Meeting the Needs of Youth-at-Risk in Canada: Learnings from a National Community Development Project

1997
ISBN: 0-662-25865
Cat. No.: H39-411/1997E

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Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements

1. Introduction
   
   • Objectives of the Project and the National Steering Committee
   • The Five Sites Participating in the Project
   • Outline of This Report
     
2. Defining Key Concepts
   
   • Community Development
   • The Idea of a "Community"
   • The Idea of Development
   • Community Development: Processes and Projects
   • Community Development and Youth Participation
     
3. A Model of Community Development for "Out-of-the-Mainstream Youth"
   
   • Phase 1: Group Development Phase
     
     • Step 1: Developing and Maintaining the Group
     • Step 2: Connecting to the Target Audience
     • Step 3: Developing Group Capacity
     • Step 4: Developing Legitimacy
     • Step 5: Negotiating and Contracting Partnerships
       
   • Phase 2: Community Partnership Phase
     
     • Step 6: Identifying Community Need Areas.
     • Step 7: Involving the Broader Community in Decision Making
     • Step 8: Selecting a Collective Community Goal
     • Step 9: Developing a Mechanism for Implementation
     • Step 10: Sustaining the Community Development Effort
4. Conclusions
5. Bibliography
6. Appendix A: Site Summaries
7. Appendix B: Developing Partnerships for Sustainability
   
   • Appendix B1: A Summary of the Workshop
   • Appendix B2: Agenda
   • Appendix B3: Worksheets