Generacion Diez Project Evaluation
Generacion Diez is an after-school program in Adams County, Pennsylvania, that aims to address major problems affecting the growing migrant community in the area. Specifically, its goals are: 1) to reduce school failure and absences in migrant children; 2) to improve the children's study and social skills and promote social-emotional competence; 3) to provide migrant parents with instrumental and social support and improved access to social service resources; and 4) to increase parent-teacher involvement and cooperation. Intensive English as a Second Language (ESL) and social skills classes, home visits, and school collaboration are among the strategies employed by Generacion Diez to achieve these goals. The program was first implemented in October 1998, with the support and collaboration of the PA Department of Public Welfare's Office of Children, Youth and Families, and the PA Department of Education's Migrant Education Program. The Prevention Research Center is currently conducting a formative and process evaluation to determine the initial effects and issues stemming from the program.