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Anchorage United for Youth

Anchorage United for Youth. Sarah Sledge, Director of Community Action United Way of Anchorage. Developmental Assets Framework adopted by Anchorage School District Anchorage Youth Development Coalition Assets Trainer Helping Kids Succeed – Anchorage School District Style SEL.

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Anchorage United for Youth

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  1. Anchorage United for Youth Sarah Sledge, Director of Community Action United Way of Anchorage

  2. Developmental Assets Framework adopted by Anchorage School District • Anchorage Youth Development Coalition • Assets Trainer • Helping Kids Succeed – Anchorage School District Style • SEL • Anchorage Juvenile Justice Working Group • Anti-Gang & Youth Violence Initiative • Community Youth Violence/Gang Response Task Force • Reclaiming Futures • United Way Substance Abuse Workgroup History / Background

  3. Reclaiming Futures Anchorage School District Coalitions Agencies Juvenile Justice United Way Alaska Association of School Boards Anchorage Youth Development Coalition • Tri-borough Anti-Gang & YouthViolence Policy Team Foundations

  4. Anchorage United for Youth 6 strategy areas, measured for community wide results Multi-sector partners agree to implement an integrated community plan Activities/Programs/Projects measure common client outcomes APD ASD MOA Youth service providers Funders Anti-Gang and Youth Violence Policy team Private sector Faith Organizations State

  5. GOAL: Anchorage youth succeed in school and in life • Graduate on time • 59.6% in 2005 • Resist substance use • 41.3% drinking alcohol • 27.9% binge drinking • Reject delinquency • 1836 juvenile arrests • 18% Anchorage HS students reporting dating violence

  6. Failure to engage in school • Disproportionate Minority Contact • Increase in gang activity • Substance use involvement in juvenile crime • Youth needed better access to meaningful activities • Needed more supportive adults What was the story?

  7. Partners • Anchorage School District • Municipality • State Agencies • Juvenile Justice • Nonprofit agencies • Businesses • Judiciary • Anchorage Police Department • Tribal & Cultural Groups • Faith Community Who has a role to play in doing better?

  8. Stable Families • Positive Adult Relationships • Meaningful Activities • Early Intervention Efforts What works to do better?

  9. Increase Family Support Intervention for Delinquent and Disengaged Youth Non-profit Sector For-profit sector City Government • Increase graduation rates • Reduce substance use rates • Reduce delinquency State Government Intervention for Substance Use Increase Supportive Adult Relationships Federal Government Faith Based Organizations Increase Meaningful Opportunities for Youth Environmental Strategies Tribal Organizations Individuals Funders Neighborhoods

  10. Building Assets and Increasing SEL

  11. Increase capacity of organizations to provide meaningful opportunities • Incorporating Youth Voice • Workforce Development • Increasing youth awareness of activities Increasing Meaningful Opportunities

  12. Increase in youth knowledge of positive activity options: 79% • Increased knowledge about groups, organizations or services: 71% • Percentage of youth who indicate they participated in an activity learned of through QPA: 25% • Number of visits to page per day: average 150 www.facebook.com/quepasaanchorage

  13. GOAL: Anchorage youth succeed in school and in life • Graduate on time • Resist substance use • Reject delinquency Measuring Our Progress

  14. Anchorage United for Youth

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