The Council Evaluation
A pilot study of the Boys Council model (now named The Council for Boys and Young Men) in 2008 involving five organizations with 93 total participants in Council groups found significant increases in boys' School Engagement. Additionally, outcomes such as Self-efficacy related to Educational Goals, Ethnic Pride and Conflict Skills were moving in the expected direction after 10 weeks.
Additionally, over 98 teen boys who provided Satisfaction Surveys revealed high satisfaction on average in their Council groups.
For more information, view the Pilot Study Poster.
Are you interested in joining this national Council study?
Organizations are needed to partner with The Council, a Division of GCA/Tides, and Portland State University to evaluate The Council group effectiveness in improving boys’ lives.
If your site:
- will serve 100 or more boys over a ten week period this Fall, 2008
- can offer control group and The Council group data
- can identify a site coordinator to manage the data gathering steps
- can administer The Council Pre and Post Survey to boys
- may possibly offer focus group data as well
then please join this movement to understand the potential of The Council program in making a difference for boys and young men.
The Council Pilot Study 2008
We are very pleased to announce a research partnership with Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, and youth-serving organizations throughout the United States.
 Eric Mankowski, PhD, Associate Professor, Applied Social & Community Psychology, Department of Psychology, Portland State University and a team of doctorate, masters’ level, and undergraduate students are joining with youth-serving organizations to study the impact of The Council model for boys in participating groups this Spring, 2008, in organizations nationwide.
Boys and young men, ages 11 – 18, will provide pre- and post-survey data and will participate in “experimental” or comparison groups for 10 weeks during the Spring, 2008. Data from these surveys will be collected and analyzed by the researchers at PSU, and a report will be available on the effectiveness of the Council model by late summer. We are seeking sites that serve boys 11-18 years old to collaborate with us. We are especially interested in collaborating with sites that may have access to boys in "control groups" as well as boys being served in Council groups.
The Council wishes to thank the following organizations for
participating with us in The Council Pilot Study 2008:
| ALASKA: |
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| YWCA Anchorage |
www.ywcaak.org
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| ARKANSAS: |
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South Arkansas Youth Services, Magnolia
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www.arkansas.gov
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| CALIFORNIA: |
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Big Brothers Big Sisters North Bay, San Rafael
Foundation for Second Chances, Los Angeles
Health Improvement Partnership- Shasta, Redding
R House, Santa Rosa
Sycamore Canyon School, Los Angeles
Windsor Unified School District, Windsor
Young Men’s Ultimate Weekend, San Rafael |
www.bbbsmarin-napa.org
www.ffscinc.org
www.hipshasta.org
www.rhouseinc.org
www.sycamorecanyonschool.com
www.wusd.org
www.ymuw.org
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| CONNECTICUT: |
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| St. Francis Home, New Haven |
www.stfrancishome.com
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| NEVADA: |
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Boys and Girls Club, Fallon
Churchill County Juvenile Probation, Fallon |
www.boysandgirlsclubfallonnv.com
www.churchillcounty.org/jpo
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| OREGON: |
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The Dalles Middle School, The Dalles
Deschutes County Juvenile Community Justice, Bend
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www.tdms.nwasco.k12.or.us
www.co.deschutes.or.us
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| TEXAS: |
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Granbury Regional Juvenile Justice Center
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| WASHINGTON: |
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| Metro Center YMCA, YBoys, Seattle |
www.seattleymca.org |
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