What We Are About

Together For Youth/Unidos Para Nuestros Jovenes envisions a community where youth are healthy, successful, valued, respected and are community leaders. Together for Youth uses a number of powerful strategies to achieve this goal. These strategies are called the Seven Essential Components, and are the foundation of our projects.

Seven Essential Components

1. Increasing Knowledge and Raising Awareness
2. Building Skills and Competencies of Individuals and Families
3. Increasing Involvement in Alcohol and Drug-Free Healthy Alternatives
4. Increasing Access Through Early Identification and Intervention Services and Referrals
5. Changing Social Policies
6. Enforcing Regulations, Ordinances and Laws
7. Increasing the Community's Ability to Respond to Alcohol and Drug Problems

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