> Growing Bigger Better: Lessons from Experience Corps’ Expansion in Five Cities This report explores the expansion of the Experience Corps program in five cities, documenting how sites’ initial readiness to expand, the organizational resources they possessed, and the receptivity of the external environment (i.e., the local school districts) shaped their progress. > Putting It All Together: Guiding Principles for Quality After-School Programs Serving Preteens The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health commissioned P/PV to write this report, which identifies characteristics of quality after-school programs that are linked to positive outcomes for preteens. To read the full report, click here. > More Time For Teens: Understanding Teen Participation— Frequency, Intensity and Duration—In Boys & Girls Clubs by Amy Arbreton, Molly Bradshaw, Rachel Metz, Jessica Sheldon with Sarah Pepper March 2008 Written midway through a three-year longitudinal evaluation of the role Boys & Girls Clubs play in the lives of the youth they serve, this report explores what it takes to involve teens in positive out-of-school-time activities. The executive summary can be found here. > P/PV Releases Research on CORAL After-School Initiative P/PV is pleased to release a series of publications based on findings from the Communities Organizing Resources to Advance Learning (CORAL) initiative of The James Irvine Foundation. CORAL was an eight-year, $58 million effort to improve educational achievement in low-performing schools in five California cities. Among the most notable findings from this research is a relationship between high-quality literacy programming and academic gains for youth.

	Youth have always been a priority for P/PV. We are most interested in finding effective policies and programs for the country’s disadvantaged youth—those who have inadequate adult support; those who show early signs of learning or behavior problems; those who spend time in public institutions; and those who endanger their communities. > More

Research about the impact and implementation of "created" adult/youth relationships. > Mentoring Evaluations of a variety of school- and community-based after-school programs. > After-School Programs Initiatives serving high-risk youth, including violence reduction initiatives, and mentoring, education and employment programs. > High-Risk Youth Initiatives to improve both on-the-ground practice and public policies related to out-of-school education programs. > Education

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