This monograph provides guidelines for agencies and community groups to develop individualized responses to local gang problems. The manual contains a foundation for understanding the diverse nature of gangs, the problems they pose, and the harm they cause. Two models are presented for addressing gang-related problems. The problem-solving model to…

This bulletin is intended to inform juvenile justice practitioners and other youth service providers about the work of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) in developing and demonstrating a Community Assessment Center (CAC) model, and to increase awareness about some of the challenges associated with its…

The Robert Taylor Boys and Girls Club of Chicago is located in this country's largest public housing development, serving over 1,500 predominantly African American members. It offers a brightly-colored building in a dilapidated, deprived area. It provides a clean, warm, safe haven for children to play, build strong bodies, get help with homework,…

This manual was developed to help community members conduct a dialogue on race. When people explore perspectives and ideas, they discover how much they share and learn to appreciate their differences. The nature of the dialogue process can motivate people to work toward change. Sections of the manual explore: (1) "Characteristics of Community…

This manual is designed for individuals, community organizations, and groups that wish to become Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRC). The competition for these grants is issued by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and the Office of Special Education Programs. The handbook provides…

In early 1994, Central Falls, Rhode Island's Kids First, a collaborative partnership between the Central Falls School Department and local community leaders, launched a pilot universally-free school breakfast program (UF-SBP) called "Operation Breakfast." One of the goals of Operation Breakfast was to improve SBP participation; school…

Many urban residents do not have the emotional support of an adequate network of kin, friends, or neighbors. It is proposed that such persons join together into artificial extended families or family clusters. Experiences in the formation and operation of a cluster are described on the basis of participant observation. (Author)

Discusses a unique coordination of public and private resources in Eastern Baltimore County, Md., which has made possible a variety of allied health programs and services by Essex Community College and Franklin Square Hospital. (Author/RK)

MIDNY'', an acronym for Mid-New York--a five county area, was involved in a six year Cooperative Extension Service pilot effort in community resource development. (Author/RK)

This article explains how a wide variety of psychological education techniques can be applied in a systematic program to train parents to help other parents whose families may have drug related problems. This shows how paraprofessionals can be trained quickly and effectively to solve sociopsychological problems in the community. (Author)

Title I authorizes grants or contracts for all or part of the cost of planning, establishing, or operating community-based services for the prevention of delinquency. (Author)

The Finnish Municipal Association offers planning, consulting, and training services to the municipalities to assist them in the management and development of their administration and economy. (Author/GB)

Article discusses Brazil's Domestic Peace Corps program whereby thousands of university students participate in training and work programs in the country's remote wastelands and rain forests. (GB)

The author discusses the scope of psychological problems which confront teenagers and describes methods employed within this therapeutic community to foster self-understanding and ease the transition from childhood to adulthood. (Editor)