Events & Resources

CCP Diversity
Poster presented by Jonathan London at the ANR statewide Human Resources Conference, June 7-8, 2006.

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Here are some Quick Facts about California's Rural Counties.

Quick Facts about California's Rural Counties

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BEST PRACTICES FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF MIDDLE-SCHOOL YOUTH IN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS


The present project builds on a previous UCCE project called the Cambodian Urban Youth Program - funded by the California Communities Program (U.C. Davis) and the Alameda County Environmental Health Department in the first semester of 2001. This program was a community-based pilot project that created an after-school mentoring and tutoring program for Cambodian middle and elementary school youth in Oakland, California. During this pilot project, the organizers encountered difficulties in outreach to middle school families and retention of youth in the program. After two months of efforts, the middle school component was suspended.

UCCE carried out exploratory research to discover, through literature and interviews of individuals with experience in after-school programs, information on best practices for outreach and retention of middle school youth and families in after-school programs. We focused predominantly on programs for minority and immigrant youth by interviewing professionals and youth who belong to minority ethnic and cultural groups and who are involved in after-school programs that also serve predominantly minority populations. Read the report:

Best Practices for Outreach and Retention of Middle School Youth for After-School Programs