Adult [microform] : Youth Relationships Pilot Project. Initial Implementation Report / Jeffrey L. Greim
- Bib ID:
- 5554714
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Greim, Jeffrey L
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1992
- 37 p.
- Summary:
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As part of a larger study to examine the usefulness of mentoring as an intervention serving at-risk youth, this study evaluated the implementation of two pilot programs in Saint Louis (Missouri) and Atlanta (Georgia). Both programs were at public agencies aiming to operate large-scale mentoring programs to serve adjudicated youth between the ages of 12 to 17 years. Mentor pairs were to meet for several hours each week with ongoing training and support offered to both mentors and students. The evaluation analyzed how and the extent to which the public agencies at the two sites were able to implement the program model. Evaluation of the programs in their implementation stage found that: (1) with concerted effort, modest numbers of adults can be recruited to mentor adjudicated juveniles, although attracting adults aged 55 years and over is more difficult; (2) mentors and youth will not meet regularly and are not likely to develop relationships without ongoing support of a well-structured mentoring program; (3) at residential program sites, it is possible for juvenile justice agencies to operate well-structured mentoring programs with a major infusion of new resources; and (4) interviews with mentors, youth, and agency staff indicate satisfaction with mentoring programs operated at residential facilities. Fourteen references and five tables are included. (JB)
- Notes:
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- Availability: Public/Private Ventures, 399 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2178.
- Sponsoring Agency: Retirement Research Foundation.
- Sponsoring Agency: Pew Charitable Trusts, Philadelphia, PA.
- Sponsoring Agency: Carnegie Corp. of New York, NY.
- ERIC Note: Funding also received from the Skillman Foundation.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Adolescents
- Adults
- At Risk Persons
- Delinquency
- Disadvantaged Youth
- Helping Relationship
- Juvenile Justice
- Mentors
- Pilot Projects
- Program Effectiveness
- Program Evaluation
- Program Implementation
- Public Agencies
- Recruitment
- Residential Institutions
- Urban Youth
- Adjudicated Youth Protege Mentor Relationship
- Georgia (Atlanta) Missouri (Saint Louis)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1992
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