Inventing and Reinventing Argus
What Makes One Community Organization Work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9765035 |
|---|---|
| Authors | ELIZABETH LYTTLETON STURZ (corresponding author), Mary Taylor (0000-0001-9910-1909) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 494 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19-26 |
| Publication date | 1987-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716287494001002 |
| OpenAlex | W2008282327 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Since 1968, Argus Community, Inc., a South Bronx community-based organization, has had a 70 percent success rate in reclaiming the lives of some of the most at-risk youth in New York City, including juvenile delinquents and drug abusers. In 1987 Argus was selected by the Greater New York Fund as one of six best-managed social welfare agencies in New York. Argus begins by filling in emotional and parental gaps, through an extended family environment that restores trust and develops self-esteem. It moves young people through educational and vocational training to job programs and colleges, among other avenues of future growth. Organizations like Argus can be replicated. The effort must be carried out at the community level, but underwritten by the public sector working with additional private sector resources
Argus · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Pedagogy · Political science · Private sector · Public relations · Sociology · Underwriting · Vocational education · Welfare · Work (physics · Child Welfare and Adoption · Engineering · Finance · Homelessness and Social Issues · Youth Development and Social Support
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 1988 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |