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Holmes, Venita R. – Houston Independent School District, 2020
The CUT Juvenile Justice Diversion Program serves youth at risk of involvement in the criminal justice system. Targeted students are enrolled at five HISD secondary campuses in Fifth Ward, Texas. During the 2019--2020 academic year, the first year of the program, 60 students and their families were engaged in community support services guided by…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Prevention, Academic Achievement, Juvenile Justice
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National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2009
The Office of Management and Budget requested that the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) oversee an independent impact evaluation of the federal Student Mentoring Program, and in 2005 IES contracted with Abt Associates and its team of subcontractors (Branch Associates, Moore and Associates, and the Center for Resource Management) to conduct…
Descriptors: Mentors, At Risk Students, Federal Programs, Program Evaluation
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Greenwood, Peter – Future of Children, 2008
Over the past decade researchers have identified intervention strategies and program models that reduce delinquency and promote pro-social development. Preventing delinquency, says Peter Greenwood, not only saves young lives from being wasted, but also prevents the onset of adult criminal careers and thus reduces the burden of crime on its victims…
Descriptors: Intervention, Delinquency, Social Behavior, Correctional Institutions
Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, 2006
"Data Trends" reports present summaries of research on mental health services for children and adolescents and their families. The article summarized in this "Data Trends" discusses family-based interventions and how they may have both direct and indirect effects. While the measurement of direct outcomes for a targeted group is important, a…
Descriptors: Models, Intervention, Child Rearing, Siblings