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Community For Youth
999 Third Avenue
Suite 1570
Seattle, WA 98104
Office
(206) 325-8480
Fax
(206) 957-2255
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Steps Beyond
"It's nice to have a second family to back you up."
Benito, Sealth High School
Students and mentors who have participated in Steps Ahead have the option of applying to join the Steps Beyond program. Steps Beyond is comprised of sophomores, juniors, seniors, and mentors from Steps Ahead who choose to continue in the program. Steps Beyond consists of:
A two-day Launch Course
A monthly learning experience
Monthly family group activity
Monthly family study group meeting
Monthly large group activities sometimes combined with Steps Ahead counterparts of the same school
Bi-monthly training/support for family group leaders
Steps Beyond continues to emphasize goal setting, accountability, and self-motivation. The program structure is similar to Steps Ahead, although the one-on-one mentor time is replaced with a small group setting, or family group. A family group consists of 3-4 mentors and 6-8 students. The small groups of mentors and students are designed to develop close-knit relationships that challenge, teach, and provide accountability.
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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.
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Results:
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
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