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Appendix C: Youth-Focused National Service Programs
Appendix C: Youth-Focused National Service Programs
Pages 441-450
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2 A 2012 report by Belfield and colleagues coins the term "opportunity youth" to describe young people disconnected from all major institutions who present an opportunity for society to devise new ways to reengage them. Note that the Serve America Act defines disadvantaged youth as out-of-school youth, including those who are unemployed, aging out of foster care, with limited English proficiency, homeless or runaway, at risk to leave secondary school without a diploma, former juvenile offenders or at risk of delinquency, or individuals with a disability.
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; 71 percent are men; 53 percent are African American, 22 percent white, 20 percent Latino/a, 3 percent Native American, and 2 percent Asian American; 32 percent are court involved; and 45 percent have received public assistance (YouthBuild USA, 2014)
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. At the local program level, investments include staff training in youth and leadership development, staff time incorporating leadership into all aspects of the program, the director's time and involvement in the program policy committee, creation of leadership skills training, and funds to support leadership opportunities such as Statehouse Days and leadership learning trips (Godsay et al., 2012)
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. An independent program, its central office and statewide entities combined receive by far the largest National Direct AmeriCorps grant funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)
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. PSA gathered retrospective accounts of how alumni perceived City Year's impact on outcomes including their employment, education, civic attitudes, political engagement, leadership, and social capital development (Anderson and Fabiano, 2007)
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. The program has evolved to a franchise-like model, with central offices providing training and technical assistance on program design to sites around the country and a member leadership development curriculum that includes units on asset-based community development, diversity and privilege, critical thinking, nonprofit management, and teamwork.
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However, McAdam and Brandt (2009) found that TFA graduates lagged significantly behind the two comparison groups on seven dimensions of civic life -- service, civic activity, institutional politics, social movements, voting, charitable giving, and prosocial employment (teaching, working in nonprofits)
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. Its pilot, implemented by the Corps Network and including wraparound support services and civic leadership development, demonstrated significant reductions in recidivism and increased educational and employment attainment.
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. Some programs receive additional support from fee-for-service projects, in which project sponsors, typically local or state government agencies, provide Youth Corps with direct funding for services.
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2014. Approximately $73M in YouthBuild grants to help disadvantaged youth develop job and leadership skills made available by U.S.
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