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ACADEMIC MENTORING |
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Youth Impact Mentoring Program
The REAL Life and Boyz to Men Mentoring Program provides intensive one-to-one and school-based group mentoring for eligible youths referred to the program. Children as young as 8 years old are matched with a caring adult mentor; and this nurturing relationship helps students learn about themselves and develop the confidence to make wise choices. They also discover their self-worth, uncover talents and deepen their faith.
Mentors are recruited, screened, trained and supervised. After the mentors are screened and trained, they spend 1-2 hours per week with their mentees and participate in group activities. The mentor/mentee activities include discussions on positive choices, the effects of gang activity, journal writing, cultural sensitivity, goal setting, recognition strategies, the negative effects of drugs/alcohol/tobacco use, truancy, delinquency and other current issues. Our youth mentoring program is held at designated schools throughout Ventura County. |
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AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING |
Our after-school program operates once a week for elementary students at Juana Maria Elementary School (boys and girls ages 8-12). The program consists of one-hour outdoor physical activities and healthy snacks, and one-hour of academic tutoring with the high school students and caring adults who are recruited to serve as mentors for the students.
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JOB SHADOWING
Our Job Shadowing is a three-tier program designed to enrich the lives of youth by empowering them with the needed skills to have a successful vocational future. Our program emphasizes academics and career awareness in an encouraging and supportive environment where the students can explore their professional and/or vocational aspirations. Our objectives focus on job readiness skills, communication skills, company/business field trips and job shadowing.
Students are presented with the opportunities to explore educational and career opportunities through field trips to local industries and educational institutions such as community colleges, universities and vocational schools. |
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POSITIVE CHOICES GROUP
Positive Choices is an 8-week program designed to educate youth on trendy drugs that exist today, and the facts surrounding HIV/AIDS plus give our students tools to avoid high-risk behaviors that could lead to substance abuse, HIV/AIDS and other related Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD). |
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Risk Management |
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Decision Making Skills |
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Effective forms of communication |
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Understanding HIV/Aids, STD ’s and substance abuse |
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Conflict Resolution Skills |
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Clarifying their own values |
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Goal setting |
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SERVICE PROJECTS |
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City Impact will coordinate community service projects within the local areas on an as needed basis. This past year we coordinated a community project in the Cabrillo Village community in Ventura, CA where 46 students assisted us in cleaning up the Cabrillo Village Recreation Center. The youth of Cabrillo Village community painted an artistic mural with assistance of a local volunteer artist.
 
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SCHOOL SUPPORT GROUPS
City Impact’s Group Facilitators and Therapists work to provide weekly student intervention/prevention groups during and after school hour’s on/off school campuses. Additionally, weekly groups are provided for incarcerated youth at the Ventura County Juvenile Justice Complex. This program is designed to counter the social ills of truancy, school dropout, crime, gangs, substance abuse, and teen pregnancy that often serve as obstacles for the target population. This program empowers youngsters by providing life skills and academic learning that opens the door to new options and opportunities.
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