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Helping At-Risk Youth |
This report provides practical suggestions related to five critical components of programs for at-risk youth — services integration and case management, parental involvement, using volunteers for tutoring and mentoring, fund raising and marketing, and monitoring program outcomes to improve accountability. Although these components are important elements in most programs for at-risk youth, local programs often experience difficulty in implementing them. The suggestions presented in Helping At-Risk Youth: Lessons from Community-Based Initiatives are derived from experiences of a variety of programs serving at-risk youth, primarily from Communities in Schools programs located in communities across the country. The report is intended to provide practical advice for administrators responsible for managing or overseeing such programs, and for community leaders and others who make decisions about introducing initiatives for at-risk youth, or who provide guidance to those administering them.
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