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Promoting Justice For Girls In An Unjust System, Francine Sherman
Promoting Justice For Girls In An Unjust System, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
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Taking On The Challenge: Phase I Of The Hyams Foundation Girls' Initiative, Francine Sherman
Taking On The Challenge: Phase I Of The Hyams Foundation Girls' Initiative, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
This report describes Phase I of The Hyams Foundation’s funding initiative for eight programs providing direct services to girls in Boston and Chelsea, Massachusetts. Although the programs varied in their sophistication and experience with gender-responsive approaches, in each case the programs served girls who were court involved and worked with the state social services or juvenile justice systems. The monograph describes the work of the initiative’s Learning Community, participation in which was a requirement of funding, and findings from the Learning Community’s participatory action research. Notably, the report describes nine lessons learned from the funding initiative, which are useful for …