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Faith-Based Interventions for At-Risk Latino Youths: A Study of Outcomes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2013

Stephen V. Monsma  and
Corwin E. Smidt
Stephen V. Monsma*
Affiliation:
Calvin College
Corwin E. Smidt*
Affiliation:
Calvin College
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Stephen V. Monsma, The Paul B. Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics, Calvin College, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546. E-mail: sm24@calvin.edu
Corwin E. Smidt, The Paul B. Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics, Calvin College, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546. E-mail: smid@calvin.edu
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Abstract

This is a study of the comparative outcome success experienced by 2748 participants in government-funded faith-based and community-based intervention programs for at-risk and adjudicated Latino youths run by 28 providers in five western cities. The Latino Coalition, an intermediary faith-based organization, subcontracted with 28 sub-grantees that provided the services from 2005–2008. The study found similar outcomes were experienced by youths in the faith-based versus the community-based programs, but it did find significantly different outcomes by the comprehensive versus non-comprehensive nature of the programs. The study places its findings in the context of faith-based and community initiatives and draws conclusions concerning the public policy implications of the government partnering with faith-based and community-based organizations to provide public services to needy, and especially minority, populations.

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Politics and Religion , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , June 2013 , pp. 317 - 341
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Copyright © Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association 2013 

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