The Center
for Children and Childhood Studies' Service and
Outreach Projects aim
to directly impact on the lives of children and their futures.
Faculty, students and staff are involved in a range of programs
in the local community, such as early childhood literacy education,
art enrichment programs, science workshops for teachers, health
care enrollment, recreational programs for youth and more.
(Learn also about our newest collaborators at the Rutgers-Camden
School of Law, the Children's
Justice Clinic. The Children's Justice Clinic is
a holistic lawyering program using multiple strategies and interdisciplinary
approaches to resolve problems for Camden youth facing juvenile delinquency
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The
Rutgers Future Scholars Program introduces
first-generation, low-income and academically-talented middle
school students to the promise and opportunities of a college
education. Students who successfully completed the pre-college
program and are accepted at Rutgers will receive a scholarship
covering the cost of their tuition for four years. >>> learn
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Professional
Development Pathways Initiative (PDPI) for
Early Childhood Educators is a community based
initiative in Camden in order to provide improved early childhood
education training for childcare staff at all levels.
>>>
check our new PDPI website |
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>>> pictures
from CDA recognition ceremony |
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Sports
Teaching Athletics, Responsibility and Resiliency [STARR] hopes
to
foster the development of responsibility and resiliency in
young teenagers through sports, community service, academic
enrichment and the opportunity to form meaningful relationships
with caring consistent adults. |
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on STARR |
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The
Camden Campaign for Children's Literacy (CCCL) is
a CCCS program which prepares children to read before they
enter school; and promotes literacy as a key to intellectual
and economic success and development.
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To
view some pictures and videos
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Allied
Health Sciences EXPO for
Middle School Students is
held on the Rutgers-Camden campus, usually in January or February.
It is designed to allow 8th grade students in Camden learn about
careers in the allied health sciences. Allied health professionals
attend the Expo to demonstrate medical techniques and research activities
with hands-on activities.
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see images in PPT
presentation |
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more on EXPO 2003, EXPO
2002 |
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Science
Preparation Alliance of Rutgers and Camden [SPARC]
The goal of
the SPARC program is to make precollege students interested and
enthusiastic about science, especially the biological, brain, behavioral,
and cognitive (BBBC) sciences. |
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more on SPARC
Workshop for Teachers |
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Healthy
Futures for Camden Youth strives
to meet community health needs of Camden youth. HFCY has targeted
specific health concerns related to children and teens, such as
access to medical care, lead poisoning
and asthma. |
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