Youth Intervention
Youth Intervention programs are community based services work with young people when they are first beginning to make poor decisions that can have lifelong negative repercussions. The goal of Youth Intervention programs is to encourage and build a young person's connections to the community, including developing meaningful relationships with caring adults, as a way to support academic achievement, as well as prevent juvenile delinquency. Youth Intervention providers work with young people to help them become engaged and contributing members of the community. Typically, Youth Intervention programs work with young people between 6 and 18 years of age, but may also work with young people between 18 and 24 years of age. While often viewed as a way to prevent young people from becoming involved in the juvenile justice system or avoid committing a re-offense, Youth Intervention has a broader impact. It is a way to work with young people who are struggling in school and may choose to drop out or are making choices that can lead to teen pregnancy or illegal use of alcohol and other substances, and also works with youth who are homeless and may find themselves in unsafe situations forcing them to make harmful choices. Poor