(1990) Runaway and homeless youth in Los Angeles County, California. Journal of Adolescent Health Care 11: pp. 159-165Pennbridge, J., Yates, G. L., David, T. G., & Mackenzie, R. G. (1990). Runaway and homeless youth in Los Angeles County, California. Journal of Adolescent Health...
Facing an unprecedented shortage of foster homes, some Los Angeles County leaders are calling on the state to fast-track facilities that could care for the most troubled youths under the county’s protection. The Timesreportedlast month that the county’s Department of Children and Family Services...
Los Angeles County Reports, Resources, Comment: May 4 to 8 I. Agendas: No Supervisors meeting May 5. Next regular meeting set for May 12, Budget meetings begin May 13. A. Cluster meetings of Supervisor Assistants (Teleconferences); II. Reports, resources, comment, events: A. Budgets ...
We describe the development and evaluation of the Youth Empowerment Program (YEP), a sustainable, high-quality, SBM program among urban Latino students. Based on evidence from work in other communities, YEP was created as a partnership between the 4th and 5th grades at a Los Angeles Title I ...
Addressing the event, Chinese Consul General in Los Angeles Guo Shaochun said the future of China-U.S. relations lies in the youth, expressing his hope that young people of the two nations will have conversations and interactions and serve as goodwill ambassadors between the two countries and ...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- Today, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) celebrates surpassing 40 million student boardings and more than 400,000 registered students using the free fare student GoPass for unlimited travel to school, work and leisure ac...
The Lakers Youth Foundation funds STEM Lab Projects, Reading and Learning Centers, basketball court construction and renovation projects throughout Los Angeles County and in Hawaii, and other initiatives and projects. In addition, Lakers have also contributed millions of dollars to worthy charitable caus...
A beloved Boyle Heights nonprofit organization aimed at inspiring children through photography was ransacked by burglars earlier this month, and now owners are asking the community for help keeping afloat. "It felt very violating," said Helen Alonzo Hurtado, Director of Las Fotos Project. The ...
The Effect of Urban Street Gang Densities on Small Area Homicide Incidence in a Large Metropolitan County, 1994–2002 we independently assessed the impact of population exposure to local street gang densities on 8-year homicide rates in small areas of Los Angeles County, ... PL Robinson,WJ Bosc...
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