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Displaying records 21 through 34 (34 total).

Wynn J. 2002. Chicago Healthy Start impact report: Peer monitoring replication phase. Chicago, IL: Illinois Department of Human Services, 70 pp.

Annotation: This impact report describes the Chicago Healthy Start Program, which administers the Chicago Healthy Start Family Centers, a collaborative effort between a community-based case management and social services agency and a primary health care center. The project period was from October 1, 1997, through May 31, 2001. Topics covered include (1) service initiation, (2) service accomplishments, (3) mentoring, (4) consortium and collaboration, and (5) other Healthy Start components. A local evaluation is included. The report includes five attachments: (1) service accomplishments presented in tabular form, (2) a brief overview of the program and primary findings, (3) an open house evaluation form, (4) a project area consortium roster, and (5) a table listing the status of hospital contacts for the fetal infant mortality review project. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Case management, Collaboration, Families, Final reports, Healthy Start, Illinois, Infant Health, Infant mortality, Low income groups, Mentors, Prevention programs, State initiatives

Ross-Ratney RL. 2002. Impact summary report: Northwest Indiana Healthy Start. Hammond, IN: Northwest Indiana Healthy Start, 1 v.

Annotation: This impact report, submitted on October 2, 2002, describes the Northwest Indiana Healthy Start project. Topics discussed include service initiation, case management, mentoring, consortium and collaboration, consortium program impact, and other Healthy Start components. The report includes one attachment: a budget period objective and implementation plan presented in tabular form. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: NorthWest Indiana Healthy Start, 7854 Interstate Plaza Drive, Hammond, IN 46324, Telephone: (219) 989-3939 Secondary Telephone: (800) 445-2229 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://nwihs.com/index.html

Keywords: Collaboration, Final reports, Healthy Start, Indiana, Infant Health, Infant mortality, Low income groups, Mentors, Prevention programs, Recruitment, State initiatives

Lightsey D, Vandenberg G, Montes E, de la Cruz D. 1999. The Healthy Start initiative: A community-driven approach to infant mortality reduction—Volume VI: Replicating the Healthy Start models of intervention. Arlington, VA: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 92 pp. (The Healthy Start initiative: A community-driven approach to infant mortality reduction, Walker)

Annotation: This report presents lessons learned from Healthy Start grantees as they planned and implemented the Healthy Start Initiative, a five-year demonstration program that uses a community-driven, systems development approach to reduce infant mortality and improve the health and well-being of women, infants, children, and families. This volume focuses on replicating the Healthy Start models. Those are (1) community-based consortia, (2) outreach and client recruitment, (3) case coordination/case management, (4) family resource centers, (5) enhanced clinical services, (6) risk prevention and reduction, (7) facilitating services, (8) training and education, and (9) adolescent programs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescent health, Case management, Case studies, Clinics, Community programs, Demonstration programs, Family resource centers, Grants, Healthy Start, Infant health, Infant mortality, Maternal health, Mentors, Model programs, Outreach, Perinatal health, Prenatal care, Prevention programs, Risk factors

McLearn KT, Colassanto D, Schoen C. 1998. Mentoring makes a difference: Findings from The Commonwealth Fund 1998 Survey of Adults Mentoring Young People. New York, NY: Commonwealth Fund, 32 pp.

Annotation: This document reports the findings of a national telephone survey of 1, 504 adults who have been mentors to youths ages 10 to 18 during the past five years. The findings discuss the success of mentoring in reaching high-risk adolescents, the difficult circumstances often found in adolescents in mentoring relationships, the rewards of mentoring, how prevalent mentoring is and who is most likely to mentor, factors that improve success in mentoring relationships, types of programs, types of sponsors, and supports for mentors. Implications of the survey findings are discussed in conclusion. The survey methodology is also explained. The appendices provide related charts and statistics.

Contact: Commonwealth Fund, One East 75th Street, New York, NY 10021, Telephone: (212) 606-3800 Contact Phone: (800) 777-2744 Fax: (212) 606-3500 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.commonwealthfund.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescents, High risk adolescents, Mentors, Reports, Research methodology, Statistics, Surveys

Saunders SE. 1998. Chicago Healthy Start impact report: Phase I. Chicago, IL: Office of Family Health, Illinois Department of Human Services, 305 pp., plus appendices.

Annotation: This impact report describes the Chicago Healthy Start Program, which administers the Chicago Healthy Start Family Centers, a collaborative effort between a community-based case management and social services agency and a primary health care center. The project period was 1994 -- 1997. Topics covered include (1) service initiation, (2) service accomplishments, (3) mentoring, (4) consortium and collaboration, and (5) other Healthy Start components. A local evaluation is included. The report includes five attachments: (1) service accomplishments presented in tabular form, (2) a brief overview of the program and primary findings, (3) an open house evaluation form, (4) a project area consortium roster, and (5) a table listing the status of hospital contacts for the fetal infant mortality review project. Appendices include several evaluation reports. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Illinois Department of Human Services, 100 S. Grand Avenue, E., Springfield, IL 62762, Telephone: (800) 843-6154 Secondary Telephone: (800) 804-3833 Web Site: http://www.dhs.state.il.us

Keywords: Case management, Collaboration, Families, Final reports, Healthy Start, Illinois, Infant Health, Infant mortality, Low income groups, Mentors, Prevention programs, State initiatives

National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health. 1997. The road to replication: Telling the Healthy Start story—Healthy Start annual continuing education meeting. Arlington, VA: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, ca. 125 pp.

Annotation: This notebook contains the materials from the Healthy Start 1997 annual continuing education meeting, The Road to Replication: Telling the Healthy Start Story, held in Bethesda, Maryland. The binder contains: the meeting agenda; a section on mentoring; the October 1997 edition of MCH Program Interchange, a periodic publication that lists current literature for the Title V community, the topic of which is Focus on Mentoring Tools from the Healthy Start Initiative; Healthy Start project contact information and a list of meeting participants and their contact information. The notebook includes a glossary of mentoring terms and references. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Bibliographies, Conferences, Continuing education, Federal MCH programs, Healthy Start, Mentors, Professional education

Tierney JP, Grossman JB, Resch NL. 1995. Making a difference: An impact study of Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Philadelphia, PA: Public/Private Ventures, 87 pp.

Annotation: This report is the centerpiece of an eight year research initiative to study mentoring and to explore the policy and operational implications of creating adult mentoring relationships for at-risk youth. A focus of the initiative was a case study of California's Big Brothers/Big Sisters mentoring program. Following an introduction describing the background of the study, Chapter 2 lays out in detail the infrastructure and standards in the BB/BS program. Chapter 3 describes the design of the evaluation. Chapter 4 describes the characteristics of youth who participated in the study. Chapter 5 then presents the evidence on how youth who participated in a BB/BS program differed, 18 months later, from similar youth assigned to a control group. The final chapter summarizes the positive impacts of BB/BS on youth, and then draws policy implications for and about mentoring programs. A bibliography is included at the end of the report.

Contact: Public/Private Ventures, 2000 Market Street, Suite 600, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Telephone: (215) 557-4400 Secondary Telephone: (215) 557-4411 Fax: (215) 557-4469 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ppv.org Price unknown.

Keywords: Adolescent development, Case studies, Counselors, Data, High risk adolescents, Mentors, Research design, Research methodologies, Surveys, Volunteers

Ludwig J, Wallin H. 1995. Helping families and schools get it done: Mentoring interventions in the District. Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Graduate Public Policy Program; Arlington, VA: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 25 pp. (DC Family Policy Seminar background briefing report)

Annotation: This report provides a brief introduction to issues addressed by a DC Family Policy Seminar in November 1995 which focused on adolescent mentoring interventions in the District of Columbia and was aimed at supplementing family and school life skills and academic training. Volume 1 (written by Helena Wallin and Jens Ludwig) provides an introduction and background on the purpose and importance of the adolescent years, reviews federal funding for adolescent prevention programs, shows current structures of mentoring programs, and examines current benefits and challenges of current mentoring interventions. Volume 2 provides highlights of the seminar's discussions. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Georgetown University, Telephone: (202) 784-9770 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.ncemch.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescents, Community based services, Community programs, District of Columbia, Intervention, Life skills, Mentors

Freedman M. 1993. The kindness of strangers: Adult mentors, urban youth, and the new voluntarism. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers , 162 pp.

Annotation: This book addresses the issues and needs of voluntarism as a mechanism for helping inner-city youth grow away from poverty and community violence. It focuses specifically on adult mentors working with urban youth. Addressing President Clinton's call to action, the author explores what mentoring can accomplish, what a successful mentor is, and what makes a mentoring program effective. Based on interviews with over 300 mentors, young people, scholars, and youth workers, this book discusses how reinventing community can turn around the lives of high risk adolescents.

Contact: Jossey-Bass Publishers, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Corporate Headquarters, 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, Telephone: (201) 748-6000 Fax: (201) 748-6088 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.JosseyBass.com $24.95 plus $4.00 shipping and handling. Document Number: ISBN 1-55542-557-7.

Keywords: Adolescents, Adults, Community service, Mentors, Urban population, Volunteers

Fenichel E, ed. 1992. Learning through supervision and mentorship to support the development of infants, toddlers, and their families: A source book. Arlington, VA: Zero to Three/National Center for Clinical Infant Programs, 157 pp.

Annotation: This sourcebook presents materials designed to improve understanding of supervision and mentorship as critical elements in the training of practitioners who work to support the development of infants, toddlers, and their families, and to suggest strategies for incorporating supervision and mentorship into training and practice institutions and systems. It includes findings and recommendations from a Zero to Three work group, discussions of supervision and mentorship with students and with infant/family practitioners, and issues for supervisors and program directors. Some chapters address early intervention, lay home visitor and resource mother programs.

Contact: ZERO TO THREE: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, 1255 23rd Street, N.W., Suite 350, Washington, DC 20037, Telephone: (202) 638-1144 Contact Phone: (800) 899-4301 Fax: (202) 638-0851 Web Site: http://www.zerotothree.org Available in libraries.

Keywords: Early intervention programs, Families, Home visiting, Infant development, MCH services, Mentors, Professional training, Staff development, Supervision, Toddlers

Abell Foundation. 1991. The two of us: A handbook for mentors. Baltimore, MD: Abell Foundation, 214 pp.

Annotation: This manual is a guide for mentors to use in enriching mentoring relationships with adolescents. The manual provides an introduction to mentoring, adolescence and families under stress, and presents a series of activities in six areas ranging from academics and employment to physical and mental health. Each activity page provides information on planning for the activity, things to do during the activity, and follow-up activities.

Keywords: Adolescent attitudes, Adolescent employment, Adolescent health promotion, Adolescent nutrition, Adolescent parents, Adolescent psychology, Adolescents, Mental health, Mentors, Physical fitness, Substance abuse prevention

Abell Foundation. 1989. Mentoring manual: A guide to program development and implementation. Baltimore, MD: Abell Foundation, 12 pp.

Annotation: This manual is targeted to those responsible for developing and implementing mentoring programs for disadvantaged youth. It includes: the definition of mentoring; the role of a mentor; the steps involved in developing a mentoring program; guidelines for training mentors; issues in the ongoing training and supervision of mentors; and program evaluation. Appendices provide sample forms and training activities, a background section on adolescent development, relevant references, and an overview of mentoring programs nationwide.

Keywords: Adolescents, Mentors, Program development, Program evaluation, Risk taking

Anderson A, de los Reyes Moore W, Monjaras-Gaytan L. A brief primer on youth participatory action research for mentoring programs. Boston, MA: National Mentoring Resource Center , 6 pp.

Annotation: This brief primer provides an overview of youth participatory action research (YPAR), which is a programmatic approach where youth take the lead and generate research evidence around the social issues impacting their lives—with the support of adult mentors. The primer describes YPAR’s core values; provides action steps for implementation; and describes how YPAR can be integrated into existing mentor programs. Links to additional resources are included.

Contact: National Mentoring Resource Center, 201 South Street, Suite 615, Boston, MA 02111, Telephone: (617) 303-4600 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://nationalmentoringresourcecenter.org/

Keywords: Mentors, Program development, Youth, Youth development

U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Mentoring . Washington, DC: U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,

Annotation: This website presents an overview of youth mentoring and it's success in supporting the positive development of young people by improving their self esteem, academic achievement, peer relations, mental health, and social behavior. The site describes the mentoring programs, initiatives, and resources offered by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and links to the agency's National Mentoring Resource Center.

Contact: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 810 Seventh Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20531, Telephone: (202) 307-5911 Web Site: http://www.ojjdp.gov

Keywords: Adolescents, Behavior development, Mentors, Model programs, Recruitment, Youth

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