Community For Youth
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.

"One of the most effective dropout prevention programs in the district..."
The late John Stanford, former Superintendent, Seattle Public Schools

"I never dreamed I'd go to college. No one in my family has. My mentor believed in me. I began to believe in myself. Because of (my mentor's) help and support, I am graduating from high school and going to college next year. I am proud of myself and so thankful to my mentor."
Cleveland High School student, Class of 2000

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Program Objectives

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

• Community and support
  
  
• Curriculum
  
  
• Coaching and training