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Direct linkKaren L. Schwartz – ProQuest LLC, 2024
For over 100 years, youth mentoring has grown to be an evidenced based prevention strategy for youth, demonstrating positive youth outcomes through strong relationships with caring adults. While trusting relationships are the mainstay of the positive impacts achieved through mentoring, the difficulty in recruiting volunteer adults has not met the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Youth Programs, Volunteers, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedSpreat, Scott; Conroy, James; Fullerton, Amanda – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
Matched samples of 174 pairs of persons with mental retardation who live in either community settings or congregate care settings were compared on both cost and outcome dimensions. It was learned that costs were significantly lower in community programs. Greater levels of service and integration were evident in the community programs, but…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Cost Effectiveness, Community Programs, Residential Institutions
