CHOOSE GANG FREE
IMPLEMENTATION
Youth participating in our Secondary Prevention services need to attend one of our participating Choose Gang Free schools. Students will receive an advocate who checks-in with them once a week and provides them with our evidence-based curriculum. The focus of secondary prevention is to engage students in positive conversations that focus on building skills to help assist them in successfully navigating through life, focus on building communication and life skills, checking in with school academics and enhancing attendance with an emphasis on the importance of completing their education, furthering their lives. Students can be given lessons to help with social and emotional skills, shown how to set and achieve goals for their future and highly encouraged them to find their “why” or passion in life. An evidence-based curriculum can be provided to assist with any at-risk gang behaviors they may be exhibiting. Advocates help connect youth to positive alternatives and build strong positive relationships with other adults at schools and in their communities.
Our Intervention Service includes a 12–16-week process where students meet with their assigned advocate for one hour, once a week and engage in our evidence-based curriculum. During this time students are given lessons from an evidence-based curriculum that focuses on reducing risk and/or gang related behaviors and can be tailored to the youth’s specific needs. Advocates work with a team that supports the youth to help provide the best wrap around services for not only the youth but family as well. Choose Gang Free highly encourages our advocates to participate in home visits to youths’ homes and recommend family participation during this time. Choose Gang Free strongly believes in supporting our youth and their families to help their growth and the best outcome for all. After graduating from the Choose Gang Free program youth have the chance to become mentored, during this time youth have the opportunity to continue to work with their advocate on life skills, furthering their education, job shadowing and extended support to help further the youths successes.
After Care: Each youth that participates can receive wrap- around services that their CGF advocate through their school or other partnering and community programs. When students graduate from the Choose Gang Free program, they can move into aftercare services where the advocate then becomes a mentor and is there to offer continual service and support for the youth to sustain a positive and healthy lifestyle. Advocates can also help connect youth with employment opportunities, job shadowing, continued education and other activities that are positive for their growth, development and success.
Youth participating in our Secondary Prevention services need to attend one of our participating Choose Gang Free schools. Students will receive an advocate who checks-in with them once a week and provides them with our evidence-based curriculum. The focus of secondary prevention is to engage students in positive conversations that focus on building skills to help assist them in successfully navigating through life, focus on building communication and life skills, checking in with school academics and enhancing attendance with an emphasis on the importance of completing their education, furthering their lives. Students can be given lessons to help with social and emotional skills, shown how to set and achieve goals for their future and highly encouraged them to find their “why” or passion in life. An evidence-based curriculum can be provided to assist with any at-risk gang behaviors they may be exhibiting. Advocates help connect youth to positive alternatives and build strong positive relationships with other adults at schools and in their communities.
Our Intervention Service includes a 12–16-week process where students meet with their assigned advocate for one hour, once a week and engage in our evidence-based curriculum. During this time students are given lessons from an evidence-based curriculum that focuses on reducing risk and/or gang related behaviors and can be tailored to the youth’s specific needs. Advocates work with a team that supports the youth to help provide the best wrap around services for not only the youth but family as well. Choose Gang Free highly encourages our advocates to participate in home visits to youths’ homes and recommend family participation during this time. Choose Gang Free strongly believes in supporting our youth and their families to help their growth and the best outcome for all. After graduating from the Choose Gang Free program youth have the chance to become mentored, during this time youth have the opportunity to continue to work with their advocate on life skills, furthering their education, job shadowing and extended support to help further the youths successes.
After Care: Each youth that participates can receive wrap- around services that their CGF advocate through their school or other partnering and community programs. When students graduate from the Choose Gang Free program, they can move into aftercare services where the advocate then becomes a mentor and is there to offer continual service and support for the youth to sustain a positive and healthy lifestyle. Advocates can also help connect youth with employment opportunities, job shadowing, continued education and other activities that are positive for their growth, development and success.