ABCD
(Action for Boston Community Development)
Boston's official antipoverty agency - from pre-natal
education to elderly initiatives. Planning with and
assisting over 100,000 low-income individuals and families
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Active
Parenting Publishers
Catalog of program materials and resources for parents,
caregivers, and parenting groups. |
Attleboro
Pub. School Teen Parenting Prog
[508-222-4761] 100 Rathburn Willard Drive, Attleboro,
MA 02703 |
Bedford
Youth and Family Services
[781-275-7727] |
| Big
Brothers Big Sisters of America |
Boston
Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth - BAGLY
[1-800-42-BAGLY] Group for gay, lesbian and bisexual
youth and their heterosexual allies. |
Center
for Health Communication- Parenting Project
Recently conducted two projects/reports to consolidate
and disseminate research findings about parenting issues:
"Raising Teens: A Synthesis of Research and a Foundation
for Action" and "The Role of the Mass Media
in Parenting Education." |
Center
for Youth Development and Education
[617-727-8158] at the Corporation for Business, Work,
and Learning - 529 Main Street, Boston, MA 02129 |
Father
Flanagan's Boys Home (Boys Town)
Services for children and families including: residential
services, emergency shelter, family preservation, treatment
foster care, and parenting classes in 13 states. Offers
training to other child-care professionals, school districts,
mental health facilities, and other organizations. |
Gateways
for Kids
A respite program serving adolescents and latency aged
youth involved with Boston Juvenile Court due to abuse
and neglect in their families of origin. |
Germaine
Lawrence, Inc.
18 Claremont Avenue, Arlington, MA 02174 - Non-profit
agency for adolescent girls. Various program specialties
such as substance unit, younger adolescents, group homes.
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Girls
and Boys Town
A resource and referral service for troubled children
and parents. Its hotline operates 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week
with highly trained, professional operators. Also has
emergency shelter services, a treatment foster care
program, a family preservation program, and parent-training
workshops. |
Juvenile
Justice Clearinghouse
Youth-focused publications for parents and other interested
persons. |
Mass
Prevention Center at The Medical Foundation
Serves Boston, Brookline, Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop,
and provides a range of services to individuals and
groups working to promote healthy individuals, families,
and communities. |
Mass
Prevention Center Resource Library
Search for materials on prevention and health-related
topics such as youth issues, parenting, and community
development from the Mass. Prevention Center. Collection
includes videos, books, periodicals, pamphlets, and
curricula. |
| Mass.
Department of Social Services |
National
Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Improve the well-being of children, youth, and families
by reducing teen pregnancy. |
| National
Center for Youth Law |
National
Clearinghouse on Families & Youth
Federal government clearinghouse; provides grant announcements,
policy initiatives, information and pub lications for
youth service professionals, policymakers, researchers,
& media. |
National
Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges
NCJFCJ represents America's 9,000 plus judges who exercise
jurisdiction over delinquency, abuse and neglect, divorce,
custody, support, domestic violence and similar types
of cases throughout the country. |
National
Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
for academic researchers; UNC at Chapel Hill |
National
Network for Youth
Engages public education, promotes programs and services
among youth-serving agencies, and provides training
and technical assistance in areas including community
youth development, youth leadership, peer education,
HIV/AIDS prevention, and organizational development.
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National
Resource Center for Youth Services
resources for human services professionals |
National
Resource Ctr for Family-Centered Practice
provides training and technical assistance, program
evaluation, and information services for family-centered
services |
New
England Network for Child, Youth & Family Svs
[978-266-1998] |
Parenting
Resources for the 21st Century
Site by US Office of Justice Programs; offers parents
information on child care, education, health and safety.
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Planned
Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Encourages and facilitates responsible and informed
decisions about reproductive and sexual behavior and
fosters and preserves a climate favorable to informed
choice. |
Portuguese
Youth Cultural Organization
[508-679-0962] 186 South Main Street, Fall River, MA
02721 |
Posse
Foundation - MA
Identifies, recruits, and trains youth leaders from
urban public high schools and sends these groups as
"Posses" to top colleges and
universities in this country. |
Posse
Foundation - NY
Identifies, recruits, and trains youth leaders from
urban public high schools and sends these groups as
"Posses" to top colleges and universities in
this country. |
Recognizing
Youth as Resources
Promotes a healthy way to view, respect, and support
the capabilities of youth in our rapidly changing world.
RYAR empowers youth to positively affect their communities
through early and comprehensive civic involvement. |
Talking
With Kids About Tough Issues
A national initiative by Children Now and the Kaiser
Family Foundation to encourage parents to talk with
their children earlier and more often about tough issues
like sex, HIV/AIDS, violence, alcohol, and drug abuse.
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| Urban
Youth Sports |
Worcester
Youth Guidance Center
[508-791-3261] 275 Belmont St., Worcester, MA 01604-1693
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Youth
Opportunities Upheld, Inc.(YOU)
The leading child welfare and behavioral health organization
located in Central Massachusetts-- -provides a wide
range of social, psychological, educational, vocational,
and other preventive and rehabilitation programs for
troubled and at-risk children, adolescents and families.
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