...Justice system has expanded to help turn the experience of a disadvantage youthful offender into a solution that supports his or her transition into adult independence. This comparative analysis shows the different aspects of two juvenile diversions, intervention, or prevention programs working with the state of Arkansas. This study shows the relationship of the mission promise for each of juvenile prevention programs. The goals of the programs define the causes of juvenile delinquency providing innovative solutions to the current problems for the youthful offenders. Arkansas Department of Family and Protective Services A wide array of departments shows the advantages of professionals working with the community to gain the confidence and reliability of the people living within the five county-area of North Central Arkansas. The young teen programs provide information and protective services for different ranges of abuse, neglect, and truancy as these problems can lead to juvenile delinquency. The wide umbrella of the family protective interventions (AFPS) covers two different programs working to decrease the many causes leading to juvenile delinquency. The main goal of reducing juvenile delinquency shows within the Arkansas Sheriffs Ranches and Arkansas Youth Network Boot Camps for youthful offenders (McDaniel, 2012).. Youth Network Boot Camp Goals The purpose and goal of the YBC program show early intervention and prevention within this study. The grants for this program...
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...The new edition of the Elements provides six evidence-based standards for practice that incorporate the latest research and best-available practice wisdom. It also reprises advice that appeared in earlier editions on program design and planning; program management; program operations; and program evaluation. We believe adherence to the Elements will ensure that mentoring relationships thrive and endure. They include measures that any mentoring program in any setting can implement, as well as measures that any agency can incorporate within the mentoring element of broad-based, positive youth development programming. This means that community-based, corporate-based, school-based, faith-based and Internet-based mentoring programs can use the Elements to meet the specific needs of the young people they serve and the milieu in which they operate. And, it means that afterschool and other positive youth development programs which embed mentoring within their programming will find the Elements equally useful and adaptable. These new guidelines are the culmination of a process that, once again, brought together the nation’s foremost authorities on mentoring. The leaders are recognized in the Acknowledgments section. We thank each and every one of them for their...
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...Roscommon Sports Partnership (RSP) The Local Sports Partnership Initiative was developed by the Irish Sports Council in order to create a national structure to co-ordinate and promote the development of sport and physical activity at local level. The initiative was created following widespread consultation with other agencies and organisations with an interest in the development of sport. The objectives of the program are to: 1. Enhanced planning of sport at local level. 2. Increased levels of local participation, especially amongst specific target groups such as older people, girls and women, people with disabilities, unemployed people and those who live in identified disadvantaged communities. 3. Enhanced local coach deployment. 4. Club development. 5. Volunteer training. 6. Local directories of sports bodies and facilities. 7. Better use of existing facilities. 8. Clear priorities for local facility provision and improvement, with related quality management initiatives. 9. School/club/community. 10. Local sports event. Roscommon Sports Partnership focuses on the following Strategic Aims for 2012-2014: 1. Participation Pathways: To increase participation in Sports/Physical Activity for all of the citizens of County Roscommon through their life stages. 2. Training & Development: To promote Training & Development, both for all involved in Sports/Physical Activity and their clubs throughout County Roscommon. ...
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...RESEARCH 28 4.0 CONTROLS 29 4.1 IMPLEMENTATION 30 4.2 MARKETING ORGANIZATION 32 4.3 CONTINGENCY PLANNING 33 5.0 CONCLUSION 34 REFERENCES 35 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Life Coaching /Consulting Services will offer services to inner city youth and young adults. Initially the plan is to offer the services in the St. Louis City, County and outlying Missouri State major cities. Increasingly young people seem to be having difficulty making good choices, from as simple as deciding should they do their homework or watch TV or play video games instead. Some youth are faced with more serious life choices of dropping out of school, choosing to use drugs, engage in sexual activity, which may result in STDs and/or unplanned pregnancies, or even to join a gang or participate in criminal activity. How does Life Coaching/Counseling Services plan to make a difference, reach the youth and equip them to make better choices, resulting in better consequences? Through a set of principles taught through real talk, interactive skits and role playing with youth involvement. Life Coaching/Consulting Services with integrated marketing communications, the company plans to market their services throughout the community focusing on school aged youth 8 years through 21years old,...
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...As previously mentioned, for foster youth, having access to programs and supportive adults who impart and teach the skills necessary for adulthood is crucial in a successful transition from childhood to adulthood. Studies show that one of the prevailing factors associated with a successful transition from foster care to adulthood are the youth's acquisition of independent living skills while the youth is still in foster care (Lemon, Hines & Merdinger, 2005; Casey Family Programs, 2001; Pecora, Williams, Kessler, Downs, O'Brien, Hiripi, & Morello, 2003; Georgiades, 2005). Youth who participate in programs that assist with learning skills such as how to find housing, how to balance a checkbook or open a bank account, and how to obtain and keep employment, have higher success...
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...STD rates among adolescents and young adults in Georgia DRPH8004 - Introduction to the Public Health Profession Monique Sumner This learner would like to focus on high Sexual Transmitted Diseases rates in Atlanta, Georgia and have been for a while, especially with the rate increasing among teens. The teen pregnancy rate has dropped in Georgia, yet STD'S rate continues to grow. Why are STD rates in adolescents and young adults so high when there is proper information on prevention and other educational means? The state of Georgia needs to examine the association between adolescents self reported history of STD diagnosis and current sexual risk behaviors, prevention knowledge, attitudes and STD infection status. The proper education and treatments are available but some it is not reaching the most vulnerable communities in Georgia (cdc.gov National family planning http://nov1.m.yahoo.net). Georgia must find the sources of inequality that produce health disparities across diverse populations and new ways and methods to make sure that all the prevention tools and educational information arrives in the right communities to help slow the rate of sexually transmitted disease infection among teenagers and young adults. Through proper (public health leaderships (http://health.state.ga.us/programs/adolescent/). Good leadership will help improve the health status of not only Georgia's youth but the entire nation through opportunities...
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...Review of Related Literature Why do people smoke? According to http://healthliteracy.worlded.org, Most people start smoking when they are in their teens and are addicted by the time they reach adulthood. Some have tried to quit but have returned to cigarettes because smoking is such a strong addiction. It is a habit that is very difficult to break. There are many different reasons why people smoke. Three of the main reasons that young people smoke are to look mature, to be like their friends, and to experiment. Since teens see older people all around them smoking, especially their parents and relatives, they smoke to act older. If their friends or peers smoke, they may feel pressured into doing the same to be accepted. The last reason is the excitement of experimenting with something that is forbidden. As defined by The 1988 report, The Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction: A Report of the Surgeon General “,”Nicotine addiction is the fundamental reason that individuals persist in using tobacco products, and this persistent tobacco use contributes to many diseases”. And according to the WHO (World Health Organization) official website, tobacco kills up to half of its users, it also kills nearly 6 million people each year. More than five million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while more than 600 000 are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke and nearly percent of the world's one billion tobacco users live in low- and...
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...organised in eight components which include health education, physical education, school health services, counselling, psychological and social services, school nutrition services, a healthy school environment, staff wellness programs and family and community involvement. School Health Programs can play an important role in promoting lifelong health. The national health promotion and disease prevention objectives encourage schools to provide education from pre-school through to university. An effective school health program can be one of the most cost-effective investments a nation can make to simultaneously improve education and health. WHO promotes school health programs as a strategic means to prevent important health risks among youth and to engage the education sector in efforts to change the educational, social economic and political conditions that affect risks. School health programs are said to be one of the most efficient strategies that a nation might use to prevent...
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...little resources for theses lower income diverse families, which have many vulnerabilities. In this paper we are going to identify how community, public health nursing and community partnerships can be of service to this community. We will also take a look at epidemiological influences in Encanto as well as look at some nursing diagnosis that apply to this community. Role of Community and Public Health Nursing and Community Partnerships In Encanto the role of community and public health is not in the forefront of the community. Although services are available though the city of San Diego for those in need at no to little cost depending on your income very few residence are aware. There are other community resources and partnerships that can refer families of my community such as the second chance that helps homeless, ex-drug addicts, felons, adults, veterans, youth (16-18). Second Chance offers programs for reducing unemployment; repeat crimes and homelessness, empowering our clients to make sustainable personal changes that positively impact society. “Second Chance also delivers wrap-around services that include rehabilitation, housing, mental health and financial literacy, to get people off the streets and into the workforce” (Second Chances Program, 2014). Another public health partnership that could be useful to my community is the Black Infant Health Program (BIH). (BIH) program provides services to African-American pregnant and postpartum women with infants up to 3 months...
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...Communications Officer Sesona Mvoto 2. Treasurer and Agriculture Officer Luvuyo Titi 3. Creative and Development Officer Phumelela Matonana 4. Marketing and Development Officer Lutho Feliti 2. Vision Recognized empowerment that significantly plays role in increasing community development and learner development. To grow to be relied on with projects, campaigns that will help South Africa to engage with other countries to continuously improve the state of the disadvantaged. 3. Mission Help students develop their skills by forming arts and recreation services. Motivate and encourage youth to pursue their dreams. Provide assistance to the old age group by Ilima projects. Create an active society in sport participation. 4. Values The organization is committed to carry these values in order to achieve its vision and mission. • Serving • Responsibility • Development • Partnership • Empowering 5. Services (a) Community outreach (b) Resourcing a student (c) Sport & Art tournaments (d) iLima programs (e) Color...
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...Keepers of your Urban Youth: Opportunities to meet the needs of Low-Income Youth Communities Alison Lazarus If you've ever happen to attend or stumbled upon a youth recital of any sort, you know that this is where all things grand begin. Give young people an opportunity to showcase their talents, and they will welcome their creativity as they showcase their hard earned work. Studies show that when the youth engage in out- of-school programs, it enables them to embark on their imagination, build skills, learn cooperation, confidence, persistence, empathy for others, as well as create social bonds that are lifelong. Journal of Adolescent Health declares that about 14 million children and adolescents regularly spend after-school time without adult supervision, with approximately 4 million of these being 13- and 14-year-olds. Research has shown that unsupervised out-of-school time is associated with various negative youth outcomes such as diminished academic and behavioral functioning and involvement in risky behaviors, including criminal behavior and substance use. And still, low income communities face numerous barriers to access meaningful afterschool programs. After all, the out-of-school alternative private lessons are often not of fordable for many parents in low income communities. To add insult to injury, the public schools have removed a substantial number of arts program from its curriculum, leaving many urban youths disengaged with the community. When...
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...In the Atlanta area, obesity has increased over the past 10 years in which affects an individual life. Health care organizations have established health objectives to reduce the prevalence of obesity among individuals in America. What is overweight and obesity? According to National Heart and Lung Institute (2010) “the terms overweight and obesity refer to a person’s overall body weight and whether it’s too high” (What are overweight and obesity, para. 1). A person is overweight when he or she is above a weight because of muscle, bone, and fat. Obese occurs when individuals have extra body fat on them. Hospitals, community clinics, and public health care agencies utilize the body mass index (BMI) to measure overweight and obesity for adults, children, and teens. BMI is the ratio of a person’s weight to the square of his or her height (MediLexicon International Ltd, 2011). This is an assessment tool to chart trends such as overweight and obesity. Individuals are more prone to develop obesity because of his or her sedentary lifestyle. Overweight or obese he or she are at risk diseases and conditions that affect their health. The incidence of obesity depends on age, sex, race, genetic traits, and socioeconomic factors. More than half of Americans are overweight or obese and the percentages show...
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...Youth workers’ work is very diverse because it depends on the settings, the population and the ages. However, the goals are the same which they are for the benefits of youths. Youth work should have an impact on young people’s lives via processes of developments, enjoyments, taking parts voluntary, with relevant learnings based on young people’s expressed needs and interests. The work with young people is very challenging because they are apprentice adults, on the verge of a new life and the workers are the trainer teaching them the skills needed to become qualified adults or fully functioning. For me, I work with immigrant youth and their families. The major goal is to help them adjust to America’s life. The paths to the goals are so difficult for us and for them because they didn’t come to this country by choice but they were obligated by their families whom are escaping from wars. By transitioning from country to another, this generation has faced many pressures, has experience discomforting confusion, disquieting irritations and perplexities. We find the adjustment to be difficult socially and economically. They have to be engaged into a new world including new friends, new neighbors, new schools, new languages and new environments. They had to flee to another country to refuge while waiting for the welcoming approval by the US. Some families they had waited for years before they came to America. They waited between five and nine. I will describe my work and the dilemmas...
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...Future of the Juvenile Justice System Courts: Many changes need to happen to allow a better future of the juvenile justice system. “The elimination of some of the court’s delinquency function as more and more jurisdiction over youth criminality is transferred to the adult criminal system. Another possibility is the removal or reduction from juvenile court jurisdiction of status offenses, including truancy, beyond control of parents, running away from home, and other noncriminal conduct. Instead of utilizing the juvenile court, this type of behavior would beaddressed increasingly by community-based services. A third possibility is the juvenile court’s expanding jurisdiction over abuse and neglect cases.Oversight of abuse and neglect cases and of the social service agencies whichdeliver services to families has become a major portion of the work of the juvenile court” (Hanson, 1996) . “The juvenile court of the future should be able to take advantage of community resources more effectively by turning to volunteers and public-private partnerships for support. Communities seem ready to give their time and resources to children and families. The challenge for each court will be to identify the most effective ways by which communities can be organized to work with the court on behalf of children” (Hanson, 1996). Corrections: There are a few sections that need to be addressed in order to make a better future for juvenile justice system. The points are as follows: I. Create...
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...Introduction Huawei was founded in the year 1987 when it started building the telecommunications networks in china; a decade later the firm began its global expansion. At present the company has a large workforce constituted by 150,000 employees and its products are available across 170 countries in different parts of the globe. The firm has strategic partnerships with the global telecom giants such as Deutsche Telekom (Germany) and Vodafone (U.K.) for network build-outs. Within United States the firm made its foray in the year 2001 and employs 1,500 people, with its domestic headquarters being located in Plano (Texas). The Shenzhen-based Chinese firm Huawei is now eyeing the U.S. smartphone market and targets to make a significant place among the three leading manufacturers in the country (www.digitaltrends.com). Though the firm lacks recognition in the United States but it is already established as a global force. The privately held company had its revenues accentuating to about $46 million in the year 2014 and it envisions the target of $70 billion by the end of year 2018. The number of units sold for the Smartphone devices in 2014-2015, recorded the sales of around $12 billion. The firm is optimistic of making a way for its products into the psyche of American consumers through the retail shelves. Zhiqiang Xu, the President of Huawei’s U.S. division has commented that the year 2015 is going to be crucial for the firm. The same sentiment is conveyed by the Huawei's vice president...
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