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Alternatives is privileged to work with some of the leading youth research, policy, training and funding organizations in the country. You can check out what they have to say about Alternatives and youth development practices in Hampton by visiting their web sites. A June 2008 America's Promise feature article about Alternatives' youth civic engagment program KICK -(Kids Involved In Community Kindness) America's Promise article An April 2008 WVEC Channel 13 news article about Uth Act students' proposal to the Hampton School Board that a Youth Advisor position be created. WVEC article An October 2007 Daily Press news article about unique Youth Opportunities in Hampton. Daily Press article National
Service Learning Partnership about Alternatives' Youth
Innovation Fund. The American Youth Policy forum reports on Hampton's exemplary youth development practices at: www.aypf.org/tripreports/2001/tr1018-1901.htm “Want
a glimpse of state-of-the-art youth involvement? Then visit the
Search Institute's story on the port city of Hampton,
Va., "where more than 600 young people a year are involved
in youth development agenda; the Hampton city schools; In Sync Partnerships,
which focuses on school-neighborhood partnering; and Alternatives,
"... National
Training Institute (NTI) gives a national perspective to
the Youth Development Practitioner Apprenticeship (YDPA) Programs
and The National BEST Network, which consists of 14 national BEST
sites of which Alternatives is also part. Cricket
Island Foundation announces support for Alternatives youth
arts and entrepreneurship program. Jostens
Company: News Release: Alternatives, Inc., which specializes
in partnering youth and adults in building communities, and In Sync
Partnerships, a Hampton ... been working with youth development
for a long time ... Hearts to Hands National Newsletter: Find out what we're doing to help youth across the nation. Click here for the Hearts to Hands Newsletter in PDF format. |
