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EJ600565 UD521984

Title: Where Need Meets Opportunity: Youth Development Programs for Early Teens.
Author(s): Quinn, Jane
Source: Future of Children, v9 n2 p96-116 Fall 1999
Publication Date: 1999
Notes: Theme issue: "When School Is Out."
ISSN: 1054-8289
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL2000

Describes various organizations that offer programs and services for youth in their early teens. Explains the philosophy of positive youth development that is an emerging theme in this long-standing but newly self-conscious field. Reviews principles of best practice and key implementation challenges. (SLD)

Descriptors: *Adolescents; *After School Programs; *Educational Practices; Program Implementation; School Age Day Care; *Urban Youth; *Youth Programs

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