*Young Adults

This report contains the principal materials prepared for the first year of the "Forum on Public/Private Social Concern," which focused on issues of disadvantaged young men in urban areas. The forum is an information exchange for funders and policymakers in government, foundation, and business sectors. Included is a report summarizing the accomplishments and activities of the first year of the forum, which synthesizes meeting preseLtations and group discussions and offers recommendations. Those recommendations touch on the following: (1) program design and implementation; (2) grantmaking; (3) evaluation of grants and programs; and (4) public policy approaches. Also included are three background papers. The first paper, "Structural Impediments to Success, " examines the economic, social, and demographic dynamics and factors that inhibit many young men from making a successful transition into adulthood