FIU Harlem Childrens Initiative Paper

The Harlem Children’s Zone is an example of a Community Intervention Program, which specifically uses a block association model.

Watch the video below and reflect upon what components of Community Intervention Programming were incorporated (said another way, what made this program successful).

Post a video of yourself reflecting on how this program may effect children’s stress, coping, social support and resilience. More specifically, address the following points in your video:

1. Describe the Harlem Children’s Initiative
2. Describe which Community Intervention Components were incorporated into the Harlem Children’s Initiative, and thus made it successful
3. Explain how these program components would affect community members’ (i.e., children’s) stress, coping, social support and resilience
4. The Harlem Children’s Zone