Opportunity Reboot: A Community‐Based Evaluation Focused on Opportunity Youth.
The number of young people living in the margins of society reflects one of the most pressing social inequities of our time. Opportunity youth often face many complex challenges perpetrated by a range of systemic issues. These trajectories can be positively disrupted by surrounding youth with a cohe...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Community Psychology Vol. 68; no. 3/4; pp. 371 - 385 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2021
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