Projects in this portfolio foster strong families, address the developmental, behavioral and mental health needs of Wake County children and youth, and help prevent substance abuse, teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease.
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Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines
Integrating a positive youth development approach through comprehensive evaluation and outcomes measurement
ReEntry
Offer Life Skills Assets Program to more youth aged 9 to 18 who have admitted responsibility for a misdemeanor offense.
Haven House Services
Assess current PYD practices, plan purposefully and strategically to more comprehensively integrate PYD tenets, and implement a staff-level change of more intentional PYD-based programming based on best practices.
Wake Teen Medical Services
Determine best practice standards throughout its organization to ensure that youth can be healthy and successful, youth are engaged in activities that contribute to life skills and reinforce community-mindedness, youth grow comfortable as citizens in a participatory democracy, and adults within Wake Teen view youth positively.
SouthLight
Prevent youth who meet high-risk criteria from developing substance abuse problems.
Planned Parenthood
Educate at-risk youth about teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections by adding a peer-to-peer educational outreach program.
Wake County 4-H Youth Development
Develop education, training and employment programs aimed at preventing gang involvement among youth in targeted communities and neighborhoods.