To develop sound emergency management practices and comprehensive emergency operations plans (EOPs), schools should incorporate community-based organizations and agencies into the planning process. Collaboration by schools with community partners can support implementation of the National Preparedness System mission areas--prevent, protect,…

Public discourse suggests that volunteer work will transform youth into productive citizens by connecting youth to their communities. However, the meaning and practice of "community" is rarely defined or investigated. Using interview and observation data from a study of 47 volunteers aged 15-23, I argue that there are three different types of…

This pamphlet presents a model for the establishment of a Youth Service Bureau (YSB) in response to recommendations set forth in the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice (1967). Objectives of a YSB are the prevention of juvenile delinquency and the diversion of youths from the juvenile justice system. To meet…

This article analyzes the steps which preceded the closing of Massachusetts' large training schools in order to use the community as the site for the processes necessary for effective rehabilitation of juvenile offenders. Training schools have been described as poor houses for neglected children, tending to increase the alienation and crystalize…

Why are child welfare agencies more hospitable to assessment than family service agencies? What are the implications for other fields of practice? These and other issues are discussed, along with a useful formula for studying practice principles. To illustrate this formula, agency-based demonstration programs are described. (Author)

Examines the composition, case characteristics, team utilization, and growth and development of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Child Protection Team. (BF/JH)

During the 1960's, there emerged innovative human service programs for youth. Among the actual differences in these programs compared to their older, established human service agencies was (is) the prominent position of the social value of client anonymity. This anonymity is examined in an attempt to understand its role. (RC)

Provides a brief overview of the circumstances behind the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) of 1977 and describes major program components of the act: Young Adult Conservation Corps; Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects; Youth Community Conservation Improvement Projects; Youth Employment and Training Program; and a…

Although 60% of the children served by foster care programs are black, none of the child welfare agencies in New York City are black-controlled. Control of child and family agencies would enable knowledgeable black entrepreneurs to define the kind of services to be delivered and where they are to be placed. In this way, the issues underlying the…

Reported on are a series of seminars held to examine statutory provision of services for minority youth in England. In addition, questionnaires on the subject, which were completed by local authorities and community relations councils (CRCs), are discussed. Questionnaire content includes organized assistance to minority groups, provision of…

Mentoring programs attempt to foster a relationship that is too often missing from the lives of disadvantaged children and youth. However, in view of both the power and the limitations of mentoring programs, it is important to understand how mentoring occurs naturally. Assuming an ecological perspective, we examine mentoring in four contexts:…

This guide was prepared in reply to requests for assistance in drafting state legislation from state legislatures, judges, lawyers, administrators of programs for the prevention and treatment of delinquency and neglect, and from others concerned with the drafting and enactment of legislation on these topics. The suggestions contained in this guide…

Community Network for Youth Development (CNYD) has served the San Francisco Bay Area for the past twelve years as a youth development intermediary organization offering support, training, and capacity building resources to youth-serving organizations and programs. This report discusses CNYD's capacity-building approach. CNYD has developed a…