Community For Youth

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Causes: Adult & Child Matching Programs, Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Education, Educational Services, Scouting

Mission: Who We Are and What We Do

Only 58.9% of freshman who enrolled in Seattle Public High Schools in 2000, graduated from high school in 2004 (minus confirmed transfers to other schools). 22% of Seattle Public High School students dropped out of high school in 2004. Students in Community for Youth''s programs stay in school and graduate. For the past several years, 90-100% of our students have stayed in school throughout the year. 90%+ of those students who stay in our programs graduate from high school.

CfY is more than a one-on-one mentoring program pairing students from three of Seattle''s high schools - Cleveland, Rainier Beach and Sealth - with adult mentors. It builds a family-like community of students and mentors who support each other.

Students and mentors participate in intensive, growth-focused four-day camps, monthly workshops and community activities that foster life-success skills. This curriculum, focused on building healthy relationships and developing insights, is the foundation of the program''s success.

CfY is transformational for students and mentors alike. It gives them new insights into how to approach their lives.

We place a strong emphasis on mentor training and support. We carefully train our mentors to coach students, keep boundaries, and build healthy relationships.

What makes Community for Youth unique:

- We build a community of support for students and mentors.
- We teach and instill core concepts focused on personal growth and accountability.
- Students and mentors are involved in the selection of their match.
- We place a strong emphasis on mentor training and support.
- We place a staff member in each of our schools during the school day.

Community for Youth''s students:

- 22% live with both parents.
- 68% live in households below the Federal poverty level.
- 92% are students of color.
- Attend schools that have consistently scored at approximately 50% of the statewide meeting standards for each of the sections of the Washington Assessment Student Learning tests.

Students in Community for Youth''s programs show:

- 90-100% of students in our programs stay in school (compared to 78% of Seattle Public High School students).
- 90%+ of those students who stay in our programs graduate from high school (compared to 58.9% of Seattle Public High School students).
- 83% of our students positively changed their behavior and/or achieved their goal.
- 93% of our students reported that they benefited from our program.
- 86% believe they gained a sense of personal accountability.
- 97% feel connected to the community.

The objectives of all CfY programs are to teach, coach and support students to:

- Identify and achieve goals
- Direct their thinking
- Build healthy relationships

We reach these objectives by providing:

- Community and support
- Curriculum
- Coaching and training

Community for Youth transforms high school students who are struggling - with school, with family, with their direction in life - into young adults who have confidence, determination and self-awareness. Supported by a community of adult mentors who are relentlessly committed to their success, teenagers learn to make thoughtful choices, fulfill their commitments, acknowledge their mistakes and account for their actions. By taking control of their lives, students realize they can achieve more than they ever dreamed possible.

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