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Youth Development Program

The "After School Challenge" Youth Development Program is designed to create and expand the range of choices and opportunites that enable, empower, and encourage youth to achieve positive growth and development, improve expectations and capacities for future success, and avoid and/or reduce risk-taking behavior.  The program curriculum encompass workshops and activities that will achieved the following outcomes: improved performance, increased basic social skills, enhanced life skills, heighten parental involvement and awareness, and raised participation in positive rereation, sports, and cultural activities.

The program seeks specifically to address the following core elements:

• Improving Academic Performance
  
• Recreation, sports, and activities
  
• Positive Adult Mentors
  
• Life Skills Education
  
• Parental Involvement