Awarded Grants

The Staten Island Children’s Museum plans to improve its Constructive Mood Management (CMM) Program, which trains the Museum’s Ambassadors (high school interns) to work with elementary school students ...

Dancewave, Inc., with help from a consultant, will create an improved curriculum, develop a school handbook, and institute a faculty training program for Dancewave AfterSchool, which offers kids and teens (ages 8 to 18) the opportunity to study a wide spectrum of ...

These funds support additional analyses for Dr. Weissberg and Dr. Durlak’s meta-analysis of school-based social and emotional learning programs.

Free Arts NYC plans to improve its core programs, which provide creative arts and mentoring for at-risk youth in New York City, by enhancing volunteer recruitment, retention, and diversity.

In what ways do combined family- and school-based programs positively alter peer networks, consequently lowering youth substance use and delinquency?

Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) will partner with a social service agency to provide its staff with training and professional services to help student interns (grades 9–12) in the Garden Apprentice Program (GAP) manage difficult life choices.

How do individual, family, peer, and activity indicators determine Mexican-origin adolescents’ participation in organized out-of-school activities?

How does participation in community-based organizations affect the development and adaptation of immigrant and second-generation youth?

This study combines qualitative and quantitative analysis to understand the role of marriage and fertility in the lives of young adults. Specifically, the study investigates the temporal and theoretical disconnect that has emerged between marriage and fertility among low-income individuals.

How do young men and women from the inner-city accomplish successful transitions from incarceration to life back in society? As many as one-third of formerly incarcerated young adults will return to jail or prison within several years of their release.