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AUTHORS'NOTE:Demonstrationresearchisalwaysateameffort.Inthiscase,theteam includednational-andlocal-levelBigBrothersBigSistersProgramstaff-ThomasMcKenna, DagmarMcGill,DavidSchirner,JohnHamilton,FrankRingo,PeggyTurner,FairanJones, LindaAnderson,MichaelCharland,TomWeber,CherylThomas,LindaSeaifoss,Madeleine Stilwell,ElizabethCallaghan,JohnWalker,LoriVanauken,SharonBaughman,KathyBlizzard, NickMork,andJanetRhodes-andPublidPrivateVenture(PIPV)staff(alphabetically)-Alvia Branch,CarolDash,KathrynFurano,EleanorHammond,DanistaHunte,NatalieJaffe,Kristine Morrow,PhoebeRoaf,CindySipe,MelanieStyles,BatiaTrietsch,andChrisWelser.P/PV's NancyReschdeservesspecialthanksforconductingalltheanalysisforthisarticle.Theresearch designandwrittenproductsbenefitedfromthewisdomof(alphabetically):RichardDanzig,
JacquelineEccles,FrankFurstenburg,BeatrixHamburg,RobHollister;HaroldHowe,Alan Krueger;HenryLevin,FrankLevy,AnitaSummers,MartaTienda,andPIPV'sTomSmithand GaryWalker.Ourbiggestthanksgoestotheyouthswhoparticipatedintheresearchandtheir parents.ThisresearchwassupportedbyfundingfromLillyEndowment,Inc.,TheCommonwealthFund,ThePewCharitableTrusts,andananonymousdonor.Addresscorrespondenceto Dr.JeanGrossman,P/PV,2005MarketSt.,Suite900,PhiladelphiaPA19103.
