Foundation Grants
2007 Edmund A. Stanley, Jr. Research Grants
Graham Cochran and Theresa Ferrari, Ohio State University and 4H Youth Development.
Cochran and Ferrari have been funded to write a research synthesis of youth development and workforce preparation. The synthesis will review literature on the skills needed in the workplace, examine existing research on OST programs designed to prepare youth for the workforce and methods of assessment. The paper will provide guidelines for ways to improve the workforce preparation practices of community-based youth development programs.
Robert Halpern, Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago
This proposal is to support the writing of a book on the topic of apprentice-like learning experiences during adolescence. The book will research the history and development of youth as workers and learners during the Out-of-School Time. It will cover both formal and informal apprenticeships as youth participate in OST programs.
Cindi Katz and Jason Douglas, CUNY Graduate School; Environmental Psychology
Katz and Douglas' study, entitled It's all happening at the zoo: Children's environmental learning after school, is a study of the cognitive development of youth from two Out-of-school Time programs as they participate in a structured program on natural science and conservation at the Bronx Zoo.
Nicole Yohalem, Forum for Youth Investment
Yohalem's study, entitled, "Stories of organizational change: Putting youth engagement at the center," will document organizational change at two youth agencies as well as how the philosophy, focus, and structure of the organizations has evolved over the past several years to emphasize youth-adult partnership.
