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P/PV Awarded OJJDP Grant for Continued Work on Mentoring Underserved Populations
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| In September 2011, P/PV, in partnership with Dare Mighty Things, was awarded $3 million in Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention funding to enhance and expand mentoring services to underserved populations, specifically targeting children of military families and those impacted by incarceration. Over 8,500 children in existing mentoring relationships will benefit from the proposed enhancements to five Amachi mentoring programs in Arizona, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas, and an additional 1,500 new matches will be made. |
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AfterZone: Outcomes for Youth Participating in Providence's Citywide After-School System
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| This report presents findings from a two-year quasi-experimental evaluation of the AfterZone—a citywide system in Providence, RI, that aims to make high-quality out-of-school-time services more accessible to middle school youth. The report examines patterns of youth participation; summarizes the benefits youth experience from participating after one and two school years; and presents implications for funders, policymakers and program leaders interested in implementing their own citywide out-of-school-time system. To read the full report, click here; an accompanying executive summary can be accessed here. |
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P/PV's Senior Vice President for Program Effectiveness, Sheila Maguire, Featured on Sector Strategies Panel
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| On April 29, Senior Vice President for Program Effectiveness Sheila Maguire was a featured speaker at a panel hosted by the NYC Center for Economic Opportunity. The event, Advancing Sector Strategies for Workforce Development, was part of the Centers forum series: "Innovation, Evidence, Impact." Speakers discussed and highlighted ways in which New York City has advanced "innovative workforce development strategies that are helping both workers and employers." |
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New Directions in Youth Policy Forum
On October 7, 2008, P/PV convened a panel of academics, policymakers, practitioners and philanthropists to examine how lessons from the past 30 years of research on social programs and policies can inform a new era that better meets the needs of older youth, especially in low-income communities.
Sectoral Employment Impact Study Briefing
On April 30, 2009, P/PV researchers were joined by representatives from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, National Skills Coalition and the three sites that participated in the Sectoral Employment Impact Study to share the study's exciting initial findings at a briefing in the Russell Senate Office Building.
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