Objectives: To test the ACE-Plus curriculum, a two-session program that teaches males in foster care and/or preventive services about correct and consistent condom use, and engagement with female partners to obtain and use contraception. Methods: Nine foster care agencies in New York City randomly assigned 223 males aged 16-20 to the ACE-Plus…

The Families Forward Demonstration (FFD) examined new strategies to increase the earnings of parents who owe child support but are unable to fully meet their obligations due to low earnings. It also focused on "responsive" child support services that helped parents understand their support obligations, and even suspended certain…

Health and social service practitioners have not readily incorporated research-based behavioral interventions in HIV prevention practice due to lack of awareness, lack of training, and challenges translating research findings into practice. Practitioners' involvement in research is associated with their willingness to use research to guide…

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions project has disseminated HIV behavioral interventions (EBIs) across the United States since the 1990s. In 2011, the CDC launched the High-Impact HIV Prevention (HIP) project, providing EBIs plus high-impact services (HIV testing, primary care,…

The Common Core of Data (CCD) is a national statistical program that collects and compiles administrative data from SEAs covering the universe of all public elementary and secondary schools and school districts in the United States. The first CCD collection was for SY 1986-87. The predecessor to CCD was the Elementary and Secondary General…

Examines the experience of Special Services for Children, a New York City public agency which has a specific department charged with carrying out agency planning on a formal, systematic, overall basis. (BR)

The author examines the New York City Department of Sanitation's formulation of a program to introduce women into its blue-collar work force. Results indicate that comprehensive gender integration programs must pursue two distinct and often conflicting values--remediation and equity. (Author/CH)

To develop and operationalize a model job training-employment program which utilizes the Federal Civil Service system to provide job training and subsequent employment for hard-core youth, a 26-week pilot program was conducted for 18 female trainees. The training program consisted of a 2-week orientation followed by a 3-month classroom training…

This collection of 35 charts culminates the study of the criminal justice system in New York City. A basic chart shows all the positions presented in the narratives of the previous guides. It emphasizes the criminal justice positions mentioned in the narratives and ties them into the respective lines of accountability up to the very top of the…

This report evaluated the Harlem Tutoring Program which was designed to give individual home tutoring in reading and mathematics to elementary school students in New York City. The students were at least two years below grade level in reading and/or mathematics. Forty-three students between the ages of six and thirteen participated in the program.…

This summary report describes the findings of a study undertaken in 1995 by the Academy for Educational Development, a nonprofit educational evaluation and research organization for the New York Women's Foundation. The major purposes of the study were to document the status of girls aged 9 to 15 in New York City, identify exemplary programs for…

This survey of Puerto Ricans living on the Lower East Side of New York City covers: (1) family and household composition, (2) family mobility and economic level, (3) use of public and private agencies in Puerto Rico, (4) factors influencing migration, (5) use of public and private agencies in New York City, (6) parental absence, (7) use of foster…

THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS WORKSHOP WERE INTERESTED IN DETERMINING HOW HOME ECONOMISTS MAY WORK MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE POOR. THEY INCLUDED WELFARE DIRECTORS, TEACHERS, CASEWORKERS, HOME ECONOMISTS, ECONOMISTS, AND CREDIT AND LIFE INSURANCE REPRESENTATIVES. LOW INCOME WAS DEFINED IN RELATION TO NEED AND TO TOTAL RESOURCES. PRESENTATIONS WERE--(1)…

A study of the feasibility of a central volunteer bureau and referral service was conducted. The target area was a section of Brooklyn called Gowanus-Boerum Hill - Fort Greene. A list of area agencies within walking distance of the YWCA there was compiled. A questionnaire was administered via interview. It was found that agencies within the YWCA…

ORGANIZED TO MEET URGENT NATIONAL NEEDS, PROVIDE INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT, AND OFFER FRESH SOLUTIONS TO COMPLEX PROBLEMS, THE QUASI NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION IS DEFINED AS A NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION OR INSTITUTION LODGED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR OF SOCIETY BUT FINANCED LARGELY OR ENTIRELY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, RESPONSIBLE TO ITS OWN BOARD OF…