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Program Goals

SA Youth strives to make a difference by promoting three goals for our drop-out prevention and recovery programs:

  • Improve educational achievement
  • Foster values and develop character
  • Develop healthy lifestyles

To read more about our Carol M White Physical Education Program read our SA Youth Final Report, SA Youth Final Report PPT and SA Youth Home Environment Study.

The following logic model demonstrates how we aim to promote these goals in our programs.

GOAL #1: Develop a Healthy Lifestyle

OBJECTIVES:

  • Prevent youth from participating in gang activity, criminal activity, and other juvenile behaviors
  • Engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity on a daily basis
  • Be aware and knowledgeable about healthy nutrition in order to make healthy and nutritional choices
  • Be knowledgeable of the dangers of smoking, alcohol and drug use and abstain from their use
Healthy Lifestyles – Outcomes/Impacts
Short-Term Changes Medium-Term Changes Long-Term Changes
Knowledge/Awareness/Attitudes

Decreased gang, criminal and delinquent activity.

Increased knowledge and awareness of:

  • Importance of exercise
  • Importance of good nutrition and avoiding certain foods
  • Importance of avoiding smoking, alcohol or drugs
 Behaviors/Skills

BMI within healthy limits
Choose healthy foods
Abstaining from or decrease in smoking or the use of alcohol or drugs
Increased # of developmental assets

 Social Conditions

Young adults who are drug-free, fit, have balanced diets and do not
smoke, drink in excess or use drugs, are free of gang and other criminal
behavior

GOAL #2: Develop positive values and character
 OBJECTIVES:

  • Decrease or eliminate delinquent behaviors
  • Develop responsibility and respect/care about others
  • Desire to contribute to one’s own community
  • Develop leadership abilities
Positive Values and Charachter – Outcomes/Impacts
Short-Term Changes Medium-Term Changes Long-Term Changes
Knowledge/Awareness/Attitudes

Increased knowledge and awareness of:

  • Personal responsibilities
  • Importance of respecting and caring for others
  • Importance of volunteerism
  • One’s ability to lead
 Behaviors/Skills

Decreased
delinquent behaviors such as tagging, bullying

Increased participation
in community & volunteer activities

Increased ability to lead and mentor younger children

Increased # of
developmental assets

 Social Conditions

Young adults who are honest, responsible and upstanding community members

GOAL #3: Improve Academic Achievement
 OBJECTIVES:

  • Develop self-discipline and study habits
  • Improve basic academic skills (TAKS scores, GPA)
  • Improve educational achievement (Grade promotion and/or attainment of GED or HS diploma)
Positive Values and Charachter – Outcomes/Impacts
Short-Term Changes Medium-Term Changes Long-Term Changes
Knowledge/Awareness/Attitudes

Increased knowledge and awareness of:

  • Importance of education
  • Specific subject matters
  • Places and activities outside of their own neighborhood
  • Their own desire to explore and learn
  • Their own desire to graduate from high school
  • Future opportunities for higher education and employment
 Behaviors/Skills

Improve attendance

Pass TAKS

Improve GPA

Advancement to the next grade

Increased self-discipline and monitoring

Development of educational or vocational goals

Increased # of developmental assets

 Social Conditions

Young adults who have graduated from High School and have plans for higher
education or vocational training