title: Full-service community schools: a strategy--not a program.
abstract: The concept that drives the emerging full-service community school movement is this: Schools cannot address all the problems and needs of disadvantaged children, youth, and families. Community schools are operated jointly by school systems and community agencies, are open extended hours, and may provide the site for after-school programs, primary-care health services, mental health counseling, parent education and involvement, and community development. No two community schools are alike. They grow out of a planning process that involves all stakeholders, school personnel, community-based organizations, city and county government, parents, and students. The Quitman Street Community School in Newark, New Jersey, exemplifies this approach.
authors.forename: Joy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dryfoos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009515:New Jersey; D016730:Program Development; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012574:Schools; D012922:Social Change; D012944:Social Support; D035862:Vulnerable Populations