Sentences with phrase «risk youth initiatives»

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Frustrated by the limited number of people he could help in his job at a nonprofit organization providing services for at - risk youth, Geoffrey Canada in 1999 founded a large - scale initiative eventually dubbed the Harlem Children's Zone.

The money will fund the YMCA's YouthBuild initiative, which provides educational training and job skills to at - risk Queens youth.

ALBANY, NY (05/04/2012)(readMedia)-- Leaders of the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) will speak at public hearings on a new juvenile justice initiative being billed as «reform,» but which, in reality, will put youths and the community at risk.

Just last week, I was honored to stand with District Attorney Thomas Zugibe and Rockland BOCES District Superintendent Mary Jean Marsico to launch the Rockland County Partnership For Safe Youth, a new initiative designed to enhance the effectiveness of services for local at - risk youth and their famiYouth, a new initiative designed to enhance the effectiveness of services for local at - risk youth and their famiyouth and their families.

In Chicago, public school officials are attacking truancy by combining «systemwide efforts, local initiatives, and improved programs for at - risk youth.»

Pathways in Education, based in Pasadena, California, operates schools for dropouts and at - risk youth in partnership with a host district in California (40,000 students annually); its initiatives in Louisiana, Illinois, and Tennessee use distance learning, experiential learning, and school - site programs to help students earn a diploma or GED.

As part of this initiative, the CEA will conduct field study research to highlight how innovative educators have succeeded in engaging at - risk youth through culturally - relevant, land - based pedagogy.

As part of that effort, the board adopted a Positive Behavior Interventions and Support initiative to target at - risk youth with behavioral issues.

Each year YesYes Books donates hundreds of books to organizations that serve at - risk youth, women, LGBTQ populations, veterans, libraries, literary initiatives, and more.

Meanwhile, an array of initiatives — hospitality training for at - risk youth, for instance — enrich the myriad neighborhoods that Hilton calls home.

The document is divided into five chapters, namely: 1) Uncovering mitigation potential showcasing initiatives to reduce greenhouse gases emissions; 2) Gearing up for the storm relating to adaptation and disaster risk reduction projects; 3) Nurturing youth leaders presenting activities in education, training and capacity - building; 4) Spreading the message highlighting awareness raising campaigns and materials; and 5) Shaping up the future climate change regime presenting examples of youth participation in climate change policy - making.

By identifying existing services, as well as unmet needs, the groups leading this initiative — the Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, Commission on Youth at Risk, and Section of Litigation Childrens Rights Litigation Committee — hope to create a national directory of legal services available to homeless yYouth at Risk, and Section of Litigation Childrens Rights Litigation Committee — hope to create a national directory of legal services available to homeless youthyouth.

Borne out of an initiative to prevent family violence, the program is an award - winning Canadian charity that offers life skills community service projects for at - risk youth, including those in conflict with the law.

Similarly, you can help fund or advise other local programs, like ones for at - risk youths or after - school initiatives, to ensure every child in your community gets the guidance they need to succeed.