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To support the improvement and expansion of the Computer Literacy Programs and to update the Computer Lab at the Schenectady Girl’s Inc. site.

To support the School Banking Program, which helps elementary school students in Washington Heights and West Harlem acquire knowledge of financial concepts and of the U.S. financial system.

To support the Teen Empowerment Mural Apprenticeship (TEMA) after-school program, which teaches young people how to develop, execute, and evaluate murals for community organizations.

To support the Child Empowerment Program, which provides elementary and middle school students with mental health services that support their emotional stability and academic achievement.

To support youth programs at the Minisink Townhouse Community Center in Central Harlem.

To support a program that is focused on reducing violent behavior significantly in violence-prone 12 to 15-year-old males in the Bronx.

To support a program that provides structured league caliber competitive sports instruction and activities for low-income and minority youth.

To support the Gay and Lesbian Affirmative Psychotherapy for Youth program, which offers psychotherapy to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people between the ages of 12-22 years.

To support the International Youth Leadership Institute, which prepares under-served minority students for high school and post-secondary education.

To support a project aimed at examining what works to evaluate to create positive change in large, public child welfare agencies serving extremely vulnerable, low-income children and youth.

To support a program in which a Career Advisor offers participants 30 months of job retention counseling and career advancement mentoring after "graduation" and initial job placement.

To support the Virginia Afterschool Campaign, a statewide filed campaign, led by the Afterschool Alliance and The Every Child Matters Education Fund, to develop and distribute advocacy tools to...

To support the Virginia Afterschool Campaign, a statewide filed campaign, led by the Afterschool Alliance and The Every Child Matters Education Fund, to develop and distribute advocacy tools to...

Does the use of a structured, computer-centered reading program in after-school settings affect reading performance? What are the factors that affect the implementation of the intervention?

How does poverty affect youth development in rural areas? What physical and psychosocial factors in children’s homes and communities explain why some children do well while others do poorly?