The investment made in serving at-risk children and youth by a national sample of recreation and park agencies /
(1) identify the definitions of at-risk children and youth
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | (1) identify the definitions of at-risk children and youth (2) establish baseline data which reports the efforts being across the nation. The objectives of this thesis were to: agencies that target at-risk children and youth in general, all sizes of communities were targeting at-risk children and Although gangs were perceived to be a problem by 89% of gangs in communities. One thousand and seventeen agencies general nature of the at-risk children and youth problem. identify the relationship between the extent to which invested in at-risk children and youth by these agencies investors in these programs. However, it appears that this larger communities with more gang problems were the largest made by agencies to serve at-risk children and youth; (3) to programming in a large sample of recreation and park agencies recreation and park agencies are investing in servicing at- recreation and park agencies focus on targeting potential at- represented an overall response rate of 66%. The purpose of risk children and youth, and population size and number of risk youth and a portion of at-risk children and youth rather targeting at-risk children and youth. The budgeted amounts than severely delinquent groups. that are most prevalent in the recreation and parks field; The results indicated that recreation and park agencies in this exploratory research was to gain insights into the This study was intended to contribute to a better trend is shifting and in the last five years more agencies typically varied from 8% to 16% of their total budget. understanding of the problems, needs, and efforts that are underway in the area of at-risk children and youth were sent surveys and the 656 useable questionnaires returned with smaller populations and fewer gangs have started youth with recreation programs. Results also indicated that |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Recreation and Resources Development". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xix, 259 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |