Abstract

Greenbelt CARES Youth Services Bureau (CARES) is the human services arm of the city of Greenbelt, Maryland, offering direct services to children and their families living in or near this suburb of Washington. CARES has operated for eighteen years, providing formal and informal counseling, crisis intervention, suicide prevention, substance abuse education and prevention, information, referral services, a job bank, a tutoring program, a general equivalency diploma preparatory course, a family clinic, school discussion groups, and training of school personnel. Two-thirds of the services are supplied by qualified volunteers who receive continuous training, technical support, and feedback from a group of peers and mentors.

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