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Special Projects, 1939-1940, 1944-1946, 1959-1970s. Alternatives to Detention (ATD), 1970s. Third Year Proposal. (Box 171, Folder 20)

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This folder contains materials created/collected by the United Neighborhood Houses of New York, a federation of New York City settlement houses. The United Neighborhood Houses of New York, Inc. (UNH) was founded by Mary K. Simkhovitch and John L. Elliott in 1900 as the Association of Neighborhood Workers, a federation of York City settlement houses. The organization worked to disseminate information, promote reform, unify settlement houses, and facilitate coordinated projects. During the 1960s, UNH responded to the federal government's Great Society programs with a new emphasis on seeking funding for member houses or for its own programs. This folder specifically contains reports, grant proposals and applications, correspondence, and resource materials for the Alternatives to Detention program (ATD), an education, jobs, and counseling program for youth. ATD enrolled youth who were referred from the court or prison systems, social services, or other sources. The program provided group counseling, job training and vocational guidance, educational services, and recreation. The records document these activities as well as the project design, client criteria, and evaluation of the program. Due to the demographic and socio-political contexts of geography and the social system, these records represent a program that served many African American and other racial/ethnic minority youth.
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