Goals & Strategies
Y.O.U.’s Big Goal
Y.O.U. closes the opportunity gap by preparing youth for post-secondary and life success.
How do we reach this goal?
We utilize three strategies to close the opportunity gap and prepare youth for post-secondary success and life success.
Across all these strategies, we seek to build deep, caring relationships with youth, their families, and the community institutions around them.
- ADVANCE youth success through our Out-of-School Time Program
- BUILD youth resilience through our Clinical Counseling and Outreach
- CATALYZE community hubs through our Community Schools initiative
Strategy #1
Advance youth success
Our Out-of-School Time (OST) Program offers a “high expectations, high support” pathway to post-secondary and life success.
Our OST program provides free, high-quality learning, social-emotional enrichment, and trauma-informed support services that help youth to grow in four areas: skills and knowledge, self-regulation, mindsets, and values.
Strategy #2
Build youth resistance
Our Clinical and Outreach Team provides mental health counseling, case management, and 24-7 crisis intervention to support the resilience of our youth.
We integrate group therapies and counseling services directly into our Out-of-School Time Program to support the emotional health and wellness of our youth and families.
Strategy #3
Catalyze community hubs
Our Community Schools initiative aims to systematically close the opportunity gap by developing hubs of resources that increase access to a variety of services.
Our Community Schools engage parents as leaders and develop partnerships for improved student learning, stronger families, and healthier communities.