Governor's Office For Children, Youth And Families Family Literacy AmeriCorps, Karen Smith Pima County Community org, Maricopa CountyGuadalupe, tutoring , child literacy, computer youth Volunteer Corps/youth Now! http://www.governor.state.az.us/cyf/com_youth_development/CYF_Americorps_Prog.ht
Extractions: AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs that engage thousands of people each year in intensive service to meet critical needs in education, public safety, homeland security, health, and the environment. AmeriCorps members serve with local and national organizations to meet community needs and, after their service, receive education awards to help finance college or training. 2003-2004 AmeriCorps State Programs Program Name Contact Area Served Focus Arts for All, Inc.
Atlanta Bahá'í: Family Unity by the large turn out of family members at summer enrichment program for 43 at risk youth from public by a small grant from the georgia children and youth http://www.atlantabahai.org/familyunity.php
Extractions: Login or create an account Quote of the moment : What s Believe The Family Unity Institute The Family Unity Institute is a non-profit social and economic development agency sponsored jointly by the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of South DeKalb County, Georgia and Mottahedeh Development Services. The Institute was dedicated on April 21, 1995. The Institute includes offices, classrooms, an auditorium, a gymnasium and a three bedroom home. The purpose of the Family Unity Institute is to promote the positive qualities, character and skills of successful family and community life as an antidote to social ills. Today we are witnessing societies suffering form the disintegrating effects of a breakdown in the moral fabric of society and its foundations, whether in the family or the community. We believe that this fabric can only be restored by efforts that recognize and apply universal spiritual principles, principles found at the heart of all major religious systems.
Services And Programs - Professionals - Girls And Boys Town and Delray Beach, Florida; Atlanta, georgia; New Orleans program exists to help troubled youth, ages 7 Research Institute for Child and Family Studies National http://www.girlsandboystown.org/pros/programs/index.asp
Extractions: There are more than 100 long-term, residential-care homes for troubled youth, featuring family style living in the least-restrictive environment. The Village of Boys Town has 76 of these homes. Other homes are located at Girls and Boys Town sites in Brooklyn, New York; Washington, D.C.; Tallahassee and Orlando, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; San Antonio, Texas; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Orange County, California. Emergency Shelter/Emergency Short-Term Residential Services Short-term emergency care in a family style environment for troubled and runaway youths. These services emphasize family reunification, if it is in the best interest of the child. These services are offered in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.; Sanford, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Antonio, Texas; Grand Island, Nebraska; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Long Beach, California. Family Preservation Services An intensive in-home counseling service for families in crisis. Girls and Boys Town counselors directly work with these families to build upon their strengths, heal their pain and keep them together as a functional and vital family unit. Family Preservation Services are offered in Portsmouth, Rhode Island; Delray Beach, Florida; Glenwood, Iowa; Grand Island, Nebraska; and in Los Angeles and Orange Counties in Southern California.
YMCA Of Metro Atlanta - Programs / Services the city of Tbilisi in the Republic of georgia. s community, we assist with child, family and community development; education; youth sports; student http://www.ymcaatlanta.org/programs.htm
Extractions: We build strong kids, strong families, strong communities. HOME WELCOME! HAPPENINGS LOCATIONS ... PRESIDENT'S LETTER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES of the YMCA Child Care - YMCA child care provides licensed quality care for children and is the largest provider of licensed child care in Atlanta and in the United States. YMCA child care programs deliver a stimulating learning experience in a safe, secure environment, and they foster growth and development in children as well as in their parents and families. · Preschool · Before and after school care · Play Center Regardless of the sport or skill level, the focus is on the full and equal participation of all. The goal is for every child to play in every game. Win or lose, kids learn about self improvement, fitness, safety, sportsmanship, cooperation, self-esteem, and respect for others in a fun, learning environment. All coaches are volunteers. Parents are encouraged to assist in practices and games to promote the parent-child relationship. Programs include · Indoor, outdoor soccer
Multisystemic Therapy Department of Services for children, youth and Their youth and Family Services, Henderson Mental Health georgia, Fulton County Juvenile Justice Fund Atlanta, GA, http://www.mstservices.com/text/licensed_agencies.htm
Extractions: Home Jobs Treatment Model Differences ... Licensed Programs LICENSED MST PROGRAMS The following agencies are currently operating their MST programs under a valid program license from MST Services and the Medical University of South Carolina. If a program is not included on this list, it is not officially licensed to use MST for the treatment of youth with severe clinical problems. STATE/COUNTY AGENCY WITH LICENSING AGREEMENT SPONSORING PUBLIC AGENCY (if applicable) Alabama Youth Villages . Memphis, TN www.youthvillages.org N/A Alaska None Arizona Touchstone Behavioral Health Phoenix, AZ
Voices For Georgia's Children - About Us for a new organization to raise the temperature of the water in georgia so as to achieve improved results for the states children and youth. http://www.georgiavoices.org/about.html
Extractions: Operations VOICES was created in 2003 to be a powerful voice for children and to inspire Georgians to act on their behalf. We will provide research and information on critical issues, drive public awareness of unmet needs, and ensure that legislators, providers and advocates have correct data to make effective decisions. We intend to engage the 'public will' to change what we must for the benefit of all children in Georgia. 1 Georgia 2003 KidsCount Factbook, Georgia Family Connection Partnership, 2003. top Beginning in the spring of 2002, an Ad Hoc Work Group for Child Advocacy began exploring how to make child advocacy efforts in this state more effective. Seed money was provided by participating organizations, as well as by foundations, to support a thoughtful and comprehensive assessment of how to advance the agenda of improving outcomes for children and families. The process was designed to assure participation by a broad array of stakeholders from throughout the state. Meaningful input and involvement by important stakeholders was essential to generating the commitment and collective will that would be needed to move forward. During the following fourteen months, a series of surveys, research papers and meetings of advocates and service providers helped to assess the scope and nature of current advocacy activities in the state and the experiences of other states and organizations in promoting public commitment to children and families. A
I-une.com: Children, Youth And Family > Advocacy Groups Statewide youth Advocacy Nonprofit organization in systems, and improve public benefits for children. Voices for georgia s children Supports research, policy http://dir.i-une.com/Society/Issues/Children,_Youth_and_Family/Advocacy_Groups/
Extractions: Private charitable organization dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children in the U.S. Initiatives are related to reducing teen pregnancy, improving foster care, education reform, alternatives to juvenile detention, neighborhood improvement, and increased public awareness of children's issues.
Vision Youth National Page in the SeattleTacoma area, was replicated in Albany, georgia; Appalachia (West can support this life-changing ministry to children and youth, contact Evie http://www.worldvision.org/visionyouth
Extractions: But Bronwyn Talaga saw a bright child behind the angry face, and signs of a natural leader. She made an investment no one else had been willing to make. Each day Bronwyn, a Vision Youth outreach worker at Jubilee Christian Center in Seattle, met with the girl, helping her refocus when her anger began to boil. She worked evenings and weekends with the girl to meet deadlines for big projects. At the core of Vision Youth are youth outreach workers, compassionate adults from the community who know the challenges and issues young people face, and who are committed to providing a caring, stable influence in their lives. They are based in local churches, which often are the only stable institutions in depressed neighborhoods. Vision Youth not only trains these outreach workers, but also offers technical assistance to pastors and congregations that helps enhance and broaden their involvement with neighborhood families in need.
Society > Issues > Children, Youth And Family > Advocacy Groups 121 Statewide youth Advocacy Nonprofit organization in systems, and improve public benefits for children. 122 Voices for georgia s children Supports research http://www.xasa.com/directorio/mozilla/Top/Society/Issues/Children,_Youth_and_Fa
Extractions: Private charitable organization dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children in the U.S. Initiatives are related to reducing teen pregnancy, improving foster care, education reform, alternatives to juvenile detention, neighborhood improvement, and increased public awareness of children's issues.
YOUTH Georgia is carried out taking into consideration specific features of the children and youth. is headed by a chairman, appointed by the President of georgia. http://www.youth.ge/
Extractions: Legislative authorities are represented by the Parliament of Georgia , elected every four years. A citizen of Georgia can be elected a Member of Parliament from the age of 25 and a member of local governance bodies from the age of 21. Currently there are three political units in the Parliament: Citizens Union of Georgia, block "Revival of Georgia" and block "Industry will save Georgia" (235 MPs). The Subcommittee on Sport and Issues Related to the Youth at the Parliamentary Committee on Science, Education, Culture and Sport deals directly with problems of young people. State Department of Youth Affairs of Georgia is a governmental institution of Georgian executive authorities. It carries out a unified state policy in order to solve social, economical, cultural, educational, employment, health and other problems of children, youth and young families. The policy is carried out taking into consideration specific features of the children and youth.
National Family Support Mapping Project Our Organization Grady County children and youth City Cairo Organization georgia Community Support and Solutions City Atlanta State GA http://www.familysupportamerica.org/content/mapping_dir/map.asp?direction=map&st
EmoryGives: United Way Of Metro Atlanta System VOICE Voices for georgia s children Volunteer Involvement Program West georgia youth Science and William T. White Family Resource Center http://www.emorygives.emory.edu/unitedway.htm
Extractions: See other choices CHC Georgia Earth Share of Georgia Ga. Black United Fund Georgia Shares United Fund-Newton C Menu requires Javascript to work Incorporated in 1973, the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta is a federation of 253 nonprofit organizations in the thirteen-county metro Atlanta area that work together to raise funds for programs and initiatives that tackle the root causes of crime and break the cycle of violence. United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta is governed by a thirty-two member, Georgia-based board of directors, has 122 full-time staff, and participates in more than 2,100 workplace giving programs.
UM-SSW: Child Welfare/Children And Family Services 1559 Johnson Road, NW Atlanta, georgia 30318. coordination and cooperation among child, youth and family and expectations regarding children s issues among and http://www.ssw.umich.edu/resources/browse.html?collection=emp&find_class=306
Adolescent Pregnancy: State And Local Organizations Colorado. Division of Prevention and Intervention Services for children and youth. Teen Pregnancy Prevention Pilot Program. Womens Health Section. georgia. http://www.siecus.org/school/preg/preg0006.html
Extractions: Home Search Site Navigation Contact Us ... Guest Book State and Local Organizations State Departments of Health Many state departments of health have developed adolescent pregnancy prevention programs. The following have information on their programs on their Web sites. Call your state department of health for information on programs in your area. Alabama Alaska Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Louisiana
News From The Center For The Book - 11/98 in seven Southern states Alabama, georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi Dean, consultant for children s services, Mississippi and Judy Boyce, youth Services Librarian http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9811/cfb.html
Extractions: Home Page News from the Center for the Book Family Literacy Workshops Held Workshop storytellers Jean Whitehorse (New Mexico) and Oneal Issac (Mississippi) With funding from the Viburnum Foundation, the Center for the Book sponsored two regional workshops in September that provided training for representatives from rural libraries and communities that received 1998 family literacy grants from the foundation. Held in cooperation with state library agencies and local literacy organizations from seven states, the workshops in Jackson, Miss. (Sept. 9-10) and Albuquerque, N.M. (Sept. 16-17) launched the new Viburnum Foundation/Center for the Book Family Literacy Project (see the LC Information Bulletin, May 1998.) "More than 75 people participated in each workshop, and we were delighted with the results," said Center for the Book Director John Y. Cole. "Special thanks go to Center for the Book consultant Virginia Mathews, the workshop coordinator, and to the Mississippi Library Commission and the New Mexico State Library for their support. The three-year grant we received from the Viburnum Foundation for this project, coming on the heels of the successful completion of our five-year Library-Head Start-Museum partnership project, continues the center's interest in family literacy and in encouraging collaboration on behalf of books and reading among libraries and other community organizations that serve children, youth and families."
Children, Youth And Family Consortium the University s Promise for Minnesota children and youth. TorresVilla, 1995, dissertation, georgia State University. to learn more about a child s learning in http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/spanish/research.html
NGA Center For Best Practices georgia Early Learning Initiative; georgia Office of School Readiness; Hawaii Good Beginnings; Mississippi Office for children and youth; Missouri Early http://www.nga.org/center/divisions/1,1188,C_ISSUE_BRIEF^D_1891,00.html
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