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NCJ Number: 129174 Find in a Library
Title: Youth Investment and Community Reconstruction: Street Lessons on Drugs and Crime for the Nineties, Final Report
Date Published: 1990
Annotation: The Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation has worked since the 1980's to reduce urban violence and drug abuse through youth empowerment, community revitalization, and grass roots action.
Abstract: The foundation conducted demonstrations in New York City, Miami, Boston, Washington, D.C., and other cities to study politically feasible national policies for the inner city. The central conclusion was that community-based organizations can create effective strategies to reduce crime and drug abuse in inner cities. Effective programs, however, cannot be developed "on the cheap." Inner cities require comprehensive solutions, and the most successful programs reach well beyond the immediate symptoms of crime and drug abuse to address the deeper problems of the surrounding community. The foundation's final report discusses individual and community development and various Federal and community programs to deal with urban problems. Six lessons from the 1980's are identified: (1) inner city, nonprofit organizations can be effective program implementers; (2) technical assistance from national organizations increases the chances for local program success; (3) voluntarism is being oversold for the inner city; (4) public sector agencies, including the police, have a central role in supporting community-based programs; (5) block watch and other conventional, community crime prevention tactics are sharply limited in the inner city; and (6) higher evaluation standards are needed for inner city programs. For the 1990's, the Eisenhower Foundation is focusing on early intervention and urban school reform, the idea of a Youth Investment Corporation for social development and empowerment, the reform of existing school-to-work transition programs, a community enterprise development strategy for the inner city, and drug abuse prevention and treatment. A national policy of youth investment and community reconstruction is advocated, and provisions of the proposed Youth Investment Act of 1993 are noted. 146 references and 8 figures
Main Term(s): Urban criminality; Youth development
Index Term(s): Community action programs; Community involvement; Crime prevention measures
Publication Number: ISBN 1-879060
Sponsoring Agency: Japan-United States Friendship Cmssn
Washington, DC 20009
Milton S Eisenhower Foundation
Washington, DC 20006
Corporate Author: Milton S Eisenhower Foundation
Foundation Director
United States of America
Sale Source: Milton S Eisenhower Foundation
Foundation Director
1725 I Street, NW
Suite 504
Washington, DC 20006
United States of America
Page Count: 132
Type: Program/Project Evaluation
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Note: 10th anniversary report of the Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation
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