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An AmeriCorps*VISTA serving a low-income population in rural, south central Missouri collaborated with local volunteers and students to help promote the arts. Together they developed experiential...
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This is a non-profit organization working to unleash the potential of youth, adults, organizations and communities to engage together in creating a just society. It contains free resources for anyone...
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Children with incarcerated parents are especially vulnerable to at-risk behaviors and are in a position to receive enormous positive benefits from volunteering and being mentored. National and...
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The Waldport High School (WHS) Kayak Shack is an exemplary youth development project, organized and operated by entrepreneurial students at WHS with support from an AmeriCorps*VISTA member. The...
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Losing a mother to incarceration has a profound effect in the life of a child. Oftentimes it is difficult for mothers and their children to maintain a relationship, due to emotional and physical...
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Sandra Naughton's National Service Fellows report, Youth and Communities Helping Each Other: Community-Based Organizations Using Service-Learning as a Strategy During Out-of-School Time, offers...
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"Neighborhood improvement and recovery is not just for the experts!" That is the motto of Neighborhood Knowledge Los Angeles, a community outreach program of UCLA's Advanced Policy Institute. NKLA...
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Despite negative stereotypes, youth exhibit a high rate of volunteerism and commitment to community. Channeling this energy and commitment into crime prevention programs can enhance communities in a...
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A Community Building Workbook from the Asset Based Community Development Institute. Stories of communities that have found powerful ways to include the individual gifts of people who have been...
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Research has found that as girls enter adolescence their capacity to "find their own voice" and express their authentic selves conflicts with new social pressure to maintain tension-free...
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Organization that aims to promote positive youth development and assist children through adolescence and on to healthy adulthood. Includes the Right of Passage Experience (ROPE), a community-based...
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According to the Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development, two core principles of partnering adults and youth in serving communities are the equality of the relationship and utilizing an...
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In working to support youth success there often exists a gap between schools, families, and communities that could be bridged by creating partnerships among members of these groups. This effective...
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On the Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service, 2002, City Year San Antonio (CYSA) partnered with the City of San Antonio's Martin Luther King, Jr., Commission, and six local AmeriCorps programs in...
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Petty vandalism and misbehavior by children means more upkeep costs for affordable housing complexes. To reduce these occurrences, the staff at Dallas City Homes, Inc., talked to children on their...
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The New Horizon Community Development Corporation in Dallas County, Arkansas responded to the lack of youth activities in their community by providing an out-of-school program during summer break.
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The Paso del Norte Assets for Youth AmeriCorps program provides youth, ages 12 to 18, of El Paso, Texas, with positive influences and activities based on the 40 developmental assets framework...
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Involving high-risk youth in program decisions can help build valuable leadership skills. Crispus Attucks YouthBuild in York, Pennsylvania, directly involves youth in governing the program through...
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Participating in a service-learning activity does not guarantee a beneficial learning experience. The Youth Service Opportunities Project (YSOP) in New York emphasizes reflection in all of its...
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Studies have shown that a dramatic decline in girls' self-esteem occurs between the ages of eight and 18. The International Learning Program in an alternative high school in Portland, Oregon, started...
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ImPACT, a service-learning program at the Learning Web in Ithaca, New York, engaged youth in service-learning by giving them "voice and choice," which made service-learning relevant to their...
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At-risk youth often can benefit from hearing how others have overcome adversity and turned their lives around. RSVP volunteers in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, provide support, wisdom and advice to youth...
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In Boise, Idaho, youth have become actively engaged in civic volunteerism, which has benefited the city, the youth and the adults they work with. A 1999 study of the city's youth found only 20...
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To be effective, a new out-of-school program must address existing needs in the community, secure funding and space, and recruit an enthusiastic, competent staff. This practice suggests recruiting...
