Finding Aid for the Neighborhood Youth Association records
0416
Finding aid prepared by John Howard Fowler
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu
2003
Title: Neighborhood Youth Association records
Collection number: 0416
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4.0 linear ft.
5 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1964-1991
Abstract: The Neighborhood Youth Association began as charitable organization under the aegis of the Episcopal Church in 1914. Using
a settlement house approach, the Association's oiginal goal was to acculturate immigrants to Los Amgeles' West side neighborhoods
to American culture and values. Over the years the Association has broadened its mission to include providing social services
and counseling for poor families and teenaged children in the areas around Venice, California, and the Los Angeles port area,
particularly in the communities of Carson and San Pedro, California. The bulk of the papers collected here are from the period
1976-1991. They include considerable materials on grants, consortia, and special progams.
creator:
Neighborhood Youth Association (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the California Social Welfare Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the appropriate agency or person.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #], Neighborhood Youth Association records, Collection no. 0416, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Acquisition Information
The material was acquired directly from personnel at The Neighborhood Youth Association offices.
Processing Note
These records include a considerable amount of material that is either redundant or is germane to other charitable groups.
The decisions about which items should be maintained in the California Social Welfare Archives was driven by the consideration
that many of the associated groups did not, themselves, have their materials stored in any local archives. Virtually all projects
undertaken by the Association were funded from a wide variety of sources. Each of these sources funded parts of several different
projects. Different record keepers within the Association organized the files by different criteria; usually either by funding
agency or by project. The division of series in this collection reflects these different record keeping approaches. As a result,
some redundancy was unavoidable.
Historical Note
The Neighborhood Youth Association began as charitable organization under the aegis of the Episcopal Church in 1914. Using
a settlement house approach, the Association's original goal was to acculturate immigrants to Los Angeles' West side neighborhoods
to American culture and values. Over the years the Association has broadened its mission to include providing social service
and couneling for poor families and teenaged children in the areas around Venice, California, and the Los Angeles port area,
particularly in the communities of Carson and San Pedro, California.
Scope and Content
The bulk of the papers collected here are from the period 1976-1991. They include considerable materials on grants, consortia,
and special progams. Of particular interest are the many drafts and proposals for projects dealing with teenage delinquency
and teen pregnancy.
The collection is divided into seven series:
- 1. Governance
- 2. Administration
- 3. External Agencies
- 4. Fud Raising and Finances
- 5. Programs and Proposals
- 6. Publications
- 7. Conferences
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Neighborhood Youth Association (Los Angeles, Calif.). -- Archives
Clippings
Correspondence
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social conditions--Archival resources
Memorandums
Minutes
Newsletters
Notes
Printed ephemera
Reports
Social group work--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Social service--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Social workers--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources
Typescripts
Videotapes
Governance Series: 1.
1968-1988
General Physical Description note:
approximately .5 linear feet
Board of Trustees
1967-1987
Box 1, Folder 3
Board Development Meeting
21 May 1986
Box 2, Folder 50
Client Statistics
1988
Scope and Contents note
Charts. Pages from the 1988 Strategic Plan?
Box 1, Folder 9
Administrative Committee
1967-1971
Scope and Contents note
Minutes
Box 1, Folder 8
Benefit Committee Minutes
1968
Box 1, Folder 5
Finance Committee
16 August 1972
Scope and Contents note
Minutes
Box 1, Folder 7
Harbor Area Advisory Council Roster
October 1974
General note
From Funding Proposal.
Box 1, Folder 4
Rosters
1972-1973
Scope and Contents note
Membership lists for various board committees.
Administration 2.
1964-1982
General Physical Description note:
approximately .5 linear feet
Box 5, Folder 40
Auxiliaries: Palos Verdes Auxiliary
1974
Box 1, Folder 12
Staff Lists
General note
Laid out as Organizational Charts
Box 4, Folder 33
Fundraising guidelines
12 April 1976
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Stuart Snyder of SONDA describing framework for grant proposals. Copy sent to Adel Martinez. Resource file.
Box 1, Folder 14
Intake, Transfer, Termination, and Follow-up of Groups
1964
Box 1, Folder 13
Organizational Character Study
15 March 1983
Scope and Contents note
Paper written by Mercy Vivian for a UCLA Organizational Theory Course.
Box 1, Folder 15
Personnel Practices
28 November 1972
Box 1, Folder 16
[Refining Goals]
January 1972
Scope and Contents note
Third Draft. Preparation for Public Meetings.
Box 1, Folder 17
Youth Leadership Development and Training Project
22 May 1973
Box 3, Folder 28
Work Experience Agreement
25 October 1982
External Agencies 3.
General note
Agencies NYA was in coalition with or whose Board of Directors included NYA Members
Alcohol Prevention Action Coalition
Box 3, Folder 37
Resources
1989-1990
Scope and Contents note
Includes 1989 Fortified Wine Study
Box 3, Folder 40
Los Angeles County AIDS Program Office
n.d.
Box 3, Folder 47
Los Angeles County Youth Advisory Council
1989
General note
Youth Leadership Program
Box 5, Folder 44
Mexican Mafia
1977
Scope and Contents note
Articles about the firing of State Drugs program chief Josetta Escamillo-Mondonaro in 1977, all from the Los Angeles Times;
copy of Reader's Digest article.
Venice Drug Coalition
General note
NYA is a member agency.
Box 5, Folder 37
Chronological Files
1975-1981
General note
Near the end of this period NYA appears to have handled grant and program directly.
Box 3, Folder 35
Progress Report
1 October 1976 - 31 March 1977
Venice-West Prevention Project
Box 4, Folder 34
Proposal and Correspondence
1975-1977
Box 5, Folder 1
Venice People's Rainbow Pages
c. 1973
Scope and Contents note
Covers a wide variety of alternative life-style and social services.
Box 5, Folder 21
Venice-West Comprehensive Delinquency Prevention Project
1977
General note
May be related to Project H.E.A.V.Y. LEAA Grant.
Box 3, Folder 39
Westside HIV/AIDS Coordinating Council
24 April 1989
General note
Preliminary Survey
Fundraising and Finances 4.
Box 1, Folder 20
Accomplishments
1976-1987
Scope and Contents note
Documents for inclusion in grant requests.
Box 1, Folder 47
California Community Foundation
1974
Scope and Contents note
Youth TV Workshop. Includes CCF 1973 Annual Report.
California Youth Authority
Box 1, Folder 48
Community Based Treatment
18 June 1974
Box 3, Folder 8
Central Intake Unit
1986-1987
General note
Concept paper
Box 5, Folder 22
Child Care
10 October 1980
Scope and Contents note
Office of Child Development Grant
Box 1, Folder 46
Department of Education. State of California.
1977
Scope and Contents note
Alternative Child Care Program
Box 1, Folder 49
Department of Health. State of California.
1975
Scope and Contents note
Idea Statement
Box 1, Folder 22
Diocese Investment Trust
1977-1991
Box 2, Folder 51
Framing for Profit
1982-1985
Box 1, Folder 19
Letters of Support
1976-1980
Scope and Contents note
Documents for inclusion in grant requests.
Box 1, Folder 21
Loans
1983-1990
General note
from Wilshire State Bank
Box 2, Folder 52
Lobster House Correspondence
14 May 1979
Box 5, Folder 6
Los Angeles County
16 September 1980
General note
Announcing State permission to County to act as Community Action Agency (CAA)
Box 4, Folder 43
410 Grants
1978-1980
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with California Alcohol and Drug Abuse Department.
Box 4, Folder 37
Billings and Slots
1977-1978
Box 4, Folder 46
Contract Monitoring Reports
1978-1979
Box 4, Folder 44
NIDA Protocol
c. 1976
Scope and Contents note
Contains definitions of terms used in NIDA eporting. Resource file.
Box 4, Folder 45
NIDA Protocol
1976-1977
Scope and Contents note
Contains definitions of terms used in NIDA eporting. Resource file.
Box 4, Folder 40
NIDA site visits
27 October 1980
Box 4, Folder 42
NIDA site visits
1978-1979
Box 5, Folder 28
Progress Report
March 1980
Box 4, Folder 38
Renewals
March 1980
Scope and Contents note
Includes Comprehensive reports on all funded programs.
Box 4, Folder 41
VITA Program Evaluation
1975-1976
General note
Conduted by California Department of Health
Box 4, Folder 39
VITA/CAA Programs
1977-1978
Scope and Contents note
Includes Budget figures for California Department of Health and Statement of Matching Funds from United Way
Box 1, Folder 45
National Institute of Education
1974
Scope and Contents note
Effects of Parent Involvement in a Linguistics Based Program ... of Mexican-American Children.
NIMH
General note
Partially funded VITA
Box 5, Folder 16
VITA Funding Requests
1975-1976
Box 5, Folder 15
VITA Project Report to UCLA
01 November 1974
Box 4, Folder 30
Programs and Sources of Income
1975-1976
Box 1, Folder 23
Sale of Venice Real Estate
09 June 1978
Box 1, Folder 24
Agency/United Way Agreement
02 November 1978
Box 1, Folder 26
1971
Scope and Contents note
Includes Amended Instructions.
Box 1, Folder 27
1973-1974
Scope and Contents note
Includes call for meetings to explain United Way financial strictures.
Box 1, Folder 37
1987-1988
General note
Preparation materials only.
Box 1, Folder 38
1988-1989
General note
Preparation materials only.
Box 1, Folder 40
1989-1990
Scope and Contents note
Includes Revised Instructions.
Box 4, Folder 48
CETA Title VI Contract
21 October 1977
Box 4, Folder 47
CETA Title VI Proposal
1977
Box 1, Folder 43
Prevention of AIDS among Ethnic Minority Youth
27 June 1988
Scope and Contents note
Application for DFDC Grant.
Box 1, Folder 25
Program Statistics
Fall 1969
General note
Probably from an allocation submission.
Box 5, Folder 34
United Way Statistics
1990
Programs and Proposals 5.
Adolescent/Senior Citizen Project
Applications to the County Justice System Subvention Progam.
Box 2, Folder 49
Funding Request, City of Carson
1982
Box 5, Folder 25
LEAA Information
1977
Scope and Contents note
Part of the file indicates early participation in the program through the Venice Drug Coalition
Box 3, Folder 41
AIDS Peer Education Project
c. 1989
Box 3, Folder 2
Special Allocation Request
04 February 1976
CCCJ Venice Drug Program
Scope and Contents note
NYA Program funded by California Council on Criminal Justice. Eleven bound as a single report.
Box 2, Folder 3
Detailed Budget Summaries
1971-1972
Box 2, Folder 6
Detoxification Program
1971
Box 2, Folder 11
Methadone Maintenance Halfway House
1971
General note
Bejamin Rush Center, Venice.
Box 2, Folder 7
Methadone Maintenance Research Program
1971
Box 2, Folder 10
P.R.C.
1971
Scope and Contents note
University of California Purchase Orders.
Box 2, Folder 8
Simulated Driving Performance of Heroin Addicts in a Methadone Maintenance Program
1971
Box 2, Folder 9
TUUM EST
1971
General note
Halfway House
Box 2, Folder 15
Federal Grant Proposal
1973
Box 2, Folder 41
Cinco de Mayo Celebration
1990-1991
Scope and Contents note
Committee notes, flyers, resource materials.
Community Activity Aide Program
Box 2, Folder 25
Demonstration Project for Disconnected Youth proposal
1986
Application for GLACAA Funds
Box 5, Folder 13
Follow-up Evaluation
December 1975
Box 5, Folder 8
GLACAA Contract
01 January 1974
Box 5, Folder 9
Letter to Councilman Gibson
29 April 1976
Box 5, Folder 12
Proposal to National Endowment
1978-1979
Drug Treatment Programs
General note
Carson and Harbor Area
Box 4, Folder 13
Adolescent Drug Treatment Program
1974
Box 4, Folder 14
Drug Abuse Treatment Services Agreement (NIDA)
1975
Box 4, Folder 15
Drug Prevention/Education Program
15 December 1978
Scope and Contents note
Proposal to LA County Department of Health Services
Box 2, Folder 27
Educational Behavioral Assessment Program
1979-1981
Box 2, Folder 42
El Teatro de Salud
16 November 1984
General note
Drug Prevention and Early Intervention
Box 2, Folder 14
Fundraising and Finances
1971
Scope and Contents note
Committee notes, flyers, resource materials
Box 2, Folder 17
Federal Grant Proposal
1981
Box 2, Folder 16
Robert E. Simon Foundation Grant Proposal
1981
Box 3, Folder 59
Harbor Area Delinquency Prevention Project
1977
Box 3, Folder 56
Harbor Area Outpatient Drug-Free Services
16 April 1982
Harbor Area Youth Program--San Pedro
General note
Grant through the Greater Los Angeles Community Action Agency
Box 2, Folder 29
Mobil Drug Crisis Treatment and Rehabilitation Unit
1973
Model Comprehensive Programs for High Risk Students
General note
Program funding administered though ACT TOGETHER and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Box 2, Folder 38
ACT TOGETHER Booklet Description
1983
Box 2, Folder 31
Application for Funds from California Department of Youth Authority
1983-1984
Box 3, Folder 11
Chronological File
1982-1983
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, Monthly Reports, Budget Adjustments.
Box 2, Folder 23
Correspondence with ACT TOGETHER
1983
Box 2, Folder 35
Correspondence with ACT TOGETHER after 15 January 1982
1982-1983
Box 2, Folder 20
Funding Refinements
1981-1982
Box 2, Folder 40
Grant RFP
02 October 1981
Box 2, Folder 33
LEAA Audit
30 December 1981
Box 2, Folder 36
OJJDP Furniture
09 December 1981
Box 2, Folder 21
Public Relations
1980-1982
Box 2, Folder 22
Response to OJJDC
13 January 1982
Box 2, Folder 19
Support Letters
1981-1982
Neighborhood Youth Alcohol Treatment Program
Box 3, Folder 60
NIAAA Proposal Draft
1977
Box 3, Folder 61
Notes on NIAAA Proposal
1977
Box 2, Folder 1
New Careers in Community Mental Health
1973
Scope and Contents note
Grant proposal to Federal New Careers Training Grant Program
Box 2, Folder 2
Operation Mustard Seed
1971-1972
Box 2, Folder 30
Parent Groups with Community Workers
28 October 1974
Peer Education Project
General note
HIV/AIDS Prevention
Box 5, Folder 36
Proposal
1991
Scope and Contents note
Second Year Budget
Box 3, Folder 50
Prevention through Arts Program
1990
Box 3, Folder 51
California ARTS Council
1990
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, resumes, and other materials.
Box 3, Folder 52
Latino Youth Rap Session
05 May 1989
General note
With Danny Villareal
Box 3, Folder 54
Teatro Juvenil de Aztlan
n.d.
Box 5, Folder 39
Teen AIDS Prevention Project
1989
Box 5, Folder 19
Bernard Henderson's Field Notes
1969-1970
Scope and Contents note
Notes of 24 meetings with youth from Mark Twain Junior High. Group called the "Black Power Group."
Box 3, Folder 44
Correspondence
1988-1990
Scope and Contents note
Mostly Information about conferences and conference flyers.
Drug Abuse Primary Prevention Program
Box 3, Folder 29
Statements of Work
1985-1989
Box 3, Folder 55
Letters of Recommendation
1989
Parent Empowerment Project
General note
Projecto Adelante
Box 3, Folder 32
Training Sessions
1988-1990
Box 3, Folder 33
Graduation Ceremonies
1988-1990
Box 3, Folder 34
Childcare Information
1988
Box 3, Folder 49
I Am Somebody
c. 1988
Scope and Contents note
Resource File
Box 5, Folder 38
Parents Rights
1989
Scope and Contents note
Resource Material
Box 3, Folder 10
Year End Evaluation
1985-1986
Box 3, Folder 27
Reach Out. Adolesent Pregnancy Prevention Program
29 April 1982
Box 3, Folder 48
Resources and Referral Lists
1989-1991
Box 3, Folder 13
Special Events
1990
Scope and Contents note
Posters and Flyers
Survival Skills in the '80's
Box 3, Folder 25
Original Proposal
08 May 1986
Box 3, Folder 24
Summer Youth Program
1987
Scope and Contents note
Includes workshops on Self-Esteem and Cultural Awareness, Sexuality and Reproductive Health.
Box 3, Folder 15
Peer Leadership Papers
c. 1988
Box 3, Folder 16
Curriculum Guidelines
c. 1988
Box 3, Folder 18
Curricula: A-I
c. 1988
Scope and Contents note
Includes workshops on Depression and Stress, Drugs and Peer Pressure, Grooming and Personal Hygiene, and Independent Living
Skills.
Box 3, Folder 19
Curricula: J
c. 1988
Scope and Contents note
Workshop on Job Training and Employment Strategies
Box 3, Folder 20
Curricula: K-R
c. 1988
Scope and Contents note
Includes workshops on Nutrition and Recreation, Parenting and Parenting Skills, Roles and Relationships
Box 3, Folder 21
Curricula: S
c. 1988
Scope and Contents note
Includes workshops on Self-Esteem and Cultural Awareness, Sexuality and Reproductive Health.
Box 3, Folder 14
Self Evaluation Report.
21 September 1988
Scope and Contents note
Includes workshops on Self-Esteem and Cultural Awareness, Sexuality and Reproductive Health. For LA County Health Services.
Includes Programs, Pretests, Support Letters, and resumes.
Box 3, Folder 26
Mailout Materials
c. 1988
Box 3, Folder 30
Statements of Work
1989-1990
Scope and Contents note
Includes workshops on Self-Esteem and Cultural Awareness, Sexuality and Reproductive Health.
Box 3, Folder 43
Thank You Notes
1986-1989
Box 3, Folder 23
Troubled Youth in Troubled Times
15 November 1989
Box 3, Folder 22
Workshop Flyers
1989-1991
Carson Gang Prevention Program
Box 4, Folder 3
Request for Service Survey
1976
Box 4, Folder 1
Sheriff's Department Contract
06 August 1974
Venice and West Side program
Box 4, Folder 19
Chronological File
1977-1980
Project Transition
Scope and Contents note
Materials may be interfiled with other prevention programs. Program dovetails into the 409 Prevention Programs. This program
specifically dealt with problems ensuing upon transition from the 9th to the 10th grade in school.
Box 2, Folder 44
Evaluation Instruments
1980-1984
Scope and Contents note
Observation Sheet and Post-Test
Box 4, Folder 27
Progress Report
22 May 1978
Box 3, Folder 45
Publicity
Scope and Contents note
Mostly flyers for NYA special classes, e.g., classes dealing with Immigrant Amnesty.
SB714--Juvenile Drug Diversion
General note
Venice and West Side program
Seniors and Youth Program
Scope and Contents note
California Youth Authority (Concept Papers)
Box 3, Folder 9
Single and Surviving
02 June 1989
Box 2, Folder 28
Spanish Speaking Child/Parent Counseling Program
12 March 1975
Scope and Contents note
Application for Revenue Sharing Funds
Summer Program for Economically Disadvantaged Youth (SPEDY)
Trading Post--Community / University Model for Mental Health Training
Box 2, Folder 32
Uno con Otro con las Familias
1984-1985
General note
Joint program with Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center
VITA Palms Project
General note
Group Home (Shelter for Juvenile Court Probationers)
Box 5, Folder 29
Personnel Files and Employee rules
1975
Box 4, Folder 36
Statement of Work
1976-1977
Box 5, Folder 33
West Side Family Life Center
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Chart
Box 1, Folder 61
"Boy with a Knife"
20 November 1987
Scope and Contents note
Helical Video Tape, 1 inch. Marked: "Master Copy"
Box 1, Folder 58
"Hefner Foundation"
1983
Scope and Contents note
VHS Video.
Box 1, Folder 60
"Helping Young People Grow"
1997
Scope and Contents note
VHS Video.
Box 5, Folder 4
Juvenile Delinquent and the Neighborhood
14 May 1964
Scope and Contents note
Speech by Chris C. Ruiz
Box 1, Folder 57
"Neighborhood Youth Association"
nd
Scope and Contents note
VHS Video.
Box 5, Folder 43
"The NYA Story"
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Leaflet
Box 1, Folder 59
"Personal Best"
1998
Scope and Contents note
VHS Video.
Box 5, Folder 42
Newsletter
Winter 1988-1989
Box 5, Folder 3
Problem in Practice
1967
Scope and Contents note
Speech by Evelyn Wallace.
Box 5, Folder 41
Scrapbook
1966-1971
Scope and Contents note
Includes Newsletter for June 1966
Box 5, Folder 2
Story of an NYA Club
09 March 1955
Scope and Contents note
Speech by Margaret J. Stevenson
Building Effective Relationships with Adolescents
General note
Meeting held 19 January 1980.
Box 1, Folder 54
Participant Evaluations
1980
Troubled Youth in Troubled Times
General note
Conference held on 15 November 1989