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Community Programs to Promote Youth Development

Adolescence is the pivotal period between childhood and adulthood. It is the time when youth need to acquire the attitudes, competencies, values, and social skills that will carry them forward to ...
Connecticut Post

Aging Stratford community center to get $2.4 million renovation

STRATFORD – The South End Community Center has been a mainstay in town for generations, and its location in a former factory building dating to 1959 is showing its age – but change will soon be coming ...
Main Line

Lower Merion residents asked to complete community development survey

LOWER MERION — Lower Merion officials are asking township residents to participate in a community development survey. The survey is part of the process in preparing the township’s 2025-2029 Five-Year ...
Center for American Progress

Community-Based Violence Interruption Programs Can Reduce Gun Violence

Violence interruption is a community-based intervention strategy that can reduce gun violence and improve public safety in neighborhoods around the country. Only in America: The Front Lines of the Gun ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Community Programs to Promote Youth Development

In recent years, a number of social forces have changed both the landscape of family and community life and the expectations for young people. A combination of factors have weakened the informal ...