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After school programs
Campaigns and communications
Child abuse and neglect
Data driven processes
Early childhood interventions
Reading by 3rd grade
Substance abuse prevention
Systems change
UHI Lessons Learned
Youth violence prevention
After school programs
Philadelphia Safe and Sound secures after-school funding through a
comprehensive and nimble investment plan
Baltimore City using its budget surplus to invest in a safer,
healthier, better place for kids May 2005
ASK-ME helps improve the quality and quantity of after-school
programs in Detroit May 2005
Mayor’s Time After-School Fair: improving the quality of life in
Detroit by connecting kids with enriching opportunities December
2004
Unique public/private partnership creates after-school opportunities
in Baltimore schools December 2004
New online interactive search tool gives Philadelphia parents and
youth easy access to information on after-school and child care
programs December 2004
Innovative Mayor’s Time Public Safety Academy gives youth direct
path into service careers. July 2004
Unique after-school partnership leads to increased investments,
better data and new ways of doing business in Oakland. April
2004
New report outlines path to expanded after-school programming in
Michigan. April 2004
Mayor’s
Time using an innovative strategy to increase funding for kids who
need help, December 2003
Mayor’s
Time Fair helping to fill after-school programs in Detroit, December
2003
Philadelphia
Beacons: Integrating school and community, December 2003
Michigan’s
new after-school data system will tie inputs and outcomes, August
2003
"Unprecedented
political consensus" on after-school leads to passage of Michigan
After-School Initiative, May 2003
Baltimore
youth and parents fighting to retain state funding for after-school
programs, February 2003
New
revenues will help Detroit dramatically upgrade recreation opportunities
for kids, February 2003
Evaluating
after-school programs: Philadelphia Safe and Sound's evaluators
take novel approach, December 2002
Oakland
looking to expand after-school opportunities through new coordinating
structure to be managed by Safe Passages, December 2002
With
the help of Mayor's Time, The Youth Connection and the Hollywood
Golf Institute, hundreds of Detroit kids spend after-school time
learning golf and so much more, December 2002
Philadelphia
opens its first two teen centers to help stem youth violence and
crime, December 2002
The
Youth Connection and Mayor's Time improve Detroit's after-school
environment through communication and funding strategies, October
2002
Arab
American and Chaldean Council teams with The Youth Connection to
expand after-school programming in Detroit, October 2002
Ambitious
Children's Investment Strategy, led by Philadelphia Safe and Sound,
is getting results: New Beacons Schools and after-school programs
are proof, October 2002
Pontiac
and Mt. Clemens, MI, achieve big expansion of after-school programming
with the help of The Youth Connection, July 2002
Network
gives infrastructure to after school effort, Fall 2001
Youth
Connection leads safe streets, Fall 2000
Lessons learned, models of effective collaborations highlight urban
seminar on after-school, Fall 2001
In Baltimore and Philadelphia, after-school programs get help in
meeting standards, May 2002
Associated Links:
The Afterschool
Alliance
The
Finance Project
The National Institute
on Out-of-School Time (NIOST)
Campaigns and communication
Baltimore City using its budget surplus to invest in a safer,
healthier, better place for kids May 2005
Youth Matters makes the case to the Virginia General Assembly:
Investing in kids is investing in the economy May 2005
Mayor Street announces new commission to address challenges
confronting children and youth in Philadelphia. July 2004
Baltimore’s
Reason to Believe: Private commitment and public support, December
2003
Josefina
Alvarado-Mena is Safe Passages’ new executive director, December
2003
Political
savvy and convincing data are required to make permanent social
change that improves the quality of life of families and children,
May 2003
Baltimore
youth and parents fighting to retain state funding for after-school
programs, February 2003
Maryland
gubernatorial candidates Ehrlich and Kennedy-Townsend focus on youth
at forum led by Safe and Sound's Youth Ambassadors and other student
leaders, October 2002
Through
Focus Five campaign, Philadelphia Safe and Sound and partners are
getting commitments to kids from gubernatorial candidates, October
2002
Baltimore
communication campaign asks, "Who says it can't be done?",
July 2002
Philadelphia's
Report Card guides City's strategic response for kids, July 2002
Passing
children's legislation: Five elements of a successful campaign,
May 2002
Making
every candidate a right candidate: The Detroit mayoral race, May
2002
Non-traditional
voices and honed messages help influence Virginia Legislature, May
2002
Urban
Seminar Series: Thinking politically is essential to make change
for kids. Plus, how to build urban-suburban coalitions, May 2002
Children's
Budget, City Report Card, media campaign help Safe and Sound influence
public opinion and spur systems change, Spring, 2001
Media
campaigns mobilize communities to change systems, May 2000
Child abuse and neglect
Million dollar grant helps Safe Passages break cycle of violence in
Oakland and Alameda County December 2004
Baltimore's
Safe and Sound Campaign and partners work to give kids a healthy
start, Spring 2001
Witness
protection: Help for kids exposed to domestic violence, Fall 2001
Youth
Connection leads safe streets, Fall 2000
Data driven processes
Philadelphia
Safe and Sound website will make abundant data accessible to parents,
policymakers and service providers, December 2003
Baltimore
City Data Collaborative helps city make sound investments for kids,
August 2003
Philadelphia
is extraordinary for its use of data and outcomes in its decision-
making, thanks to products fostered by Safe and Sound, August 2003
Michigan’s
new after-school data system will tie inputs and outcomes, August
2003
Data
mapping helps Philadelphia target services for kids and families,
February 2003
Evaluating
after-school programs: Philadelphia Safe and Sound's evaluators
take novel approach, December 2002
Children's
Budget, City Report Card, media campaign help Safe and Sound influence
public opinion and spur systems change, Spring 2001
Data:
The Truth is Out There (It's Just Really Hard to Find), Spring 2000
If
we do what we say we will do, will it make any difference?, Fall
1999
Youth
Matters emphasizes use of good data to guide strategies, Fall 2001
Integrating
data: Philadelphia Safe and Sound tackles impediment to improved
service to families, May 2002
Early childhood interventions
Ready to learn in Baltimore: New report lays out policy and funding
strategies for dramatic improvement May 2005
Economist to Richmond community leaders: Invest in kids to get high
dividends December 2004
Million dollar grant helps Safe Passages break cycle of violence in
Oakland and Alameda County December 2004
Baltimore’s Success By 6 strategy: assuring the city’s children are
born healthy and enter school ready to learn. April 2004
Improving
learning environments for young children is the goal of coalition
led by Youth Matters, Success by 6(r) and Action Alliance, December
2002
Oakland's
Safe Passages implements comprehensive strategy to prevent young
children exposed to violence from adopting violent behavior, October
2002
Richmond's
Youth Matters and home visitors help turn kids into readers, October
2002
Richmond's
Youth Matters helps parents become their child's first teachers.
July 2002
Baltimore's
Safe and Sound Campaign and partners work to give kids a healthy
start, Spring 2001
Witness
protection: Help for kids exposed to domestic violence, Fall 2001
Reading by 3rd grade
Youth Matters makes the case to the Virginia General Assembly:
Investing in kids is investing in the economy May 2005
Ready to learn in Baltimore: New report lays out policy and funding
strategies for dramatic improvement May 2005
Economist to Richmond community leaders: Invest in kids to get high
dividends December 2004
50,000 books and counting: Richmond’s Youth Matters Book Bank.
July 2004
Richmond coalition receives $1 million grant to expand and improve
early childhood learning opportunities. April 2004
Chick-fil-A
and Youth Matters team up to “Read to a Child” in Richmond,
August 2003
In
Richmond, thousands of kids have received a doctor's prescription...for
books!, May 2003
Richmond-area
tutoring program causing dramatic improvement in kids' reading skills,
February 2003
Improving
learning environments for young children is the goal of coalition
led by Youth Matters, Success by 6(r) and Action Alliance, December
2002
Youth
Matters' 3R Reading Summit in Richmond is highlight of Week of the
Child events, October 2002
Youth
Matters Uses Reading to Improve Health and Safety Statistics, Fall
2000
Associated Links:
That National Center
for Education Statistics
HIPPY
USA - Home Instruction Program for Pre-School Youngsters
High Scope Educational
Research Foundation
Substance abuse prevention
Associated Link:
Join Together
Online: Take Action Against Substance Abuse and Gun Violence
Systems change
Political
savvy and convincing data are required to make permanent social
change that improves the quality of life of families and children,
May 2003
What
does the UHI mean by systems change? May 2002
At
its halfway point, the UHI is in full systems change mode, Spring
2001
New
challenges and opportunities in final four years of UHI, Fall 2001
What
makes the UHI different? National evaluators provide insight, Spring
2001
UHI lessons learned
UHI shares lessons learned with regard to data, communications and
political change. April 2004
Creating data-driven cities: Lessons from Philadelphia.
April 2004
Youth violence prevention
With a comprehensive strategy, attendance is up and violence is down
at Oakland’s Madison Middle School May 2005
Philadelphia’s violence reduction strategy helps keep youth “Alive
at 25” December 2004
Stemming violence in Baltimore through intense cooperation,
compassionate intolerance. July 2004
Oakland Safe Passages’ Pathways to Change: Defying the Stereotype.
July 2004
Oakland
middle schools showing a dramatic drop in number of suspensions,
December 2003
Safe
Passages’ Pathways to Change program continues to show impressive
results in reducing recidivism among young offenders in Oakland,
August 2003
Joseph's
Story: A Middle School Strategy Case Study in Oakland, May 2003
Philadelphia's
injury surveillance system helps keep an injury today from becoming
a fatality tomorrow, May 2003
Richmond-area
tutoring program causing dramatic improvement in kids' reading skills,
February 2003
Philadelphia
opens its first two teen centers to help stem youth violence and
crime, December 2002
Oakland
middle school kids learning alternatives to violence, July 2002
Reducing
recidivism: Oakland pilot project shows dramatically lower repeat
offender rates among violent youth offenders, May 2002
Anti-violence
strategy promises strict law enforcement and ways out, Spring 2000
Safe
Passages targets middle schools to reduce youth violence, Fall 2000
Witness
protection: Help for kids exposed to domestic violence, Fall 2001
Urban
Seminar Series probes youth violence trends and factors, Fall 2000
Associated Link:
National Criminal
Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
The
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) -
Blueprints
for Violence Prevention
Join Together
Online: Take Action Against Substance Abuse and Gun Violence
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Seminar Series |
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The Urban Seminar Series, funded
by the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation and led by Dr. William Julius
Wilson of Harvard University, brings together some of the
best researchers and practitioners working in child health
and development to discuss papers on issues related to the
Urban Health Initiative. Papers presented at Urban Seminars
on the following topics can be found on the Harvard website
by clicking here.
Institutionalizing
Systems Change: Spotlight on the Sites
Getting (and Keeping)
Your Slice of the Pie
Strategies
to Ensure the Continued Success of Large Scale Initiatives
Building
Coalitions to Bring About Change
After-School
Time
Creating
Change in Urban Public Education
Youth
Violence in Urban Communities
Successful
Youth in High Risk Environments
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