Overview

The Services to Youth Facet uses an integrated approach to prepare young people to succeed as healthy citizens in the global workforce and to promote healthy lifestyles within families and communities.

Goals: Continue to further work on closing the achievement gap from Pre-K through college with the intent of preparing our youth for the global workforce as healthy citizens.Revise and modify Services to Youth programs to promote the integration of a health and wellness component focused on youth, families and communities.Develop training modules for local pre-k through college mentoring programs to ascertain a high level of support for youth in communities.Expand and support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education and promote the integration of the arts (STEM to S.T.E.A.M.).Promote and support Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for ensured sustainability.