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Can a voluntary summer reading intervention, including a family literacy program, improve the reading motivation and achievement of fourth graders?

The Port Chester Carver Center seeks to improve its after-school programming for children ages 6 to 13 through a pilot implementation of the Second Step Violence Prevention Curriculum.

The Mental Health Association of New York seeks to develop an internship program leading to permanent employment for a group of participants in its Adolescent Skill Center (ASC) programs.

The Horticultural Society of New York (HSNY) seeks to improve Urban Horticulture for At-Risk Young Adults, its collaboration with the Federation of Employment Guidance Services.

Youth Communication New York seeks to improve its programming for youth ages 15 to 19 by creating a formal training program for its staff.

Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow seeks to improve its youth workforce training through a partnership with the Workforce Professionals Training Institute.

The purpose of this grant is to support the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) in their continued efforts to provide research-based information on quality after-school programs to policymakers.

Support was given to ISSBD’s workshop on Advancing Inter-American Collaboration in Human Development.

How is media use during childhood and adolescence related to obesity?

Funds were provided to support the California Afterschool Network’s research speaker series.

Support was given for the dissemination of research findings on parental employment and youth development to policy makers and influentials.

Research shows that certain classroom relationships and certain types of student-teacher interactions predict achievement gains.

This work focuses on analyzing a measure of classroom and school norms for prosocial interpersonal problem-solving.

Support was given for The Illinois Family Impact Seminars.