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Greenhouses and Nurseries

The Center's Greenhouses and Nurseries are a set of local and state programs from which practice-based knowledge can be gleaned. Greenhouses are programs of some duration that have produced outcome data and which have been visited by a Center staff member. Nurseries are program which are at an earlier state of development or for which outcome data are not yet available or which have not been visited by a Center staff member. The Center identifies Greenhouses and Nurseries so that other may learn from them, and it draws on these programs and their staffs to provide information on organizational change, program needs, and promising practices.   Each of these pages is linked to contact information for the project, including phone numbers, addresses, and, where available, E-mail and websites. Listings in bold also have a brief project description. In addition, many of the sites have Special Education Success Stories, which you can access from individual pages.

Greenhouses:
  • Asian Pacific Development Center, Denver, CO
  • BEST Project, Utah
  • Boys Town, Boys Town, NE
  • Comer School Development Program, New Haven, CT
  • FACT Project, Salt Lake City, UT
  • FAST, Madison, WI
  • Fast Track, NC, TN, PA, and WA
  • Kaleidoscope, Inc., Chicago, IL
  • La Familia Counseling Services, Hayward, CA
  • Lane School, Educational Service District, Eugene, OR
  • Latin American Youth Center, Washington, DC
  • Positive Education Program (PEP), Cleveland, OH
  • Project ACHIEVE, FL
  • Stark County Family Alliance, OH
  • State of Vermont Best and Wraparound Initiatives, VT
  • Wediko Children's Services, NH
  • Westerly Public School District, Westerly, RI
 Nurseries (includes CMHS grantees):
  • Bertha Abess Children's Center, Inc., Miami, FL
  • Community School District 6, New York, NY
  • District 4J, Eugene, OR
  • Florida Shared Services Network
  • F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Project, Bronx, NY
  • Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, Houston, TX
  • Institute for Community Initiatives, Inc., Phoenix, AZ
  • Little East Havana, site of the Annie E. Casey Urban Mental Health Initiative, Miami, FL
  • Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services, CA
  • Los Angeles County Office of Education, Special Education Division, CA
  • Meramec Valley Community School, Pacific, MO
  • Orchard Place Child Guidance Center, Des Moines, IA
  • Santa Clara Valley Mental Health Department, Family and Children's Services Division, CA
  • Sustaining Systems Project, Phoenix, AZ

Also included under Nurseries:

Center for Mental Health Services
Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch Grantees:

  • Statewide Family Network Program
  • Children's Services Program
  • Circle of Care Program

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© 2001 The CECP is part of the American Institutes for Research (AIR), and is funded under a cooperative agreement with the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), U.S. Department of Education (ED), with supplemental funding from the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).