Strategic Initiatives for Youth (SI4Y)

Strategic Initiatives for Youth (SI4Y) intervenes to prevent cycles of harm, working with 3.5% of youth who are critically at risk of being involved with poverty, violence, or the juvenile justice system.

 

Through this initiative, we maintain consistent contact with high-risk youth through:

• Daily access to the church as an alternative to undesirable after-school activities

• 1:1 and small-group mentoring

• Structured guidance toward education, training, jobs, and leadership

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Why this works:

• High-risk youth will spend their free time in a safe, structured environment

• See real, life-changing opportunities

• Surrounded by positive influences and beginning to serve as one for their peers

 

We are committed to discouraging the self-destructive behaviors of youth, building strong relationships and creating spaces to promote physical, spiritual and emotional healing.