‘City of Promise’ – Provides Enthusiasm, Valuable Data

By Maryfrances Porter, Associate Director for Program Evaluation and Community Consultation at Youth-Nex

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Boy student works at a desk

We’ve been busy!

Over the last 4 weeks our hard-working Program Evaluation and Community Consultation team has partnered with neighbors from the City of Promise to conduct almost a hundred surveys with families there (Westhaven, 10th and Page, and Starr Hill neighborhoods). Continue reading

Youth-Nex JPC Team travels to NYC Research Institute

Sibley presents the work to the group.

Sibley presents the work to the group.

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I had the privilege of spending the last week with a great group of undergraduate researchers and my colleagues at the Public Science Project for their annual Critical Participatory Action Research (PAR) Institute. Thanks to a grant from UVA’s Jefferson Public Citizens program, we were able to bring our community partner, Sibley Johns, director of Charlottesville’s Music Resource Center with us to brainstorm our youth PAR evaluation project that begins this summer.

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Community Works

By Maryfrances Porter, Associate Director for Program Evaluation and Community Consultation at Youth-Nex

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Maryfrances Porter

The YN Program Evaluation and Community Consultation arm of Youth-Nex has been very busy lately, especially in the area of consultation. Dr. Tolan partnered with Andy Block and Angela Ciolfi to make a presentation to juvenile court judges from around the state regarding what can be done from the bench to best help truant youth.

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