protective Factors [TPF]) and risk factors (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Urban Programs, Income, Disadvantaged Youth
Download full textSaito, Rebecca N.; Blyth, Dale A. – 1992
A study was done to investigate and document the nature and quality of actual mentoring relationships and the processes used to establish and support such relationships in Minneapolis (Minnesota). Interviews were conducted with mentoring program staff about pairs of proteges and mentors, with mentors, with proteges, and with another significant…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Friendship, Group Dynamics, Interpersonal Relationship
Murray, Charles A.; And Others – 1981
This is the final report of an evaluation of the Cities in Schools (CIS) program which was designed to ensure the delivery of educational and social services to inner city students; CIS uses the school as a base of operations. CIS contends that the current delivery systems are insufficient to meet the needs of youth due to lack of coordination,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Fanshel, David; And Others – 1992
This book reports on a study of the urban poor in New York City focusing on the effectiveness of a model of service for this population. The project studied 160 families who were clients of the Lower East Side Family Union, an agency that aims to prevent foster care placement and to help clients mobilize their own coping capacities and to make…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Blacks, Chinese Americans, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
