VCU Clark-Hill Institute for Positive Youth Development

The VCU Clark-Hill Institute for Positive Youth Development, under the direction of Albert Farrell, Ph.D., is part of the Department of Psychology and is located on the Monroe Park Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. The Institute is one of ten National Academic Centers of Excellence for Youth Violence Prevention funded by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. VCU departments of Psychology, Government & Public Affairs, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology & Community Health are represented in the Institute.

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Mission Statement

The Institute’s mission is to empower youth, schools, families, and other stakeholders to promote the healthy, safe, and otherwise positive development of youth in our defined community from early adolescence through emerging adulthood.