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 Social Environment
Placer County (CA) Peer Court Truancy Program (Placer County, CA)
Head Start & Early Head Start
First Place for Youth (California)
Fit Community (North Carolina)
Teen Outreach Program: Palm Beach (Boyton Beach, Florida/Palm Beach County, Florida)
Positive Self-Management Program for HIV (USA)
Seven Principles Project - San Francisco (San Francisco)

 Social Environment / Children's Social Environment
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Early Childhood Development Programs: Comprehensive, Center-Based Programs for Children of Low-Income Families (USA)Cdc
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Early Childhood Home Visitation to Prevent Violence (USA)Cdc
Building Effective Programs for Summer Learning (USA)
Know the Law! (Boston, MA)
Seattle Social Development Project (Seattle, WA)
Family and Children's Services: Co-locating to Provide Trauma Services (Nashville, TN)
Child Care Executive Partnership (Florida)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (USA)
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: Teacher Training Workshop
Communities In Schools, Inc. (CIS) (USA)
DARE to be You
Father/Male Involvement Preschool Teacher Education Program (Urbana, IL)
Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) (Phoenix, AZ)
Guiding Good Choices
Healthy Families New York (New York)
The Incredible Years
Parents As Teachers
Project TRUST
Reaching Educators, Children, and Parents (RECAP) (Nashville, TN)
Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP) (New York, NY)
Safe Child Program
Social Decision Making / Problem Solving (New Jersey)
Syracuse Family Development Research Program (Syracuse, NY)
Who Do You Tell? (Calgary, Canada)
Primary and Secondary Control Enhancement Training (Los Angeles, CA)
Palcare (Burlingame, CA)
Integration of TANF and Child Welfare Systems in El Paso (El Paso County, CO)
Across Ages (Philadelphia, PA)
Children in the Middle (Athens, OH)
Clinician-Based Cognitive Psychoeducational Intervention for Families (Boston, MA)
Parenting Through Change (Eugene, OR)
Al's Pals (Glen Allen, VA)
Boys and Girls Club Gang Prevention Through Targeted Outreach
Broader Urban Involvement and Leadership Development Program (BUILD) (Chicago, IL)
Bullying Prevention Program (South Carolina)
Families And Schools Together (FAST) (USA)
Family Health Promotion (Tuscon, AZ)
Fast Track (USA)
Healthy Families America (USA)
HOMEBUILDERS
Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers (LIFT) (Eugene, OR)
Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence
Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (Eugene, OR)
Nurturing Parenting Program (USA)
Open Circle Curriculum
Parent Child Development Center
Parenting Wisely (Ohio)
Parenting With Love and Limits (Savannah, GA)
Peace Works (Miami, FL)
PeaceBuilders (Pima County, AZ)
Peacemakers Program
Peers Making Peace
Positive Action
Preventive Treatment Program (Montreal, Quebec)
Project ACHIEVE (USA)
Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies (PATHS) (Pennsylvania)
Responsive Classroom
School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program
Schools and Families Educating Children (SAFE Children)
Steps to Respect: A Bullying Prevention Program
Strengthening Families Program (USA)
Teaching Students to Be Peacemakers
Too Good for Violence (Tampa, FL)
Wraparound Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI)
Academic Tutoring and Social Skills Training (Durham, NC)
SAFE-T Program (Toronto, Ontario)
Father Flanagan’s Girls and Boys Town (Omaha, NE)
Camp Erin (Stanwood/Snohomish County/Washington)
Father Friendly Initiative (Boston)
Jacksonville Network for Strengthening Families (Jacksonville)
KidzLit and KidzMath (USA)
Mix It Up!
Gang Reduction Program
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) (USA)
Kids' Place (Tazewell County)
Little Kids Rock (USA)
Brocodile the Crocodile (Upstate New York )
Homeless Prenatal Program (San Francisco)
Children's Futures (Trenton)
Triple P- Positive Parenting Program
Nurturing Families Network (NFN) (Connecticut)
Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP)
Summer Bridge (Marin)
Roots of Empathy (Canada)
AfterZone Initiative (Providence)
Raising A Reader (USA)
Partners in School Innovation (San Francisco, CA)
Helping Early Literacy with Practice Strategies (HELPS) (USA)
Young Parents Program (Boston, MA)
Larkin Opportunities for Transition (The LOFT) (San Francisco, CA)
Avenues to Independence (ATI) (San Francisco, CA)
G-House: Housing for Transition-Aged Youth 18-24 (San Francisco, CA)
Lark-Inn (San Francisco, CA)
Diamond Youth Shelter (San Francisco, CA)
Halloway House (San Francisco, CA)
Assisted Care/Aftercare (San Francisco, CA )
Castro Youth Housing Initiative (San Francisco, CA)
Larkin Extended Aftercare for Supported Emancipation (LEASE) Program (San Francisco, CA)
Ellis Street Apartments (San Francisco, CA)
Project BOOST (Building Options and Opportunities for Students) (New York)
Common Sense Parenting (CSP) (USA)
Reach Out and Read (Nationwide)
TALK Line (San Francisco, CA)
Activate West Michigan Coalition (Grand Rapids, MI)
Girls 2000 (San Francisco, CA)
Cook Like a Chef (State College, PA)
Bayview Safe Haven (San Francisco, CA)
Child Advocacy Center and Center for Youth Wellness (San Francisco, CA)
Reach Out and Read: Palm Beach (Palm Beach)
Parent-Child Home Program: Palm Beach (Palm Beach)
Healthy Families: Palm Beach (Palm Beach County)
Primary Project: Palm Beach (West Palm Beach, Florida)
Parent-Child Home Program (USA)
Parent Voices (San Francisco, CA)
Playworks (USA)
Think Big Clubs - Teen Mentoring (Palm Beach and Martin, FL)
Community Based Mentoring Program: Palm Beach (Palm Beach and Martin, FL)
School Based Mentoring Program: Palm Beach (Palm Beach and Martin, FL)
Prime Time Palm Beach County (Palm Beach, FL)
ReWired for Change (Baltimore, MD)
Fathers and Sons (Flint, MI)
Janice Mirikitani Family, Youth and Childcare Center (San Francisco, CA)
GLIDE Housing (San Francisco, CA)
Elev8 (Chicago, Oakland, Baltimore, and New Mexico)
Aim High (San Francisco, Oakland, Marin, San Mateo counties)
A Safe Place (Oakland, CA)
Nurses for Newborns (Missouri and Tennessee)
California Healthy Start (California)
Trooper Island (Kentucky)
Community Partnership for Protecting Children (Jacksonville, FL)
Out-of-School Time Care (Colorado)
Club Denver After School Program (Denver, CO)
Extended-Service Schools Initiative (Philadelphia, PA)
Parenting Partnership
STEP (School Transitional Environmental Program) (Rhode Island)
Open Road of New York (New York, NY)
Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing (Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New Y)
Gilman Rec-Connect (San Francisco, CA)
VERB Summer Scorecard (Kentucky)

 Social Environment / Community & Business Resources
YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program (Northeast Florida counties)Local
Providing Professional Clothing to Low-Income Men and Women (Fargo, ND)
Educating and Delivering Financial Services to Low-Income, Underserved Residents and Businesses (Cuyahoga County, OH)
Larkin Street Youth Services' HIRE UP Program (San Francisco)
Partnering with a Bakery to Provide Breakfast to Low-Income Schools (United Kingdom)
The Associate Resource Line
Threshold 21
Kalihi Valley Nature Park and Active Living Center (Honolulu, HI)
Burlington Legacy Project (Burlington, VT)
Center in the Square (Roanoke, VA)
The Holistic Management Project (Washington)
National Association of Mothers' Centers (NAMC)
Sustainable Stapleton (Denver, CO)
New York Refugee and Immigrant Job Centers (New York, NY)
Office of Multi-Cultural Services (Hennepin County, MN)
Just Food (New York, NY)
New York City's Phase Out of Artificial Trans Fat (New York)
Buy Local Berkeley (Berkeley)
California Green Jobs Corps (Sacramento)
Kinship Navigator Program (New York)
Vision Literacy (Santa Clara, CA)
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) (USA)
Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative (Pennsylvania)
Be a Local Hero, Buy Locally Grown (Massachusetts)
Senior FarmShare (Massachusetts)
Serving Our Seniors (Erie, OH)
The Food Trust (USA)
Vestey Center (Superior, NE)
Rock Island Railroad Depot (Liberal, KS)
La Posada Hotel (Winslow, Arizona)
The Green Cart Initiative (New York City, NY)
Sustainable Rain (Seattle)
Thoreau Community Center (Thoreau, NM)
Green the Tenderloin (San Francisco, CA)
WomenVenture (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN)
Pride Alliance Network (Mendocino and Lake Counties, CA)
The Isles Career Center (Trenton, NJ)
Community Building in Grinnell (Grinnell, IA)

 Social Environment / Demographics
Neighborhood Market DrillDown + (USA)
Geriatric Initiative (Charleston, West Virginia)

 Social Environment / Family Structure
Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) (USA)
Let's Talk…It Makes a Difference! (Cambridge, MA)
McNeil Island Corrections Center Family and Fatherhood Program (Tacoma, WA)
Horizon Communities in Prison
Father/Male Involvement Preschool Teacher Education Program (Urbana, IL)
The Incredible Years
Parents' Fair Share
Syracuse Family Development Research Program (Syracuse, NY)
Oklahoma Marriage Initiative (Oklahoma)
Utah Commission on Marriage (Utah)
North Dakota State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program (North Dakota)
Parenting Through Change (Eugene, OR)
Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP)
The Adolescent Transitions Program (ATP) (Eugene, OR)
Brief Strategic Family Therapy (Miami, FL)
Child-Parent Center (Chicago, IL)
Children of Divorce Intervention Program (CODIP) (Rochester, NY)
Club HERO (Helping Everyone Reach Out) (Atlanta, GA)
Families And Schools Together (FAST) (USA)
Family Effectiveness Training
Family Health Promotion (Tuscon, AZ)
Families Facing the Future (Seattle, WA)
Functional Family Therapy
HOMEBUILDERS
Nurturing Parenting Program (USA)
Parent Child Development Center
Parenting Wisely (Ohio)
Parenting With Love and Limits (Savannah, GA)
Schools and Families Educating Children (SAFE Children)
Strengthening Families Program (USA)
Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14 (Iowa)
Strong African American Families (SAAF) (Georgia)
Father Friendly Initiative (Boston)
Jacksonville Network for Strengthening Families (Jacksonville)
Strengthening Families Program/Strengthening Hawaii Families (Hawaii)
Talking Parents, Healthy Teens (California)
Kinship Navigator Program (New York)
Growing Healthy Kids Project (Orange County, NC)
Communities for All Ages
Transitional Housing Placement Plus (California)
Triple P- Positive Parenting Program
Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP)
Common Sense Parenting (CSP) (USA)
TALK Line (San Francisco, CA)
Supporting Healthy Marriage (USA)
Celebrating Families! (USA)
Foster Children's Project (Palm Beach)
Fathers and Sons (Flint, MI)
Nurses for Newborns (Missouri and Tennessee)
Shoulder to Shoulder (Twin Cities, MN)
Arizona Marriage and Communication Skills Commission (Arizona)
Florida's Marriage and Family Support Initiatives (Florida)
Parenting Partnership
Strengthening the Bonds of Chicano Youth and Families (Eloy, AZ)
Fathers at Work Initiative (USA)

 Social Environment / Neighborhood/Community Attachment
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Housing: Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Programs (USA)Cdc
Strategy: Community Beautification (USA)
Campaign for a Clean, Safe and Habitable Community (Los Angeles, CA)
Community of Civano (Tuscon, AZ)
Take Back the Park (New York, NY)
Circles of Hope (St. Louis, MO)
Seattle Social Development Project (Seattle, WA)
The Bronx Center Project (Bronx, NY)
Healthy Active Lents (Portland, OR)
California Main Street (California)
Crosstown 116: Bringing Habitat II Home (San Francisco)
The Green Map System (GMS)
Oakland Beat Health Program (Oakland, CA)
GreenThumb (New York, NY)
Dotwell for a Healthy Neighborhood (Dorchester, MA)
Buy Local Berkeley (Berkeley)
Jacksonville Network for Strengthening Families (Jacksonville)
Village Building Convergence (Portland, Oregon)
Community Greenspace Program (New Haven, CT)
Project SHINE
Red Hook Farmers' Market (New York, NY)
Earn-A-Bike Boulder, Colorado (Boulder, CO)
Project CAFE (Los Angeles)
Project ReConnect (Sonoma, CA)
Hypertension Treatment in Barbershops (Dallas, TX)
HOPE Collaborative (Oakland)
Portland Fruit Tree Project (Portland, Oregon)
Family Place Libraries™ (USA)
Coalition for Community Schools (USA)
Health Through Art (Berkeley )
The 16th Avenue Tiled Steps Project (San Francisco)
The Evergreen Jogging Path (Boyle Heights, CA)
Volunteers in Neighborhood Services (VINS) (Rancho Cordova, CA)
One City One Book: San Francisco Reads (San Francisco, CA)
Maryville and Alcoa Greenway Trail (Maryville and Alcoa)
National Night Out (USA)
Community Planning Program (San Francisco, CA)
Backyard Gardens (West Oakland, CA)
B&O Railroad Station (Oakland, MD)
Urban Farming Education (West Oakland, CA)
Community Market Farms (West Oakland, CA)
Blue Zones Vitality City Project: Albert Lea, MN (Albert Lea, MN)
New Communities Program (Chicago, IL)
The Backyard Initiative (Minneapolis, MN)
St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center Community-Building/Vocational Services Initiative (Syracuse, NY)
Community Voice: Palm Beach (Palm Beach)
Portland Fruit Tree Project (Portland)
New Moms Network (Brattleboro, Vermont)
Prime Time Palm Beach County (Palm Beach, FL)
Petaluma Bounty (Petaluma, CA)
ReWired for Change (Baltimore, MD)
Why Murder? (Baltimore, MD)
Come Home Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)
Walk the Talk (San Francisco)
Community Voice: Taking it to the People (Lynchburg, VA)
Transforming Neighborhoods Together (TNT) (Knoxville, TN)
Community Partnership for Protecting Children (Jacksonville, FL)
The Bricklayers and Laborers Nonprofit Housing Corp (Boston, MA)
Art Not Crime (Portland, Oregon)

 Social Environment / Religion & Spirituality
Lighten Up (South Carolina)
Project Joy (Baltimore, MD)
Wellness for African Americans through Churches (WATCH) Project (Noth Carolina)

 Social Environment / Social & Civic Involvement
Partnerships That Work: National Service and Business in Welfare to Work (USA)
The Homeless Garden Project (Santa Cruz County, CA)
Enrolling and Supporting Organizations Who Encourage Donation of Organs, Marrow, Tissue, or Blood (Buncombe County, NC)
Best Practices Report: Community Harmony & Spirit
Around the World Kid2Kid (Oakland, CA)
Communities and Schools for Career Success (CS2) (Petaluma, CA)
Caught in the Crossfire (Oakland, CA)
Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepeneurship (SAGE) (Chico, CA)
Integrating Community Service with Higher Education Student Government Programming (Sonoma County, CA)
Project SOAR Mentoring Program for Youth (Galveston, AZ)
Photovoice: A Youth Empowering Program (DeKalb County, GA)
Teen Videofest (Tarrant County, TX)
Youth Uprising (Oakland, CA)
YIELD the Power (Chicago, IL)
Achievement through Community Services, Education and Skill-Building (ACES) (Philadelphia, PA)
Dotwell for a Healthy Neighborhood (Dorchester, MA)
Youth Together (Oakland)
Project SHINE
Red Hook Farmers' Market (New York, NY)
Coming of Age (Philadelphia, PA)
Communities for All Ages
Safe City Youth Leadership (Denver, CO)
Youth United Through Health Education (YUTHE) Program (San Francisco)
SpeakOut (San Francisco, CA)
Walk the Talk (San Francisco)
Youth Speaks (San Francisco, CA)
Developing Civic Service with a Teen Corps (USA)
Project A.S.K. (Adolescents Seeking Knowledge) (Nashville, TN)
Planning for Elders in the Central City (San Francisco, CA)

 Social Environment / Social Activism
Market Makeovers/Corner Store Conversions (South Los Angeles)
Food Day (USA)
Seven Principles Project - San Francisco (San Francisco)

 Social Environment / Social Tolerance
Best Practices of Mayors and Their City Governments in Promoting Tolerance and Respect for Diversity (Santa Clarita, CA)
The Cultural Exchange Program (Palm Beach County, FL)
Circles of Hope (St. Louis, MO)
The Winds of Change (Roaring Fork Valley, CO)
Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP) (New York, NY)
New York Refugee and Immigrant Job Centers (New York, NY)
Office of Multi-Cultural Services (Hennepin County, MN)
Washington State Translation Program (Washington)
Facing History and Ourselves
School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program
Teaching Students to Be Peacemakers
Youth Together (Oakland)
Mix It Up!
Respect for All Training Program (New York)
Spectrum Vocational Services (Downers Grove, IL)
Safe Streets (Baltimore, MD)
Challenge Day / Be The Change (USA)
Pride Alliance Network (Mendocino and Lake Counties, CA)
Community Building in Grinnell (Grinnell, IA)

 Social Environment / Volunteerism & Charitable Donations
Enrolling and Supporting Organizations Who Encourage Donation of Organs, Marrow, Tissue, or Blood (Buncombe County, NC)
Promoting Youth Volunteerism with a Multi-District Council (Boyd County, KY)
Friends for Life (Delaware, OH)
Milwaukee Tobacco-Free Sports Program (Milwaukee, WI)
Teen Outreach Program (TOP) (USA)
YouthBuild McLean County (McLean County, IL)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (USA)
I Have a Dream
Quantum Opportunity Program
Senior Corps (USA)
Blessings in a Backpack
Harvesting for the Hungry (San Jose)
Move More Diabetes (Waterville, ME)
Rock and Wrap It Up! (USA)
BackPack Program (USA)
Portland Fruit Tree Project (Portland, Oregon)
Urban Youth Harvest (Oakland)
The 16th Avenue Tiled Steps Project (San Francisco)
Volunteers in Neighborhood Services (VINS) (Rancho Cordova, CA)
New Directions for Youth (Los Angeles, CA)
Hometown Walk of Hope (Union City, TN)
Portland Fruit Tree Project (Portland)
Neighborhood Involvement Program (Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. )
Think Big Clubs - Teen Mentoring (Palm Beach and Martin, FL)
Community Based Mentoring Program: Palm Beach (Palm Beach and Martin, FL)
School Based Mentoring Program: Palm Beach (Palm Beach and Martin, FL)
Petaluma Bounty (Petaluma, CA)
Career Skills Mentoring Program (Palm Beach and Martin, FL)
Engaging Elementary Students with Seniors in a Bird Feeder Project (Lewiston, ID)
Matching Volunteer Mentors with Adults Working towards Self-Sufficiency (Amarillo, TX)
Promoting Adult Health and Development with an Intergenerational Program (College Park, MD)
Developing Civic Service with a Teen Corps (USA)
Planning and Facilitating Life Skills Classes for Welfare Recipients (Kentucky)
The Summer Youth Fellows Program (Atlanta, GA)
The Care Team Network (USA)