Introduction and Summary
2. Culture Counts reviews the value of the arts and the humanities for youth. It suggests that arts and humanities programs are crucial components of any community strategy that seeks to improve the lives of children and youth.
3. Transforming Lives provides an overview of the highly varied cultural
programs surveyed for this report.
4. A Delicate Balance summarizes the principles, policies and practices found in promising programs.
5. Looking Ahead recommends continued examination of these programs and discusses their need for increased technical and financial support.
6. Among other materials, the Appendix highlights noteworthy program assessments and provides readers a state-by-state index to the programs profiled. Program Profiles contains the 218 individual profiles of arts and humanities programs for children and youth at risk.
This report is structured in six chapters.
1. A Changed Environment for Children describes the context in which these programs operate, presenting both disheartening statistics and the evidence of resiliency that children can display in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.