CHILDREN & YOUTH VISION: A community that respects and nurtures youth & provides access to services that enable them to be self-sufficient, prepared and positive contributors to our community. MISSION: Working to ensure that youth succeed. OUTCOMES: Increased number of youth that feel empowered. Increased opportunities for youth to be successful in their school & communities. Increased number of positive alternatives to help youth avoid negative behaviors. Increased number of youth engaged in constructive engaging activities. Increase the supply of quality after school and recreation programs so that you have safe, productive group activities outside school hours. OBJECTIVES: Support safe, accessible, available & quality activities during non-school hours. Involve parents & other volunteers in youth’s education & non-school activities. Support opportunities for youth to build healthy relationships with peers & adults. Empower youth to develop life skills, become resources & contribute to our multi-cultural community. CHILDREN & YOUTH INDICATORS Increase the number of volunteers and mentors actively participating in the community. Increase the percent of students who remain in school. Increase the percent of youth engaged in constructive, enriching activities (leadership, civic, community service, etc.) Decrease the percent of teen pregnancies. Increase the knowledge and skills to help youth recognize, prevent, and/or avoid violent abusive behaviors Decrease the percent of youth entering and or re-entering the juvenile justice system. Decrease the percent of young people involved in gang activities. CHILDREN & YOUTH FUNDED PROGRAMS American Red Cross - Health & Safety Education Scholarships Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Merced Counties - Core Mentoring Center for Human Services - Youth Court, Patterson Teen Center Community Housing & Shelter Services - Children in Recovery Girl Scouts Muir Trail Council - Outreach Troops Greater Yosemite Council Boy Scouts - Traditional Boy Scouting, Teenage Character Development (Exploring/Venturing) Haven Women's Center of Stanislaus - Children's Program Parent Resource Center - Motivated Teen Volunteer "MTV" Project Salvation Army Red Shield - Character 101, Summer Day Camp Salvation Army Turlock Corps - Youth Services YMCA of Stanislaus County - After School Child Care, Camp Jack Hazard, OASIS After School Enrichment Program (Oakdale) TARGETED CARE GRANTS Big Brothers Big Sisters - High  H.O.P.E.S. Center for Human Services - Diversity +, Hutton House Youth Advisory Board, Ceres Partnership for Healthy Children Youth Leadership Program Family Support Network - Rincon Latino Great Valley Museum - Education Outreach King Kennedy Center Board of Directors - African American Youth Leadership Council La Grange Elementary After School - Golden Opportunities for all La Grange Students and Supporting and Mentoring Students Modesto High Band & Guard Boosters - Band and Color Guard Support Project Success Academy - Project Success Second Harvest Food Bank - Food 4 Thought Stanislaus County Police Activity League - Project Safe Steps Dance Arts Center - Beauty and the Beast Dance Scholarships Volunteer Center of United Way - VolunTEEN Program West Side Theater Foundation - Exploring Music