Problem/ Issue to be Addressed

Pairing local children with adults in mutually helpful volunteer opportunities

Risk/ Protective Factors

Opportunities to serve
Stronger adult-youth relationships
Stronger peer relationships
Supervised alternative activities
Stronger community support
Social skills
Improved academic performance
Increased life options

Targets of Change

Corporations, faith institutions, schools, service organizations , adults, program staff, students, teachers, Federal and State agencies

Agents of Change

Advisory Board, School District Coordinators, program staff, current volunteers, school districts, YMCA, School District Coordinators
Students in kindergarten through twelfth grade

Components

Recruitment, matching, activities

Elements

Marketing, selection, background checks, activity assignment, orientation, training
One-to-one
Mentor
Tutor
Phone Pal
Career Exploration
Group
After School Facilitator
Lunch Reading Group
Church-School Program
Saturday Activities
Pregnant Teen Support Group
Basketball Clinic
Career Discovery Day

Mode/

Context of Delivery

Media, businesses, faith institutions, nonprofit organizations , service organizations, government, schools, School District Coordinators, field trip locations

Providing information and skills training

Enhancing support and resources

Modifying opportunities and barriers

Monitoring and Feedback

Components

- Recruitment
- Matching

- Celebrations
- Resource Sharing
- Recognition

- Provide opportunities to serve
- Making it easier to volunteer

Tracking the number of youth and volunteers

Elements

- Promote awareness
- Selection of volunteers
- Background checks
- Activity assignment
- Orientation
- Training

- Monthly celebrations
- Agency newsletter
- Articles on volunteers in town newspaper

- Change policies to allow flex time at work

Opportunities:

- Mentor
- Tutor
- Phone Pal
- Career Exploration
- After School Facilitator
- Lunch Reading Group
- Church-School Program
- Saturday Activities
- Pregnant Teen Support Group
- Basketball Clinic
- Career Discovery Day

- How many hours are spent by volunteers and youth?
- How many volunteers and youth are involved?

Problem/ Issue to be Addressed

Adolescent pregnancy is a serious problem in our community.

Risk/ Protective Factors

Knowledge of contraceptives, risks
Access to contraceptives
Skills
Values and beliefs
Problems at home (conflict, inconsistent rules from parents)
Economic deprivation

Targets of Change

Adolescents, peers, parents and caregivers, teachers, service providers, business people, and elected and appointed officials

Agents of Change

Peers, parents and caregivers, teachers, service providers, religious leaders, business people, elected and appointed officials

Components

Sexuality education, develop community alliances, improve access to contraceptives, monitor rates of adolescent pregnancy, improve peer support and increase alternative activities

Elements

Offer graduate-level training for teachers in sexuality education
Offer skills training for teens for the choice of avoiding unprotected sexual activity.
Use bulletin boards and the school newspaper to keep teens up to date on special events
Begin a "brown bag" program for teens to buy contraceptives without others knowing what they are doing
Start a support group to help teen mothers stay in school

Mode/ Context of Delivery

Schools, media, businesses, faith institutions, service organizations

Providing information and skills training

Enhancing support and resources

Modifying opportunities and barriers

Monitoring and Feedback

Components

Sexuality education

- Provide peer support
- Provide support from influential others
- Develop community alliances

- Improve access to contraceptives

- Monitor rates of adolescent pregnancy

Elements

- Offer graduate-level training for teachers in sexuality education
- Offer skills training to teens on avoiding unprotected sexual activity
- Use bulletin boards and the school newspaper to keep teens up to date on special events

- Start a support group to help teen mothers stay in school
- Establish a mentoring program for at-risk youth to gain access to potential employers and job opportunities

- Begin a "brown bag" program for teens to buy contraceptives without others knowing what they are doing
- Contraception and information about its use will be made available at places where teens congregate

- How many teens report abstaining from intercourse?
- How many teens report the use of contraceptives if they do engage in sexual activity?
- How many teens become pregnant?
- Report the estimated pregnancy rate to the community on an annual basis

Problem/ Issue to be Addressed

We want to improve neighborhood life through better jobs, housing, and education.

Risk/ Protective Factors

Economic deprivation
Community disorganization
Mobility
Availability of illegal substances/weapons
Skills training

Targets of Change

Business people, residents (including youth), elected and appointed officials, funders, higher education institutions

Agents of Change

Business people, residents (including youth), elected and appointed officials, funders, higher education institutions

Components

Job training, job availability, land reorganization, monitoring of joblessness, education and training

Elements

Develop adult literacy programs
Expand affordable childcare
Expand computer access for residents through local community organizations
Hold an annual job fair
Provide loans to support small business development
Clear land for new business
Increase incentives to encourage rehabilitation of existing housing
Increase clean up of yards, sidewalks, and vacant lots
Build more low and middle income housing in the neighborhood

Mode/ Context of Delivery

Businesses, housing authority, schools, media, faith institutions , service organizations

Providing information and skills training

Enhancing support and resources

Modifying opportunities and barriers

Monitoring and Feedback

Components

- Increase job training
- Provide information on job availability
- Increase general education

- Provide support for new businesses
- Provide financial support for home rehabilitation

-Reduce barriers to going to work
- Reorganize land use

- Monitoring joblessness, education

Elements

- Develop adult literacy programs
- Hold an annual job fair
- Develop programs to help residents obtain their GED
- Increase the number of computers in schools
- Establish a summer internship program for high school students

- Provide low interest loans to encourage rehabilitation of existing housing
- Build more low and middle income housing in the neighborhood
- Institute tax breaks for employers who relocate in the neighborhood

- Expand affordable childcare
- Expand computer access for residents through local community organizations
- Provide loans to support small business development
- Clear land for new business
- Improve the public transportation system

- What is the rate of unemployment for the neighborhood?
- What percentage of high school freshmen graduate high school or obtain a GED?
- What percentage of high school students receive further education?