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National Crime Prevention Council
TAKE A BITE OUT OF
To forge a nationwide commitment by people acting individually and
CRIME
together to prevent crime and build safer, more caring communities.
Executive Committee
President
Mrs. Arthur G. Whyte
February 19, 1993
Civic Leader
Greenwich, Connecticut
Secretary
Robert F. Diegelman
Springfield, Virginia
Treasurer/Finance
Joseph V. Vittoria
Chairman and CEO
Avis, Inc.
Garden City, New York
Dear Colleague:
David A. Dean, Esquire
Partner
Winstead Sechrest & Minick
Dallas, Texas
Thank you for agreeing to take part as a panelist for the Youth As
Mrs. Potter Stewart
Civic Leader
Resources National Forum on March 8th. The agenda is exciting.
Washington, DC
Your panel should provide many insights and ideas for participants.
Directors
Owen Biebert
President
United Auto Workers
The response to our invitations has been overwhelming. It is
Detroit, Michigan
heartening to see the outpouring of interest in youth and community
Dr. Lee P. Brown
Robert J. Terry Library
service. We currently have a waiting list of people who would like to
Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas
attend and we have already exceeded our limit and accepted close to
U.J. Brualdi, Jr.
President and CEO
100 participants. If you are planning to bring any materials to hand
ADT Security Systems, Inc.
Parsippany, New Jersey
out, you should plan for 100.
Ordway P. Burden
President
Law Enforcement Assistance Foundation
New York, New York
Enclosed you will find a detailed agenda. As you can see the schedule
Miles S. Chenaultt
is tight, but it is packed with information and ideas. It should be a
Business Consultant
Miami, Florida
very useful and informative day. Please note carefully the description
Carole Hillard
South Dakota State Legislature
of your panel and the times and questions described. We need you to
Rapid City, South Dakota
Robert P. Keim
stick to your allotted times and to focus on the areas described in the
President Emeritus
The Advertising Council, Inc.
agenda. But paint it richly with your work and experience!
New York, New York
Mrs. Carl M. Loeb, Jr.
La Quinta, California
Enclosed you will also find two evaluation studies recently completed
Evelyn Martinez-Zapata
President
on the Youth as Resources program in Indiana. The results truly show
The Los Angeles Alliance for a Drug Free Community
Los Angeles, California
the breadth and promise of the YAR approach. The afternoon session
William F. Mayt
Chairman & CEO
on evaluation will focus on these two evaluations and their implications
Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation
New York, New York
for the youth service field, please read these documents before March
J. Ben Miller
8th.
President
Turley Martin
St. Louis, Missouri
Edward L. Milstein
If you have any questions, concerns or desired changes, please call me
Vice Chairman
Douglas Elliman-Gibbons & Ives
as soon as possible at 202-466-6272, ext 151. I will also try to touch
New York, New York
Judge David B. Mitchell
base with you the week of March 1st to be sure everything is set. If
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Baltimore, Maryland
you have any logistical questions or need any type of audio visual
Edward L. Morgan, Jr.
Vice President
equipment, please call Judy Kirby at ext. 146.
ITT-Hartford
Hartford, Connecticut
Richard M. Page
I look forward to seeing you on the 8th and thank you again for your
Retired Vice Chairman
Sedgwick Group plc
time, effort and willingness to share your expertise in order to make
Darien, Connecticut
Raymond J. Petersent
this a successful event.
Executive Vice President
Hearst Magazines
New York, New York
Charles Renfrewt
My best,
Vice President
Chevron Corporation
San Francisco, California
Maina
Nell Watson Stewart
Government and Public Affairs Manager
DowBrands
Greenville, South Carolina
Maria T. Nagorski
Gary Susnjara
Vice President, Marketing
Deputy Director
Sara Lee Corporation
Chicago, Illinois
Counsel
Enclosure
Lawrence Z. Lorber
Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand
Washington, DC
Executive Director
John A. Calhoun
tAdvisory Directors
1700 K Street, NW, Second Floor, Washington DC 20006-3817 202-466-6272
Fax 202-296-1356
National Crime Prevention Council
TAKE A BITE OUT OF
To forge a nationwide commitment by people acting individually and
CRIME
together to prevent crime and build safer, more caring communities.
Executive Committee
President
Mrs. Arthur G. Whyte
Civic Leader
Greenwich, Connecticut
Secretary
Robert F. Diegelman
Springfield, Virginia
National Forum on Youth as Resources
Treasurer/Finance
Joseph V Vittoria
Chairman and CEO
March 8, 1993
Avis, Inc.
Garden City, New York
Washington Vista Hotel
David A. Dean, Esquire
Partner
1400 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005
Winstead Sechrest & Minick
Dallas, Texas
(202) 429-1700
Mrs. Potter Stewart
Civic Leader
Washington, DC
AGENDA
Directors
Owen Biebert
President
United Auto Workers
Detroit, Michigan
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast/Registration
Dr. Lee P. Brown
Robert J. Terry Library
Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas
9:00 - 9:35 a.m. Opening Session
U.J. Brualdi, Jr.
President and CEO
ADT Security Systems, Inc.
Parsippany, New Jersey
Welcome and Overview of Youth as Resources (YAR)
Ordway P. Burden
President
Jack Calhoun, Executive Director, National Crime Prevention
Law Enforcement Assistance Foundation
New York, New York
Council (NCPC)
Miles S. Chenaultt
Business Consultant
Miami, Florida
Carole Hillard
YAR: Its Importance
South Dakota State Legislature
Rapid City, South Dakota
Willis Bright, The Lilly Endowment
Robert P. Keim
President Emeritus
The Advertising Council, Inc.
New York, New York
The Forum: Purpose and Structure
Mrs. Carl M. Loeb, Jr.
La Quinta, California
Maria Nagorski, Deputy Director, NCPC
Evelyn Martinez-Zapata
President
The Los Angeles Alliance for a Drug Free Community
9:35 - 11:30 a.m. Panel Discussions
Los Angeles, California
William F. Mayt
Chairman & CEO
Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation
New York, New York
9:35 a.m. Panel One: Investing Community Organizations in Youth
J. Ben Miller
Service
President
Turley Martin
St. Louis, Missouri
Edward L. Milstein
Vice Chairman
Intent: Panel will focus on how and why community-based
Douglas Elliman-Gibbons & Ives
New York, New York
organizations become invested in service, how we can increase their
Judge David B. Mitchell
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
participation, and how linkages can and do get made with school-
Baltimore, Maryland
based service movements.
Edward L. Morgan, Jr.
Vice President
ITT-Hartford
Hartford, Connecticut
Moderator:
Richard M. Page
Retired Vice Chairman
Jack Calhoun, Executive Director, NCPC
Sedgwick Group plc
Darien, Connecticut
Raymond J. Petersent
Executive Vice President
Presenters:
Hearst Magazines
New York, New York
Charles Renfrewt
Phyllis Kincaid, Director, Youth Resources, Evansville, IN
Vice President
Chevron Corporation
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Director, Maryland Student Service
San Francisco, California
Alliance
Nell Watson Stewart
Government and Public Affairs Manager
DowBrands
Bill Batson, Director, Teens as Community Resources, Boston, MA
Greenville, South Carolina
Gary Susnjara
Vice President, Marketing
Sara Lee Corporation
Chicago, Illinois
Counsel
Lawrence z. Lorber
Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand
Washington, DC
Executive Director
John A. Calhoun
tAdvisory Directors
1700 K Street, NW, Second Floor, Washington, DC 20006-3817 202-466-6272 Fax
202-296-1356
Lead presenter, Phyllis Kincaid, will present the YAR program with an emphasis on how it
has helped spur the involvement of community-based organizations and forged school-
community linkages. The other two presenters will spend ten to twelve minutes each
highlighting their experiences and focusing on key issues in community- and school-
based partnerships. This will be followed by a short period of general questions and
answers from the audience.
Key Questions For Panelists:
What motivates community-based organizations to get involved in youth service?
What obstacles do they face?
How can and do community-based organizations link with school-based service
programs?
Should the link with school-based organizations be stronger? Why or why not?
10:25 a.m. Break
10:40 a.m. Panel Two: Special Populations and High Risk Youth
Intent: Panelists will explore how at-risk young people can be brought into various service
programs and whether programs and philosophies need to be adjusted to fit their special
needs.
Moderator:
Maria Nagorski, Deputy Director, NCPC
Presenters:
Chris DeBruyn, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Corrections
Todd Clark, Director, Constitutional Rights Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Keith Canty, Director, DC Youth Corps
Lead presenter, Commissioner DeBruyn, will make a 15-minute presentation describing
the YAR demonstration program in a correctional setting and focus on the potential
impact of YAR on juvenile justice programs. The other two presenters, reflecting on
their program experiences, have ten to twelve minutes each to respond. This is followed
by general questions and answers from the audience.
Key Questions For Panelists:
Are there special approaches necessary for youth with special needs?
What are the training needs for staff?
Do programs and perspectives need to be adapted for high risk youth? How do such
adaptations affect final outcome of service programs?
11:30 - 12:30 p.m. Working Groups
Working Group Facilitators:
Roger Landrum, Director, Youth Service America and Chris Glancy, Glancy Associates,
Indianapolis, IN
Maria Nagorski, Deputy Director, NCPC, and Dave Uberto, Director, Indiana Girls
School
Lisa Patterson, Youth as Resources State Project Coordinator, NCPC and Larry Brown,
President, WAVE
Paula Allen, Director, Youth as Resources, Indianapolis, Indiana and Gloria Primm
Brown, Program Officer, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Working Group Task Assignment
Participants will form four groups: two will focus on community-based organizations
and service learning; two will focus on special populations and high risk youth
The working groups will react to the panel discussion and focus on:
1) Key points of the panel discussion
2) Unanswered questions
3) Recommendations to the field regarding these issues.
Groups will report out after lunch.
12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Lunch
During lunch, youth participants in YAR will share their experiences and show a short
video on YAR.
Moderator:
Lisa Patterson, Youth as Resources State Project Coordinator, NCPC
2:15 - 2:45 p.m. Working Group Reports
Each of the four working groups will report in 5-7 minutes, the results of their discussion.
2:45 - 4:15 p.m. Panel Discussions
Panel Three: Evaluation
Intent: Paula Schmidt-Lewis, President, PSL, Inc., will report on the two YAR
evaluations,describing the process and outcomes of both the longitudinal study of YAR
participants and the study of YAR on youth in state care. Respondents will examine the
status of evaluation in the field as a whole - its strengths and weaknesses - and suggest
ways to make the best case for youth service.
Moderator:
Willis Bright, Lilly Endowment
Respondents:
Joan Schine, Director, National Center for Service Learning in Early Adolescence
Karen Pittman, Director, Academy for Educational Development
Paula Schmidt-Lewis will make a 30 minute presentation on the results of the two most
recent studies of Youth as Resources. She will describe the criteria, the process, and the
outcomes, then describe key issues related to special populations. Respondents will each
have ten to fifteen minutes followed by 30 minutes of questions and answers.
Respondents will focus on:
What do these results tell us about the state of the art in evaluation of youth service?
What more is needed to make the best case for youth service?
4:15 p.m. Final Session: Summary Observations/Comments
Susan Stroud, Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of National Service (invited)
Catherine Milton, Director, Commission on National and Community Service
4:45 p.m. Closure
Jack Calhoun, Executive Director, NCPC
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY B. 1893
THE SUN
002/002
OPINION
COMMENTARY
I
all In my Virginia home two miles
frem the Polomac River and gaze
with a certain envy toward the
An Invitation to Adult Citizenship
to 12 years. IL can be woven Into
established curricula. The expert-
Maryland shore. The Free State has
once gained by young participants
made an extraordinary atatement
can offer active. vital tectimony lo
about Ite belief In civie health and
JACK CALHOUN
prospective employers and colleges.
staked a claim on a healthy dvic fu-
Youth working as resources for
ture.
their communities - which Mary-
Young people In Maryland are be-
In a world rife with fragmented
only what a relative few can give.
land's program has the potential to
manage and expand the process.
ing asked, at some point within their
families and anonymous neighbor-
Community service measures all by
become - have tackled every kind
high school careers, to spend a total
Housing authorities, neighborhood
hoods, youth need opportunities to
of social Issue about which the adult
what each can and does give.
of 75 house roughly two work
associations, law-enforcement agen-
give, la blnd themselves positively to
community is concerned, from AIDS,
Are teachers facing too many de-
clas, Boys 8 Girls Clubs, 4-11 Clubs,
CRIME PREV
weeks In the adult world - In serv-
the community, to Iry on adult roles
mands on their time? Them Iel stu-
bunger. literacy. Been pregnancy,
Scouls, and many more have hosted
Ice that benefits the community. We
In a supportive climate. The commu-
denis help plan and lead the activi.
dropping out and more. They've
and managed service activities con-
have many assels In Virginia, but
nily needs to send the message that
made a real difference In communt-
ties. Yonth as Resources la program
nothing like this one.
ducled with and by youth. And
these youths are needed, that their
created by the Nalional Crime Pre-
the around the nation, a difference
they've benefited as much as their
Maryland's General Assembly
skills are valued. Every kid aches to
veniton Council that Is now seven
that Maryland can realize on an un-
has been asked to overtum Usla
young partners. Youth groups have
belong. to feel needed, to sense that
years old In more than a dozen cilles)
enrlched their OWII programs by en-
precedented scale If Il helps Its young
NATL.
modest but remarkable requirement
he or she can make Important con-
has proved that honor students and
clilzens develop the habit of the
for high school gradualion. If the
gaging to community-service efforts
tributions. Maryland's Board of Edu-
near-dropouls, band members and
heart that Is community service.
that could be compatible with the
state backs down from Its landmark
catton saw this need and met R.
basketball players, kids with records
state's requirements.
Don't put down the forch of civic
conmitment. then teens, adults, and
School-Binked service also builds
and who collect records can and
Are students overworked? Com-
concern that your state has lighted
children atross Maryland will be
sclf-esteem. Research Is clear that a
do assume leadership roles In devel-
and ratsed high. To paraphrase an
much the poorer for $L. This require-
manity service Icts them Dnally put
sound sense of self-cateem Is a key to
oping service projects, If given the
their skills to use; II should not be
old commercial, "Try It; you really
ment to a marvelous invitation to
averting self-destructive behaviors
challenge The effects are remark-
depleted as another "lesson." Il's a
will like II."
adult clitzenship. To withdraw the
like delinquency and druguse. More-
able and long-lasting. evaluation has
Invitation closes a bright. posilive an
chance to take some Initialive, to try
over, our typical yardsticks for mea-
shown.
enue available to-- and beneficial to
out some skills. to get something
Jack Calhoun is executive director
suring success In school- academ-
Are schools overworked? Uring In
done In the "reat world with those
of the National Crime Prevention
every kind of youth.
Ics. allibities, popularly - measure
community partners who can help
202 296 1356
skills they have been acquiring for 9
Conncil.
08:40
02/26/93
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YAR PARTICIPANTS
SAY
"I didn't used to be a 'people person',
and now I think I am."
"I really feel proud of what I have
done. "
"I think I've learned not to give up."
"It's teaching me to be patient."
YAR
"If I can do this, I can do anything."
"We not only have helped ourselves,
Youth As Resources
but we've helped the community."
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D
A Program
We support the National Citizens'
Crime Prevention Campaign.
and a
National Crime Prevention Council
Attention: Youth as Resources
Perspective
1700 K Street, NW, Second Floor
Washington, DC 20006-3817
202-466-6272, fax 202-296-1356
REMARKS AT YAR NATIONAL FORUM, 3/8/93
Welcome to all of you. Special thanks to the Lilly Endowment without whose
vision and funding neither this conference nor Youth as Resources --YAR--
would be under discussion today.
You assembled are the leaders in the field of youth service. You represent the
field's fullness: youth corps; K-12 school-based service; college-based service;
community- based service; service and employment; the research community,
and youth themselves.
You all have rich experience and incredible stories to tell. There will be many
opportunities to meet throughout the day.
This packed day is structured around three topical areas. Each segment
represents, to us, one of the most salient issues in the youth service field:
-- First, school and community service; how to galvanize the widest array of
community entities to participate. We'll grapple with the school/community link
and the challenge so compellingly issued by Carnegie's pathbreaking report, A
MATTER OF TIME, in which we're asked to help make those basic community
building blocks work for youth, building blocks that transmit assistance and
values.
--Second we will consider program and policy implications of working with
special needs or high risk youth.
--Third, we'll grapple with evaluation. How sharp are our tools? Where are we
falling short? How can we best make the case for service?
In each section we'll use YAR as a springboard to the larger issues facing the
service field as a whole.
YAR's concept is basic: instead of projects run by adults for youth, YAR bases
itself on projects designed and run by youth with adults for the community.
Almost all policies for youth base themselves on pathology. Library shelves
groan with descriptions of adolescent problems. Little is said about adolescent
zeal, energy and idealism--that the teen years are the rarest of times, times of
back and white commitment-pre-marriage, pre-mortgage, pre-the-inevitable
adult compromises. Our tools for finding and eliciting pathology are sharp; our
tools for finding and eliciting strength are blunt.
Yes, we need the best healers--those who would help "fix" youth-the job
counselor, the street worker, the mentor, the psychiatrist. But we must add a
new verb to the youth policy lexicon and that verb is CLAIM. In addition to
"help" we must passionately CLAIM youth.
In an era of strained families, anonymous, fragmented communities, YAR says to
youth, "We need you.. You are part of us., not when you're 21 or 22, but now."
We started YAR in Boston seven years ago. It was put on the map by the Lilly
Endowment who funded its creation in the three pilot cities of Indianapolis, Fort
Wayne and Evansville. Lilly then expanded it to ten. Showing their pioneering
spirit, they let us to expand the boundaries further, trying the concept with youth
in state care. Other funding sources both public and private have launched YAR
in other cities across America. Today, YAR exists in almost 20 sites.
How does it work? Each city sets up a YAR board comprised of those who work
with or care about youth-schools, youth workers, the United Way, businesses,
churches, youth themselves. In Fort Wayne, the board chair was a 17 year old and
the vice-chair was vice president of Fort Wayne's largest bank. After determining
operating procedures, funding criteria, reporting and monitoring protocols, the
board disseminates requests for proposals, screens responses and awards mini-
grants (about $900.00 average) to youth-led projects.
YAR's "reflection component" is up front: youth select the social issue to be
addressed; craft a solution; and write a convincing proposal and budget that
makes sense. Youth present and defend their proposals before the board.
The results have exceeded our wildest dreams:
-- One: All types of teens have served, from wards of the state to the Honor
Society student headed for the best of colleges: Pregnant teens wrote an original
play about the confusion and turmoil caused by unwanted pregnancies and
performed it before elementary schools in Indianapolis; Girl Scouts in Evansville
worked in battered women's shelters; boys from the Y served as big brothers for
young children; dropout youth from WAVE returned to schools to counsel
those on the verge of dropping out, sharing with them the difficulties they face
on the outside.
--Two: Youth have addressed all issues about which society is concerned:
Literacy, housing, child abuse, violence, racism, peace, AIDS, the environment
We could stay here the entire day and could not find an issue unaddressed.
--Three: The full array of community agencies have hosted YAR projects. This
responds to Carnegie's challenge to bring in the various types of community
organizations for kids: schools (roughly 20-25% of YAR projects); youth service
organizations-- the Boys and Girls Clubs, Big Brothers/Big Sisters and 4H;
municipal agencies-- Parks and Recreation, Housing, mayors' offices, Probation;
civic organizations-- museums, libraries, churches; and grassroots
organizations-- the "Peace and Unity Project" or "Vida Urbana."
A critical point: youth use their unique gifts in contexts in which they are most
comfortable. If I am a dancer, I can dance my gift, as indeed one group did,
creating and performing a powerfully moving modern dance on peer pressure;
as an artist, I can create brochures or murals on AIDS; as a jock, I can coach
younger kids; as a talker I can mediate. I can even put my pain on the altar of
service and have it work for others--pregnancy, sexual abuse, dropping out, drug
use
Numbers? In only four cities, Boston and three in Indiana:
--roughly 30,000 youth have become involved;
--over 600 youth-designed programs have been created;
--hundreds of thousands of individuals have benefited-- from a single child
tutored to audiences attending performances.
Institutional impact? youth serve on many local boards; YAR Indianapolis is
now part of the United Way; youth have space weekly in the Evansville
newspaper to write about issues concerning them; it is part of the programming
at the Indiana Girls School.
The formal longitudinal study, which you will hear about this afternoon,shows:
--Increase in self esteem, confidence and empathy;
--Belief in the value of service;
--Educational improvements mentioned by almost 50% (and this is remarkable
because YAR was not set up as an educational program)
Another study, shows that wards of the state, those in Juvenile Correctional
Institutions and in group homes can serve and can serve beautifully.
The results are heartening. But the jury is still out on whether these changes
endure, and whether those who work with youth daily will permanently alter
their policies to include a "strength" or "youth service" dimension.
YAR is of vital importance because communities seek approaches to the "youth
issue" that are:
--Flexible;
--Able to connect youth positively to adults and community
--Affordable
--Non-labeling
--Effective
--Attractive to youth
--Get real work done, and
--Easy to start.
National service it is not, but YAR plays a vital role in in the thrilling call to
service issued by our new President. How? It shows that all youth and agencies
can play a part; it shows that there are "slots" that don't compete for paid jobs; it
helps to create a local ethos for service among youth--it's natural; it creates a
local ethos for service among agencies-it's natural; it can create the opportunity
for youth in the national service program to serve as YAR staff; and it
demonstrates that all types of funders can join in-the state, businesses, private
foundations and the United Way.
An America treasure, John Gardner, who keynoted the unveiling of Carnegie's
blockbuster study, said:
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There is a loss of a sense of belonging, of needing and being needed from the arenas in
which we understand our obligation to others where we get our support and where one
is expected to give back families, schools and community-based organizations, the
regenerators of shared values
One of our YAR participants, Darryl, would have said to John, "People in the
community knew we were really helping others and thought it was great, and
that's a good feeling."
Perhaps most important is what happens on the personal level: the seed of hope
in the heart, the budding sense of competence, the almost palpable reach for
others.
This fundamental truth came home to me with stunning clarity during a YAR
check-award ceremony held in the lobby of the Hyatt Indianapolis. The board
had made its decisions, and the local TV personality, who did not know who
was who emceed the awards. So he didn't know whether Melissa was an
adjudicated delinquent from the Indiana Girls' School or a student from a local
high school. Melissa was in fact a resident at the Girls' School. He called out her
name and the name of her project, "Melissa, 'Soup's On". He asked her about her
project. She responded, "We cook for the homeless. We use a recipe I got from
my mother." "Great," said the host, "How do you feel about your project?"
Melissa said, "At first I felt awful." "Awful?, responded the stunned host. "Yes,"
said Melissa, "I have so much, and they have so little."
"So much...," Melissa, a victim of sexual abuse, involved with drugs, a school
dropout. "So much... Melissa closed, saying, "I feel good now because I realize
how much I have to give."
The ache to experience worth; to be needed; to give. Does Melissa not speak for
all youth--those in Gail Kong's school-based Star Serve, Todd Clark's community
programs, youth in Don Mathis' Pennsylvania Youth Corps, university
students in COOL and those who will participate in national service?
We in this room sit astride a movement of incalculable potential and importance;
for we are all trying to build, in a fractured world, caring connection
community citizens. Our faith is that this forum can play a small part in moving
us forward toward the goal I believe we all share, namely, having service
become a natural and understood part of growing up in America a part of the
very fabric of all of our community's basic institutions.
Again welcome. Thank you very much.
National Crime Prevention Council
TAKE A BITE OUT OF
To forge a nationwide commitment by people acting individually and
CRIME
together to prevent crime and build safer, more caring communities.
Executive Committee
President
Mrs. Arthur G. Whyte
file
Civic Leader
Greenwich, Connecticut
Secretary
Robert F. Diegelman
Springfield, Virginia
Treasurer/Finance
Joseph V. Vittoria
March 9, 1993
Chairman and CEO
Avis, Inc.
Garden City, New York
David A. Dean. Esquire
Partner
Winstead Sechrest & Minick
Dallas, Texas
Mrs. Potter Stewart
Civic Leader
Susan Stroud
Washington, DC
Senior Advisor to the Director
Directors
Office of National Service
Owen Biebert
President
United Auto Workers
Room 145, OEOB
Detroit, Michigan
Dr. Lee P. Brown
Washington, DC 20500
Robert J. Terry Library
Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas
Dear Susan:
U.J. Brualdi, Jr.
President and CEO
ADT Security Systems, Inc.
Parsippany, New Jersey
Ordway P. Burden
Great of you to carve out a few hours from you astoundingly busy day to
President
Law Enforcement Assistance Foundation
join us. By all reports, the conference was quite a success, and I'm
New York, New York
Miles S. Chenaultt
especially delighted that you saw the very heart of it through the eyes of
Business Consultant
Miami, Florida
two youth.
Carole Hillard
South Dakota State Legislature
Rapid City, South Dakota
I enclose copies of my opening remarks (I know you've heard me say it
Robert P. Keim
President Emeritus
The Advertising Council, Inc.
before). Let's sit down soon. Eli suggested we do this after his initial
New York, New York
Mrs. Carl M. Loeb, Jr.
spate of sprinting was over. How about next week?
La Quinta, California
Evelyn Martinez-Zapata
President
Again, my thanks.
The Los Angeles Alliance for a Drug Free Community
Los Angeles, California
William F. Mayt
Chairman & CEO
With every good wish,
Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation
New York, New York
J. Ben Miller
President
Turley Martin
St. Louis, Missouri
Edward L. Milstein
Vice Chairman
John A. Calhoun
Douglas Elliman-Gibbons & Ives
New York, New York
Executive Director
Judge David B. Mitchell
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Baltimore, Maryland
Edward L. Morgan, Jr.
JAC/jak
Vice President
ITT-Hartford
Hartford, Connecticut
Richard M. Page
Retired Vice Chairman
Sedgwick Group plc
Darien, Connecticut
Raymond J. Petersent
Executive Vice President
Hearst Magazines
New York, New York
Charles Rentrewt
Vice President
Chevron Corporation
San Francisco, California
Nell Watson Stewart
Government and Public Affairs Manager
DowBrands
Greenville, South Carolina
Gary Susnjara
Vice President, Marketing
Sara Lee Corporation
Chicago, Illinois
Counsel
Lawrence Z. Lorber
Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand
Washington, DC
Executive Director
John A. Calhoun
Advisory Directors
1700 K Street, NW, Second Floor, Washington, DC 20006-3817 202-466-6272 Fax
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REGISTRATION
THE LILLY ENDOWMENT and THE NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL
(Youth as Resources)
National Forum
March 8, 1993
8:45am - 4:45pm
HOTEL
Washington Vista Hotel
1400 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 429-1700
(202) 785-0786 (fax)
NAME:
SUSAN STROUD
TITLE: Senior Advisor to The Director
ORGANIZATION: office of National Service
ADDRESS: Rm 145 OEOB + Washington, DC 20500
TELEPHONE: 202-456-6444 FAX: 202-456-6420
Please fax or mail registration to Ms. Judy Kirby at NCPC, 1700 K Street, NW, Second Floor,
Washington, DC 20006, fax (202) 296-1356. For issues and content, contact Maria
Nagorski, at (202) 466-6272, ext. 151.
Please respond no later than February 8, 1993
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National Crime Prevention Council
1700 K Sreet, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington. DC, 20006-3817. 202-466-6272, FAX 202-296-1356
NCPC's mission is to forge a nationwide commitment by people, acting individually and
together, to prevent crime and build safer, more caring communities. Our work includes:
McGruff, the Crime Dog, and the "Take A Bite Out Of Crime" public service advertising
campaign.
An unparalleled network of citizens, professionals, and organizations who implement crime
prevention programs at the grassroots level.
High-quality educational material of all types-including books, booklets, brochures, program
kits, and posters.
Demonstration programs with schools, youth, and community groups that test theories in the
every-day world and provide knowledge vital to effective crime prevention and community
building.
Training for national, state, and local crime prevention practitioners, community organizations,
schools, youth groups and churches.
Information Services through a 3,500-program database center, Resource Library, and a net-
work of national referral sources.
The Crime Prevention Coalition 136 organizations commited to crime prevention. NCPC
serves as its secretariat.
McGruff licensed products that help spread McGruff's educational messages.
NCPC FAX
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Susan Should
FAX# 456-6420
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FROM Jack Calhoun
EXT.
DATE 2/16/93
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OCTOBER IS CRIME PREVENTION MONTH
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National Crime Prevention Council
To forge a nationwide commitment by people acting individually and
TAKE CRIME A BITE OUT OF
together to prevent crime and build safer, more caring communities.
Executive Committee
President
Mrs. Arthur G. Whyle
Civic Lander
Greenwich Connecticut
February 16, 1993
Secretary
Robert F. Disgelman
Springtioid. Virginia
Reasurer/Finance
leveph V. Vittoria
Charman and CEO
Ans, Inc.
Gardon City, Now York
David A. Dean. Enquire
Susan Stroud
Partner
Winstend Sochrest & Minick
Office of National Service
Deliss Taxas
Mrg. Petter Blowers
The White House
Civic Londer
Washington, DC
Old Executive Office Building
Directors
Washington, DC 20500
Owen Biebert
President
United Auto Workers
Detroit. Michigan
Dear Susan:
Dr. Lee P. Brown
Robert J. Terry Library
Taxas Southern University
Houston, Toxas
The Lilly Endowment Inc. and the National Crime Prevention Council
U.J. Brualdi. Jr.
President and CEO
cordially invite you to participate in a national forum on Youth as
ALL security bystems, INC.
Persiopany. New Jersey
Resources (YAR) and three major issues in the youth service field. The
Crowey P. Burgen
President
forum will be held on March 8, 1993, in Washington D.C. at the
LEW Enforcement Assistance Foundation
New York, New York
Washington Vista Hotel, 1400 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005,
Miles S. Chenaultt
Dusiness Donsultant
(202) 429-1700.
Miami, Florida
Carole Hillard
South Dakota State Legislature
Rapid City, South Dakota
The forum is spurred by recent developments in the youth service field
Robert P. Keim
President Emeritus
including:
The Advertaing Council Inc
New York, Now York
Mrs. Carl M. Locb, Jr.
La Quinta, California
Results from the just completed evaluation of the Youth
Evelyn Martiriez-Zasata
President
as Resources program;
The Los Angales Alliance for 8 Drug Free Community
LOS Angeles, California
William F Mayr
Choirman & CEO
the recent conference on service learning held by the
Status of Liberty/Elis Is and Foundation
New York, Now York
DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund; and
J. Ben Mitier
President
Turlay Marin
St. LOUIS. Missouri
publication of the Carnegie Council's pathbreaking A
Edward 4. Milstain
Vice Chairman
Matter of Time: Risk and Opportunity in Nonschool
Dougles Filman-Ginbors & ves
New York, New York
Hours.
Judge Devid B. Mitchell
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Determore, Maryland
Edward L. Morgan, Jr.
The evaluation of YAR showed stunning results: Youth increased in
Vice President
ITT-Hartford
self-esteem and self-confidence; they manifested greater social
Hertford, Connecticut
Richard M. Page
awareness and empathy; and almost 50% reported education gains!
Retired Vice Chairman
Bedgwick Group pic
YAR participants have:
Darien, Connecticut
Raymond J. Petersent
Executive Vice President
Hearst Magazines
designed and run almost 1,000 community service
New York, New York
Charles Renfrewt
programs;
Vice President
Chevron Corporation
worked out of all types of organizations - schools,
San Francisco, Callfornia
Nell Watson Stewan
libraries, Boys and Girls Clubs, churches, housing
Government and Public Allaire Manager
DowBrands
authorities, probation departments, and grassroots
Greenville, South Carolina
Gary Susnjera
community organizations;
vice Presdent, Marketing
Sara 400 Corporation
tackled every issues about which society is concerned,
Chicago. Illinois
Counsel
Lawrence Z. Larber
Verner, Liptart Bornhard. McPherson and Hand
Washington, DC
Executive Director
John A. Calhoun
*Advisory Directors
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from illiteracy and homelessness to child abuse, domestic violence, and pollution; and
benefited the lives of thousands of individuals.
For the last two years, NCPC has applied the YAR philosophy and model to youth both troubled and
troubling, girls sentenced to the Indiana Girls School, and youth, via the department of social
services, assigned to a consortium of group homes. But the undergriding philosophy is the same:
youth have strengths; they have something to give, and, provided the opportunity, want to give. Our
chronic focus on pathology has often blinded us to the strengths of youth, their idealism, and their
desire to play positive roles in the community.
YAR's apparent success and the focus on national youth service raise issues of critical importance to
the whole service field, whether service programs are based in corps, college, secondary schools or
the community (including social services and the criminal justice system).
FORUM PURPOSE: Using YAR as a springboard, the forum will address three crucial issues:
investing community organizations in youth service and providing linkages to schools;
special populations and youth service
evaluation issues in youth service.
FORMAT: The forum will gather together a diverse mix of youth service providers and policy
makers. The format will encourage active participation and provide opportunities for the exchange of
ideas and problem solving among participants and presenters.
YAR will act as the prism through which broader issues in youth service will be viewed. Panel
presentations will be followed by working groups which will explore issues in depth and bring back
results to the total conference with key findings and recommendations for how we can move the
field forward. A detailed agenda is attached.
Space is limited. We have only 75 available places which will be on a first come first served basis.
Please return the enclosed registration form as quickly as possible but no later than Feb 8 to ensure
your place. If you have any questions call Maria Nagorski, NCPC, Deputy Director, at (202) 466-
6272, ext. 151, (or fax (202) 296-1356). For logistical information, please call Judy Kirby, ext. 136.
We look forward to working with you on March 8.
The John A. Calhoun
Sincerely,
Executive Director
Enclosure
P.S. NCPC will cover all conference costs, materials and food. Participants are responsible for any
travel or lodging costs. Attendees will receive copies of both evaluations: the longitudinal study and
the evaluation of the "Special Initiative" participants - those in group homes and correction settings.
A.D.S. flow lucky they Ace to land you
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AGENDA
Opening Session
Welcome and Overview of Youth as Resources (YAR)
Jack Calhoun, Executive Director, National Crime Prevention Council
YAR: Its Importance
Willis Bright, The Lilly Endowment
The Forum: Purpose and Structure
Maria Nagorski, Deputy Director, National Crime Prevention Council
Panel Discussions
Panel One: Investing Community Organizations in Youth Service
Intent: Panel will focus on how and why community-based organizations become
invested in service, how we can increase their participation, and how linkages can and
do get made with school-based service movements.
Moderator:
Jack Calhoun, Executive Director, NCPC
Presenters:
Phyllis Kincaid, Director, Youth Resources, Evansville, Indiana
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Director, Maryland Student Service Alliance,
Baltimore, MD
Bill Batson, Director, Teens as Community Resources, Boston, MA
Panel Two: Special Populations
Intent: Respondents will explore how young people in high risk situations can be
brought into various service programs and whether programs and philosophies need to
be adjusted to fit their special needs.
Moderator:
Maria Nagorski, Deputy Director, NCPC
Presenters:
Chris DeBruyn, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Corrections
Todd Clark, Director, Constitutional Rights Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Keith Canty, Director, DC Youth Corps
Working Groups
Groups will work on the issues raised by the panels and will report out after lunch.
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Working Group Facilitators:
Roger Landrum, Director, Youth Service America and Paula Allen, Director, Youth as
Resources, Indianapolis, Indiana
Maria Nagorski, Deputy Director, National Crime Prevention Council, and Dave
Uberto, Director, Indiana Girls School
Chris Glancy, Glancy Associates
Lunch
During lunch, youth participants in YAR will share their experiences.
Moderator: Lisa Patterson, State Projects Coordinator, Youth As Resources, Indiana
Reports from morning session
Panel Discussions
Panel Three: Evaluation
Intent: Paula Lewis, President, PSL, Inc., will report on her cvaluation of YAR,
process and outcomes, both for community YAR participants and for youth in state
care. Reactors will look at the status of evaluation in the field as a whole - strengths
and weaknesses - and suggest ways to make the best case for youth service.
Moderator:
Willis Bright, Lilly Endowment
Reactors:
Joan Schine, Director, National Center for Service Learning in Early
Adolescence
Kuren Pittman, Director, Academy for Educational Development
Final Session
Summary Observations
Catherine Milton, Director, Commission on National and Community Service
Sam Halperin, Director, William T. Grant Foundation
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1993
THE SUN
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OPINION
COMMENTARY
I
sit In my Virginia home two miles
An Invitation to Adult Citizenship
to 12 years. It can be woven into
from the Potomac River and gaze
established curricula. The expert-
with a certain envy toward the
ence gained by young participants
Maryland shore. The Free State has
can offer active, vital testimony to
made an extraordinary statement
prospective employers and colleges.
about its bellef in civie health and
By JACK CALHOUN
Youth working as resources for
staked a claim on a healthy civic fu-
their communities - which Mary-
ture.
land's program has the potential to
Young people in Maryland are be-
In a world rife with fragmented
only what a relative few can give.
manage and expand the process.
become - have tackled every kind
Ing asked, at some point within their
families and anonymous neighbor-
Community service measures all by
Housing authorities, neighborhood
of social issue about which the adult
high school careers, to spend a total
hoods, youth need opportunities to
what each can and does give.
associations, law-enforcement agen-
community is concerned, from AIDS,
of 75 hours - roughly two work
give, to bind themselves positively to
Are teachers facing too many de-
cles, Boys & Girls Chibs. 4-H Clubs,
hunger, literacy, teen pregnancy.
weeks In the adult world in serv-
mands on their time? Then let stu-
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the community. to try on adul: roles
Scouts, and many more have hosted
dropping out and more. They've
Ice that benefits the community. We
In a supportive climate. The commu-
dents help plan and lead the activi-
and managed service activities con-
made a real difference in communt-
have many assets in Virginia, but
nity needs to send the message that
tles. Youth as Resources (a program
ducted with and by youth. And
ties around the nation, a difference
nothing like this one.
these youths are needed, that their
created by the National C:Ime Pre-
they've benefited as much as their
that Maryland can realize on an un-
Maryland's General Assembly
skills are valued. Every kid aches to
venlion Council that is now seven
young partners. Youth groups have
precedented scale If It helps its young
has been asked to overturn this
belong, to feel needed, to sense that
years old In more than a dozen citles)
enriched their own programs by en-
cilizens develop the habit of the
modest but remarkable requirement
he or she can make Important con-
has proved that honor students and
gaging in community-service efforts
heart that Is community service.
for high school graduation. If the
tributions. Maryland's Board of Edu-
near-dropouts, band members and
that could be compatible with the
state backs down from Its landmark
cation saw this need and met 1..
basketball players, kids with records
state's requirements.
Don't put down the torch of civie
commitment, then teens, adults, and
School-Inked service also builds
and kids who collect records can and
Are students overworked? Cont
concern that your state has lighted
children across Maryland will be
self-esteem. Research is clear that a
do assume leadership roles in devel-
munly service Jets them finally put
and ralsed high. To paraphrase an
much the poorer for it. This require-
sound sense of self-esteem is a key to
oping service projects. If given the
their skills to use: It should not be
old commercial, "Try il; you really
ment Is a marvelous Invitation to
averting self-destructive behaviors
challenge. The effects are remark-
depicted as another "lesson." It's a
will like II."
adult citizenship. To withdraw the
like delinquency and drug use. More-
able and long-lasting evaluation has
chance to take some Initiative, to try
Invitation closes a bright, positive av-
over, our typical yardsticks for mea-
shown.
out some skills, to get something
Jack Calhoun is executive director
enue available and beneficial to
suring success in school- academ-
Are schools overworked? Bring in
done In the "real world" with those
of the National Crime Prevention
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together to prevent crime and build safer, more caring communities.
Executive Committee
President
Mrs. Arthur G. Whyte
Civic Leader
Greenwich, Connecticut
Secretary
Robert F. Diegelman
Springfield, Virginia
February 18, 1993
Treasurer/Finance
Joseph V. Vittoria
Chairman and CEO
Avis, Inc.
Garden City, New York
David A. Dean. Esquire
Partner
Winstead Sechrest & Minick
Susan Stroud
Dallas, Texas
Mrs. Potter Stewart
Senior Advisor to the Director
Civic Leader
Washington, DC
Office of National Service
Directors
Room 145, OEOB
Owen Biebert
President
United Auto Workers
Washington, DC 20500
Detroit, Michigan
Dr. Lee P Brown
Robert J. Terry Library
Dear Susan:
Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas
U.J. Brualdi, Jr.
President and CEO
ADT Security Systems, Inc.
I am delighted that you will be joining us for our Youth as Resources
Parsippany, New Jersey
Forum on March 8, 1993. The meeting will begin at 8:45am and end at
Ordway P. Burden
President
Law Enforcement Assistance Foundation
4:45pm. It will be held in the Junior Ballroom of the Vista Hotel, 1400
New York, New York
M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 429-1700.
Miles S. Chenaultt
Business Consultant
Miami, Florida
Carole Hillard
If you are coming from out of town, we have reserved a block of rooms
South Dakota State Legislature
Rapid City, South Dakota
at the Vista Hotel. You will need to make your own reservations by
Robert P. Keim
President Emeritus
calling (800) 847-8232. Please reference the Youth as Resources
The Advertising Council, Inc.
New York, New York
Forum when making your reservations.
Mrs. Carl M. Loeb, Jr.
La Quinta, California
Evelyn Martinez-Zapata
President
I realize that sometimes plans and schedules change on short notice. If,
The Los Angeles Alliance for a Drug Free Community
Los Angeles, California
at a later date, you realize you are unable to attend the forum, please
William F. Mayt
Chairman & CEO
notify Judy Kirby at (202) 466-6272, ext. 136.
Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation
New York, New York
J. Ben Miller
President
We will be sending you some materials about two weeks prior to the
Turley Martin
St. Louis, Missouri
forum. I look forward to seeing there.
Edward L. Milstein
Vice Chairman
Douglas Elliman-Gibbons & Ives
New York, New York
With every good wish,
Judge David B. Mitchell
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Baltimore, Maryland
Edward L. Morgan, Jr.
Vice President
ITT-Hartford
Hartford, Connecticut
Jan John A. Calhoun
Richard M. Page
Retired Vice Chairman
Sedgwick Group plc
Executive Director
Darien, Connecticut
Raymond J. Petersent
Executive Vice President
Hearst Magazines
New York, New York
Charles Rentrewt
Vice President
Chevron Corporation
San Francisco, California
A.S. JAC/jak Geat towll goc D.C. faturate
Nell Watson Stewart
Government and Public Affairs Manager
DowBrands
Greenville, South Carolina
Gary Susnjara
Vice President, Marketing
Sara Lee Corporation
Chicago, Illinois
to live gov here I
Counsel
Lawrence Z. Lorber
Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand
Washington, DC
Executive Director
John A. Calhoun
tAdvisory Directors
1700 K Street, NW, Second Floor, Washington, DC 20006-3817 202-466-6272
Fax 202-296-1356
National Crime Prevention Council
TAKE A BITE OUT OF
To forge a nationwide commitment by people acting individually and
CRIME
together to prevent crime and build safer, more caring communities.
Executive Committee
President
Mrs. Arthur G. Whyte
Civic Leader
Greenwich, Connecticut
Secretary
Robert F. Diegelman
Springfield, Virginia
National Forum on Youth as Resources
Treasurer/Finance
Joseph V. Vittoria
Chairman and CEO
March 8, 1993
Avis, Inc.
Garden City, New York
Washington Vista Hotel
David A. Dean, Esquire
Partner
1400 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005
Winstead Sechrest & Minick
Dallas, Texas
(202) 429-1700
Mrs. Potter Stewart
Civic Leader
Washington, DC
AGENDA
Directors
Owen Biebert
President
United Auto Workers
Detroit, Michigan
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast/Registration
Dr. Lee P. Brown
Robert J. Terry Library
Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas
9:00 - 9:35 a.m. Opening Session
U.J. Brualdi, Jr.
President and CEO
ADT Security Systems, Inc.
Parsippany, New Jersey
Welcome and Overview of Youth as Resources (YAR)
Ordway P. Burden
President
Jack Calhoun, Executive Director, National Crime Prevention
Law Enforcement Assistance Foundation
New York, New York
Council (NCPC)
Miles S. Chenaultt
Business Consultant
Miami, Florida
Carole Hillard
YAR: Its Importance
South Dakota State Legislature
Rapid City, South Dakota
Willis Bright, The Lilly Endowment
Robert P. Keim
President Emeritus
The Advertising Council, Inc.
New York, New York
The Forum: Purpose and Structure
Mrs. Carl M. Loeb, Jr.
La Quinta, California
Maria Nagorski, Deputy Director, NCPC
Evelyn Martinez-Zapata
President
The Los Angeles Alliance for a Drug Free Community
Los Angeles, California
9:35 - 11:30 a.m. Panel Discussions
William F. Mayt
Chairman & CEO
Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation
New York, New York
9:35 a.m. Panel One: Investing Community Organizations in Youth
J. Ben Miller
Service
President
Turley Martin
St. Louis, Missouri
Edward L. Milstein
Vice Chairman
Intent: Panel will focus on how and why community-based
Douglas Elliman-Gibbons & Ives
New York, New York
organizations become invested in service, how we can increase their
Judge David B. Mitchell
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
participation, and how linkages can and do get made with school-
Baltimore, Maryland
based service movements.
Edward L. Morgan, Jr.
Vice President
ITT-Hartford
Hartford, Connecticut
Moderator:
Richard M. Page
Retired Vice Chairman
Sedgwick Group plc
Jack Calhoun, Executive Director, NCPC
Darien, Connecticut
Raymond J. Petersent
Executive Vice President
Presenters:
Hearst Magazines
New York, New York
Charles Renfrewt
Phyllis Kincaid, Director, Youth Resources, Evansville, IN
Vice President
Chevron Corporation
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Director, Maryland Student Service
San Francisco, California
Alliance
Nell Watson Stewart
Government and Public Affairs Manager
DowBrands
Bill Batson, Director, Teens as Community Resources, Boston, MA
Greenville, South Carolina
Gary Susnjara
Vice President, Marketing
Sara Lee Corporation
Chicago, Illinois
Counsel
Lawrence Z. Lorber
Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand
Washington, DC
Executive Director
John A. Calhoun
tAdvisory Directors
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Lead presenter, Phyllis Kincaid, will present the YAR program with an emphasis on how it
has helped spur the involvement of community-based organizations and forged school-
community linkages. The other two presenters will spend ten to twelve minutes each
highlighting their experiences and focusing on key issues in community- and school-
based partnerships. This will be followed by a short period of general questions and
answers from the audience.
Key Questions For Panelists:
What motivates community-based organizations to get involved in youth service?
What obstacles do they face?
How can and do community-based organizations link with school-based service
programs?
Should the link with school-based organizations be stronger? Why or why not?
10:25 a.m. Break
10:40 a.m. Panel Two: Special Populations and High Risk Youth
Intent: Panelists will explore how at-risk young people can be brought into various service
programs and whether programs and philosophies need to be adjusted to fit their special
needs.
Moderator:
Maria Nagorski, Deputy Director, NCPC
Presenters:
Chris DeBruyn, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Corrections
Todd Clark, Director, Constitutional Rights Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Keith Canty, Director, DC Youth Corps
Lead presenter, Commissioner DeBruyn, will make a 15-minute presentation describing
the YAR demonstration program in a correctional setting and focus on the potential
impact of YAR on juvenile justice programs. The other two presenters, reflecting on
their program experiences, have ten to twelve minutes each to respond. This is followed
by general questions and answers from the audience.
Key Questions For Panelists:
Are there special approaches necessary for youth with special needs?
What are the training needs for staff?
Do programs and perspectives need to be adapted for high risk youth? How do such
adaptations affect final outcome of service programs?
11:30 - 12:30 p.m. Working Groups
Working Group Facilitators:
Roger Landrum, Director, Youth Service America and Chris Glancy, Glancy Associates,
Indianapolis, IN
Maria Nagorski, Deputy Director, NCPC, and Dave Uberto, Director, Indiana Girls
School
Lisa Patterson, Youth as Resources State Project Coordinator, NCPC and Larry Brown,
President, WAVE
Paula Allen, Director, Youth as Resources, Indianapolis, Indiana and Gloria Primm
Brown, Program Officer, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Working Group Task Assignment
Participants will form four groups: two will focus on community-based organizations
and service learning; two will focus on special populations and high risk youth
The working groups will react to the panel discussion and focus on:
1) Key points of the panel discussion
2) Unanswered questions
3) Recommendations to the field regarding these issues.
Groups will report out after lunch.
12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Lunch
During lunch, youth participants in YAR will share their experiences and show a short
video on YAR.
Moderator:
Lisa Patterson, Youth as Resources State Project Coordinator, NCPC
2:15 - 2:45 p.m. Working Group Reports
Each of the four working groups will report in 5-7 minutes, the results of their discussion.
2:45 - 4:15 p.m. Panel Discussions
Panel Three: Evaluation
Intent: Paula Schmidt-Lewis, President, PSL, Inc., will report on the two YAR
evaluations, describing the process and outcomes of both the longitudinal study of YAR
participants and the study of YAR on youth in state care. Respondents will examine the
status of evaluation in the field as a whole - its strengths and weaknesses - and suggest
ways to make the best case for youth service.
Moderator:
Willis Bright, Lilly Endowment
Respondents:
Joan Schine, Director, National Center for Service Learning in Early Adolescence
Karen Pittman, Director, Academy for Educational Development
Paula Schmidt-Lewis will make a 30 minute presentation on the results of the two most
recent studies of Youth as Resources. She will describe the criteria, the process, and the
outcomes, then describe key issues related to special populations. Respondents will each
have ten to fifteen minutes followed by 30 minutes of questions and answers.
Respondents will focus on:
What do these results tell us about the state of the art in evaluation of youth service?
What more is needed to make the best case for youth service?
4:15 p.m. Final Session: Summary Observations/Comments
Susan Stroud, Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of National Service (invited)
Catherine Milton, Director, Commission on National and Community Service
4:45 p.m. Closure
Jack Calhoun, Executive Director, NCPC
National Crime Prevention Council
To enable people to prevent crime and build
safer, more caring communities.
SM
February 22, 1993
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Susan Stroud
Senior Advisor to the Director
Office of National Service
Room 145, OEOB
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Susan:
Thank you for agreeing to take part as a panelist
for the National Forum on Youth as Resources March
8. The agenda is an exciting one, and your panel
should provide many insights and ideas for
participants.
The response to our invitations has been
overwhelming. In fact, we have already reached
our limit of nearly 100 participants, and have
started a waiting list. If you plan to distribute
materials, you should allow for 100 people.
Enclosed you will find a detailed agenda. As you
can see, it is chock-full and rigorously
scheduled, but we think the end result will make
it worth the effort. Please review the agenda
carefully and note your panel's description,
timelines, and key questions. We request that you
closely adhere to the agenda.
We have also enclosed two evaluation studies on
Youth as Resources. The results truly show the
breadth and the promise of the YAR approach. I
hope you will read these reports before March 8th,
as these will be the subject of the afternoon
session.
If you have any questions or concerns, please call
me as soon as possible at 202-466-6272, ext. 151.
I will also try to touch base with you the week of
March 1st to finalize plans. If you have
logistical questions or need audio visual
equipment, please call Judy Kirby at ext. 146.
1700 K Street, NW, Second Floor, Washington, DC 20006-3817
202-466-6272
Fax 202-296-1356
I look forward to seeing you on the 8th and thank you again for
your time, effort, and willingness to share your expertise in
order to make this a successful event.
My best,
Maria
Maria T. Nagorski
National Crime Prevention Council
TAKE A BITE OUT OF
To forge a nationwide commitment by people acting individually and
CRIME
together to prevent crime and build safer, more caring communities.
Executive Committee
President
Mrs. Arthur G. Whyte
Civic Leader
Greenwich, Connecticut
Secretary
February 16, 1993
Robert F. Diegelman
Springfield, Virginia
Treasurer/Finance
Joseph V. Vittoria
Chairman and CEO
Avis, Inc.
Garden City, New York
David A. Dean, Esquire
Susan Stroud
Partner
Winstead Sechrest & Minick
Office of National Service
Dallas, Texas
Mrs. Potter Stewart
The White House
Civic Leader
Washington, DC
Old Executive Office Building
Directors
Washington, DC 20500
Owen Biebert
President
United Auto Workers
Detroit, Michigan
Dear Susan:
Dr. Lee P. Brown
Robert J. Terry Library
Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas
The Lilly Endowment Inc. and the National Crime Prevention Council
U.J. Brualdi, Jr.
President and CEO
ADT Security Systems, Inc.
cordially invite you to participate in a national forum on Youth as
Parsippany, New Jersey
Resources (YAR) and three major issues in the youth service field. The
Ordway P. Burden
President
Law Enforcement Assistance Foundation
forum will be held on March 8, 1993, in Washington D.C. at the
New York, New York
Miles S. Chenaultt
Washington Vista Hotel, 1400 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005,
Business Consultant
Miami, Florida
(202) 429-1700.
Carole Hillard
South Dakota State Legislature
Rapid City, South Dakota
The forum is spurred by recent developments in the youth service field
Robert P. Keim
President Emeritus
including:
The Advertising Council, Inc.
New York, New York
Mrs. Carl M. Loeb, Jr.
La Quinta, California
Results from the just completed evaluation of the Youth
Evelyn Martinez-Zapata
President
as Resources program;
The Los Angeles Alliance for a Drug Free Community
Los Angeles, California
William F. Mayt
Chairman & CEO
the recent conference on service learning held by the
Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation
New York, New York
DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund; and
J. Ben Miller
President
Turley Martin
St. Louis, Missouri
publication of the Carnegie Council's pathbreaking A
Edward L. Milstein
Vice Chairman
Matter of Time: Risk and Opportunity in Nonschool
Douglas Elliman-Gibbons & Ives
New York, New York
Hours.
Judge David B. Mitchell
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Baltimore, Maryland
Edward L. Morgan, Jr.
The evaluation of YAR showed stunning results: Youth increased in
Vice President
ITT-Hartford
Hartford, Connecticut
self-esteem and self-confidence; they manifested greater social
Richard M. Page
awareness and empathy; and almost 50% reported education gains!
Retired Vice Chairman
Sedgwick Group plc
Darien, Connecticut
YAR participants have:
Raymond J. Petersent
Executive Vice President
Hearst Magazines
New York, New York
designed and run almost 1,000 community service
Charles Rentrewt
Vice President
programs;
Chevron Corporation
San Francisco, California
worked out of all types of organizations - schools,
Nell Watson Stewart
libraries, Boys and Girls Clubs, churches, housing
Government and Public Affairs Manager
DowBrands
Greenville, South Carolina
authorities, probation departments, and grassroots
Gary Susnjara
community organizations;
Vice President, Marketing
Sara Lee Corporation
Chicago, Illinois
tackled every issues about which society is concerned,
Counsel
Lawrence Z. Lorber
Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand
Washington, DC
Executive Director
John A. Calhoun
tAdvisory Directors
1700 K Street, NW, Second Floor, Washington, DC 20006-3817 202-466-6272
Fax 202-296-1356
from illiteracy and homelessness to child abuse, domestic violence, and pollution; and
benefited the lives of thousands of individuals.
For the last two years, NCPC has applied the YAR philosophy and model to youth both troubled and
troubling, girls sentenced to the Indiana Girls School, and youth, via the department of social
services, assigned to a consortium of group homes. But the undergriding philosophy is the same:
youth have strengths; they have something to give, and, provided the opportunity, want to give. Our
chronic focus on pathology has often blinded us to the strengths of youth, their idealism, and their
desire to play positive roles in the community.
YAR's apparent success and the focus on national youth service raise issues of critical importance to
the whole service field, whether service programs are based in corps, college, secondary schools or
the community (including social services and the criminal justice system).
FORUM PURPOSE: Using YAR as a springboard, the forum will address three crucial issues:
investing community organizations in youth service and providing linkages to schools;
special populations and youth service
evaluation issues in youth service.
FORMAT: The forum will gather together a diverse mix of youth service providers and policy
makers. The format will encourage active participation and provide opportunities for the exchange of
ideas and problem solving among participants and presenters.
YAR will act as the prism through which broader issues in youth service will be viewed. Panel
presentations will be followed by working groups which will explore issues in depth and bring back
results to the total conference with key findings and recommendations for how we can move the
field forward. A detailed agenda is attached.
Space is limited. We have only 75 available places which will be on a first come first served basis.
Please return the enclosed registration form as quickly as possible but no later than Feb 8 to ensure
your place. If you have any questions call Maria Nagorski, NCPC, Deputy Director, at (202) 466-
6272, ext. 151, (or fax (202) 296-1356). For logistical information, please call Judy Kirby, ext. 136.
We look forward to working with you on March 8.
Sta John A. Calhoun
Sincerely
Executive Director
Enclosure
P.S. NCPC will cover all conference costs, materials and food. Participants are responsible for any
travel or lodging costs. Attendees will receive copies of both evaluations: the longitudinal study and
the evaluation of the "Special Initiative" participants - those in group homes and correction settings.
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AGENDA
Opening Session
Welcome and Overview of Youth as Resources (YAR)
Jack Calhoun, Executive Director, National Crime Prevention Council
YAR: Its Importance
Willis Bright, The Lilly Endowment
The Forum: Purpose and Structure
Maria Nagorski, Deputy Director, National Crime Prevention Council
Panel Discussions
Panel One: Investing Community Organizations in Youth Service
Intent: Panel will focus on how and why community-based organizations become
invested in service, how we can increase their participation, and how linkages can and
do get made with school-based service movements.
Moderator:
Jack Calhoun, Executive Director, NCPC
Presenters:
Phyllis Kincaid, Director, Youth Resources, Evansville, Indiana
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Director, Maryland Student Service Alliance,
Baltimore, MD
Bill Batson, Director, Teens as Community Resources, Boston, MA
Panel Two: Special Populations
Intent: Respondents will explore how young people in high risk situations can be
brought into various service programs and whether programs and philosophies need to
be adjusted to fit their special needs.
Moderator:
Maria Nagorski, Deputy Director, NCPC
Presenters:
Chris DeBruyn, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Corrections
Todd Clark, Director, Constitutional Rights Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Keith Canty, Director, DC Youth Corps
Working Groups
Groups will work on the issues raised by the panels and will report out after lunch.
Working Group Facilitators:
Roger Landrum, Director, Youth Service America and Paula Allen, Director, Youth as
Resources, Indianapolis, Indiana
Maria Nagorski, Deputy Director, National Crime Prevention Council, and Dave
Uberto, Director, Indiana Girls School
Chris Glancy, Glancy Associates
Lunch
During lunch, youth participants in YAR will share their experiences.
Moderator: Lisa Patterson, State Projects Coordinator, Youth As Resources, Indiana
Reports from morning session
Panel Discussions
Panel Three: Evaluation
Intent: Paula Lewis, President, PSL, Inc., will report on her evaluation of YAR,
process and outcomes, both for community YAR participants and for youth in state
care. Reactors will look at the status of evaluation in the field as a whole - strengths
and weaknesses - and suggest ways to make the best case for youth service.
Moderator:
Willis Bright, Lilly Endowment
Reactors:
Joan Schine, Director, National Center for Service Learning in Early
Adolescence
Karen Pittman, Director, Academy for Educational Development
Final Session
Summary Observations
Catherine Milton, Director, Commission on National and Community Service
Sam Halperin, Director, William T. Grant Foundation
REGISTRATION
THE LILLY ENDOWMENT and THE NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL
(Youth as Resources)
National Forum
March 8, 1993
8:45am - 4:45pm
HOTEL
Washington Vista Hotel
1400 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 429-1700
(202) 785-0786 (fax)
NAME:
TITLE:
ORGANIZATION:
ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE:
FAX:
Please fax or mail registration to Ms. Judy Kirby at NCPC, 1700 K Street, NW, Second Floor,
Washington, DC 20006, fax (202) 296-1356. For issues and content, contact Maria
Nagorski, at (202) 466-6272, ext. 151.
Please respond no later than February 8, 1993
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1993
THE SUN
OPINION
COMMENTARY
I
sit in my Virginia home two miles
An Invitation to Adult Citizenship
to 12 years. It can be woven into
from the Potomac River and gaze
established curricula. The experi-
with a certain envy toward the
ence gained by young participants
Maryland shore. The Free State has
can offer active, vital testimony to
made an extraordinary statement
prospective employers and colleges.
about its belief in civic health and
By JACK CALHOUN
Youth working as resources for
staked a claim on a healthy civic fu-
their communities - which Mary-
ture.
land's program has the potential to
Young people in Maryland are be-
In a world rife with fragmented
only what a relative few can give.
manage and expand the process.
become - have tackled every kind
ing asked, at some point within their
families and anonymous neighbor-
Community service measures all by
Housing authorities, neighborhood
of social Issue about which the adult
high school careers, to spend a total
hoods, youth need opportunities to
what each can and does give.
associations, law-enforcement agen-
community is concerned, from AIDS,
of 75 hours - roughly two work
give, to bind themselves positively to
Are teachers facing too many de-
cles, Boys & Girls Clubs, 4-H Clubs,
hunger, literacy, teen pregnancy,
weeks in the adult world - in serv-
the community, to try on adult roles
mands on their time? Then let stu-
Scouts, and many more have hosted
dropping out and more. They've
ice that benefits the community. We
in a supportive climate. The commu-
dents help plan and lead the activi-
and managed service activities con-
made a real difference in communi-
have many assets in Virginia, but
nity needs to send the message that
ties. Youth as Resources (a program
ducted with and by youth. And
ties around the nation, a difference
nothing like this one.
these youths are needed, that their
created by the National Crime Pre-
they've benefited as much as their
that Maryland can realize on an un-
Maryland's General Assembly
skills are valued. Every kid aches to
vention Council that is now seven
young partners. Youth groups have
precedented scale If it helps its young
has been asked to overturn this
belong, to feel needed, to sense that
years old in more than a dozen cities)
enriched their own programs by en-
citizens develop the habit of the
modest but remarkable requirement
he or she can make important con-
has proved that honor students and
gaging in community-service efforts
heart that is community service.
for high school graduation. If the
tributions. Maryland's Board of Edu-
near-dropouts, band members and
that could be compatible with the
state backs down from its landmark
cation saw this need and met it.
basketball players, kids with records
state's requirements.
Don't put down the torch of civic
commitment, then teens, adults, and
School-linked service also builds
and kids who collect records can and
Are students overworked? Com-
concern that your state has lighted
children across Maryland will be
self-esteem. Research Is clear that a
do assume leadership roles In devel-
munity service lets them finally put
and raised high. To paraphrase an
much the poorer for It. This require-
sound sense of self-esteem Is a key to
oping service projects, If given the
their skills to use; It should not be
old commercial, "Try it; you really
ment is a marvelous Invitation to
averting self-destructive behaviors
challenge. The effects are remark-
depicted as another "lesson." It's a
will like It."
adult citizenship. To withdraw the
like delinquency and drug use. More-
able and long-lasting, evaluation has
chance to take some initiative, to try
Invitation closes a bright, positive av-
over, our typical yardsticks for mea-
shown.
out some skills, to get something
Jack Calhoun is executive director
enue available to - and beneficial to
suring success in school - academ-
Are schools overworked? Bring in
done in the "real world" with those
of the National Crime Prevention
- every kind of youth.
ics, athletics, popularity - measure
community partners who can help
skills they have been acquiring for 9
Council.
National Crime Prevention Council
TAKE A BITE OUT OF
To forge a nationwide commitment by people acting individually and
CRIME
together to prevent crime and build safer, more caring communities.
Executive Committee
President
Mrs. Arthur G. Whyte
Civic Leader
Greenwich, Connecticut
Secretary
Robert F. Diegelman
Springfield, Virginia
June 15, 1993
Treasurer/Finance
Joseph V. Vittoria
file
Chairman and CEO
Avis, Inc.
Garden City. New York
David A. Dean. Esquire
Partner
Winstead Sechrest & Minick
Dallas, Texas
Susan Stroud
Mrs. Potter Stewart
Civic Leader
Senior Advisor to the Director
Washington, DC
Office of National Service
Directors
Owen Biebert
White House
President
United Auto Workers
OEOB-145
Detroit, Michigan
Dr. Lee P. Brown
Robert J. Terry Library
Washington, D.C. 20500
Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas
U.J. Brualdi, Jr.
President and CEO
Dear Susan:
ADT Security Systems, Inc.
Parsippany, New Jersey
Ordway P. Burden
President
Once again, we thank you for sharing your views and
Law Enforcement Assistance Foundation
New York, New York
experiences at the National Forum on Youth as Resources. The
Miles S. Chenaultt
Business Consultant
Miami, Florida
day was certainly a productive one, and you played a large part
Carole Hillard
in its success.
South Dakota State Legislature
Rapid City, South Dakota
Robert P. Keim
President Emeritus
The Advertising Council, Inc.
Enclosed are Highlights of the forum, in which we summarize
New York, New York
Mrs. Carl M. Loeb, Jr.
the content of the day's discussions. Our challenge in this
La Quinta, California
Evelyn Martinez-Zapata
publication was to capture the essence of the presentations as
President
The Los Angeles Alliance for a Drug Free Community
Los Angeles, California
succinctly as possible. I hope we have represented the
William F. Mayt
Chairman & CEO
proceedings in a clear and accurate manner. Your feedback is
Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation
New York, New York
welcomed.
J. Ben Miller
President
Turley Martin
St. Louis, Missouri
If you are interested in receiving additional copies of Highlights,
Edward L. Milstein
Vice Chairman
please let us know quickly, as only limited supplies are
Douglas Elliman-Gibbons & Ives
New York, New York
available.
Judge David B. Mitchell
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Baltimore, Maryland
Edward L. Morgan, Jr.
Vice President
Your ongoing efforts to improve the youth service field are
ITT-Hartford
Hartford, Connecticut
appreciated. I look forward to hearing from you.
Richard M. Page
Retired Vice Chairman
Sedgwick Group pic
Darien, Connecticut
Best wishes,
Raymond J. Petersent
Executive Vice President
Hearst Magazines
New York, New York
Charles Rentrewt
Vice President
Main
Chevron Corporation
San Francisco, California
Nell Watson Stewart
Maria Nagorski
Government and Public Affairs Manager
DowBrands
Deputy Director
Greenville, South Carolina
Gary Susnjara
Vice President, Marketing
Sara Lee Corporation
Chicago, Illinois
Counsel
Lawrence z. Lorber
Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand
Washington, DC
Executive Director
John A. Calhoun
Advisory Directors
1700 K Street, NW, Second Floor, Washington, DC 20006-3817 202-466-6272 Fax
202-296-1356