This report discusses the administration of the 1977 summer food program for children. Widespread abuses in 1976 and earlier programs are reviewed. It is held that although some abuses did occur in 1977, these were fewer and less serious than before. Causes of the program abuses are discussed in detail, and include such factors as: (1) inadequate…

A description of the Youth Services Demonstration Project currently being conducted at Alcoholism Services of Cleveland is presented. The family systems approach model used by the project incorporates the following procedures into a multiphase program: (1) assessment and contracting sessions; (2) selection of one of three possible treatment…

The facilities provided by youth advisory services are not really original, because services existing before 1970 already provided most of the facilities and utilized the same methods. The innovation of the services exists more in the way they approach young people. The effect of the services has been to increase the number of assistance posts in…

This directory provides a state-by-state listing of 212 runaway programs which exist, for the most part, outside the juvenile justice system and serve primarily the self-referred runaway and "throwaway" youth. The directory is designed to aid those persons seeking appropriate referrals for youth in need of crisis shelter as well as those…

THE STATE OF ILLINOIS PLAN TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SCHOOL SERVICES TO GIFTED CHILDREN WAS DESCRIBED. IN THE PERIOD FROM 1959 TO 1963, A SPECIAL STUDY PROJECT WAS OPERATED WITH STATE SUPPORT. IT ASSISTED THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN DETERMINING WHETHER LEGISLATION WAS NEEDED AND ASSISTED THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN PROVIDING FOR GIFTED CHILDREN. A SERIES OF…

PHYSICAL FITNESS TESTS WERE CONDUCTED ON PUPILS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE PUPILS SELECTED WERE ADMINISTERED THE YOUTH FITNESS TEST, AND THE RESULTS REPRESENTED THE BEST AVAILABLE DATA IN THE FIELD. THE RESULTS WERE CODED AND STATISTICAL ANALYSES MADE. THE GENERAL CONCLUSION DRAWN FROM THE RESULTS INDICATED THAT THE PHYSICAL FITNESS LEVEL OF…

The organization, operations, participants, and achievements of the Neighborhood Youth Corps are described. Tables, graphs, and photographs also provide information on this program. (NH)

The successful operations of the Neighborhood Youth Corps are described in this Department of Labor document. The publication consists of brief comments about the program's achievements in various cities and includes some graphic and statistical presentations. (NH)

After discussing the church's increasing role in career development activities for youth, particularly high school students, the authors describe the Second Presbyterian Church's (Knoxville, Tennessee) career development program for grades 9-12, involving its ministers, religious education specialists, and laymen. The four steps in the program are…

Both economic and sociological analyses of the "youth problem" tend to segregate young people into two classes: those who will make it through the system as it exists, and those who will need help to make it. The resulting programs for those who need help often have the effect of further stigmatizing the participants. By contrast, a program which…

Through a special project funded by Extension Service-USDA, University of Wisconsin-Extension, tribal women developed curriculum and tested a model for programming with the purpose of enhancing the status of young tribal women. The curriculum was designed so that tribal girls could see the many career options they have, that they realize that…

The report describes a program whose purpose is to minimize the student dropout rate through a comprehensive educational program located in a neighborhood center. The center is designed to provide effective academic training, related supervised employment, and allied support services. The program serves ninth grade students from Warren Harding…

This report is an evaluation of a program designed to minimize the student dropout rate through a comprehensive educational program located in a neighborhood center. The center provides academic training, related supervised employment, and allied support services. The program serves ninth grade students from Warren Harding High School in…

The Youth Section of the Dallas Police Department has instituted an innovative police diversion project entitled the Youth Services Program as an operational unit of the police department. Fourteen civilian counselors supervised by a police lieutenant function as a diversion unit for arrested juveniles between the ages of 10 and 16. Juveniles that…

This paper describes the Youth Resource Center (YRC) of Glastonbury, Connecticut--a multifaceted treatment facility. The YRC is based on a Systems-Interaction (SI) model of service, which maintains that a system can be changed by intervention at any point in the system; consequently, the same goals can be achieved through various target groups or…