NCJ Number
128138
Journal
Future Choices Toward a National Youth Policy Volume: 2 Issue: 3 Dated: (Winter 1991) Pages: 79-80
Date Published
1991
Length
2 pages
Annotation
The Youth Policy Institute, in partnership with the Juvenile Justice Alliance (JJA) in Oregon, initiated youth-at-risk projects to increase the ability of local youth organizations to serve more at-risk and/or delinquent youth.
Abstract
In its demonstration phase beginning in 1983, JJA concentrated on developing model programs throughout Oregon that targeted at-risk audiences. These programs were developed and operated by local youth organizations such as 4-H, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Campfire, and the Young Men's Christian Association. In 1988, JJA launched the statewide Positive Youth Development Project to help communities develop their own local plans to address the developmental needs of children and youth. Oregon citizens are also involved in Community Action Planning (CAP), a process that trains people in how to plan for children and youth according to the tenets of positive youth development. JJA member agencies have become more involved in local collaborative efforts or have added new services as a result of CAP. Positive youth development concepts are being given high priority, not just by organizations associated with such concepts, but also by Oregon's major public sectors.