Abstract
This article describes the perspectives of alumni of National Civic Service (NCS) in Israel on its impact at the individual level. We compared 250 young women who were identified as youth at risk with 295 mainstream volunteers. Overall, the two groups show similar outcomes that are typical to this developmental stage of life. Yet youth at risk experience more difficulties. While NCS aims at increasing equality between groups, it seems that it is not enough to bridge the gaps between the groups. The findings imply a need for a continued intervention to accompany the at-risk alumni that would leverage the progress made during the NCS period.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1027-1041 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | International Social Work |
Volume | 61 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Nov 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s) 2017.
Funding
This study was funded by the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology (Grant 3-8785).
Funders | Funder number |
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Israeli ministry of science and technology | |
Ministry of science and technology, Israel | 3-8785 |
Keywords
- Israel
- National Civic Service
- transition to adulthood
- transition to independent living
- youth at risk