Improving Transition Outcomes-An Innovative State Alignment Grant for Improving Transition Outcome for Youth with Disabilities Through the Use of Intermediaries, 2004 [PDF]
, 2004 Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services, a Division of the State of Iowa Department of Education, in partnership with six other state agencies, applied for and was awarded funding for “Improving Transition Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities Through the
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Associations between inclusive community coalition leadership and use of evidence‐based practices
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Community coalitions have the potential to elicit diverse participants' perspectives on complex issues and generate shared commitment to adaptive strategies. Ideally, these approaches have been found effective elsewhere. Despite evidence that leadership plays a generally important role in coalitions, there have been limited prior findings ...
Rebecca Wells +4 more
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Pathways to Success for Michigan's Opportunity Youth [PDF]
, 2015 Each young person must navigate his/her own pathway into and through postsecondary education and the workforce to long-term success personalized to his/her own unique needs and desires.
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The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
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Twice the Opportunity: Policy Recommendations to Support Expectant and Parenting Youth in Foster Care and Their Children [PDF]
, 2014 In 2011 the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP), with funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, commenced an effort to draw attention to the urgent and unmet needs of one of the more vulnerable populations in our society: youth in foster care ...
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract In Santa Barbara County, the Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Program brought together several government and community‐based organizations, as well as a university‐based evaluation team, to provide pre‐adjudication diversion to youth ages 12 to 17.
Angela Pollard +7 more
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Strategies for Systemic Change:Youth Community Organizing to Disruptthe School-to-Prison Nexus [PDF]
, 2016 The school disciplinary landscape across the United States changed significantly through the enactment of policies that criminalize students’ behaviors during the 1990s and 2000s.
Ferńandez, Jesica S. +2 more
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Questioning policy, youth participation and lifestyle sports [PDF]
, 2014 Young people have been identified as a key target group for whom participation in sport and physical activity could have important benefits to health and wellbeing and consequently have been the focus of several government policies to increase ...
Andrew Church +38 more
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Racism and racial disparities in firearm violence: A scoping review
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Firearm violence (i.e., interpersonal, police firearm violence) disproportionately affects racially minoritized communities. Researchers recently shifted their focus from race to racism to better understand the factors that contribute to racial disparities in firearm violence.
Daniel B. Lee +8 more
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Unclaimed Children Revisited: Focusing on Outcomes—A Case Study of the Michigan Level of Functioning Project [PDF]
, 2007 The major aim of Unclaimed Children Revisited is to identify policy-supported state efforts to promote quality of care for children and youth with mental health conditions in the public mental health system.
Banghart, Patti L., Cooper, Janice L.
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