First Project Directors' Conference - Replication of Project New Pride, Reels 2 and 3

• NCJ Number: 84024
• Author(s): D Hamer; J Fennley; J Cox; S Lieberman; M Cooper; R Jackson; J Howard; M Roberts; G Egawa; E Lee; F Aguilera
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 0 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Publication Format: Film
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. Videotape, 85 minutes, color, 1 inch. The replication conferences were held in Washington, D.C., and Haddonfield, N.J. For the complete series, see NCJ-84023-84037.

Annotation

Project New Pride grantees from across the country discuss their projects' accomplishments to date in terms of services offered and staff hired.

Abstract

New Pride in Haddonfield, N.J., targets unemployed and out-of-school youths and provides them with job training/placement and assistance in completing high school. This project is searching for a proper facility and additional staff. The Pensacola, Fla., New Pride will serve learning disabled juvenile offenders, including multiple offenders, and the Providence, R.I., New Pride is beginning to hire staff members after the purchase of a $6 million facility. Implementation and staffing are ongoing at the Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago New Pride projects. During a question and answer session, participants discuss administrative, funding, and staffing issues.