Testimonials
EDUCATORS
"The mentoring programs of Community for Youth provided...in our high schools have proven to be some of the most effective dropout prevention programs in the district. Your programs have been successful in strengthening the personal values and social skill of these at risk students. The commitment of [CFY]...represents an excellent example of the broad community involvement we need to make Seattle schools a world-class, student-focused learning system."
The Late John Stanford, Superintendent of Seattle School District
Community for Youth
Seattle, WA
"[CPY] is an opportunity for these youth to take stock of themselves away from their ordinary influences and pressure, to have them identify some goal of improvement which each truly wanted, and to recognize the steps they had to take if they were to achieve that goalÉ these statements which the children made about their life experiences were utterly profound and heart rending...[they] were the kind of self-disclosures that provide the basis for changing the course of one's life."
Stephen L. Griffith, Board of Education, Portland Public Schools
Committed Partners for Youth
Portland, OR
"The program developed by Breakthroughs for Youth at Risk was an answer from heaven. I considered this a last ditch effort for some of the teens. I am extremely pleased by the results and enthusiastically recommend this program to anyone. The contribution Breakthroughs for Youth at Risk has made to these youths is truly amazing and deeply appreciated."
Barbara Teruya, Principal, Castle High School
Breakthroughs for Youth at Risk
Pearl City, Hawaii
"New York Youth at Risk's Woman to Woman Program has made a strong, positive and lasting impact upon the lives of the teen mothers with whom I work. The Woman to Woman program has helped these young women to see that they are the masters of their fate and the captains of their souls."
Danette Queen, Assistant Principal and Center Administrator
New York City Board of Education's Program for Pregnant and Parenting Teenagers Center for Continued Education
New York Youth at Risk
New York, NY
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"This program enables many at risk students to have that personal contact who counsels with them, acts as an interested party in motivating them, and who spends some social time with them that enlarges the students world experiences in a fun and meaningful way. ...[CFY] would be a great benefit to any school that is looking for added support with its at risk [teenagers]."
May White, Teacher, Cleveland High School
Community for Youth
Seattle, WA
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
"The NMYAR has achieved great success with their programs. Some of their numerous results include the reduction of drug use and truancy among participants, as well as an improvement in grades of the participants. These excellent results are one of the many reasons that I highly endorse the New Mexico Youth at Risk Foundation."
Pete Domenici, United States Senator
New Mexico Youth at Risk
Albuquerque, New Mexico
"This program has proven to reduce felony crime, drug and alcohol abuse, truancy, and has strengthened relationships with parents as well as produced gainful employment by its graduates."
John McCain, U.S. Senator
Phoenix Youth at Risk
Phoenix, AZ
"...All of your CPY programs [are] highly structured and supervised, led by experienced professionals, and are conducted in safe environments conducive to helping the mentors and youth open up and face their negative emotions and family issues. ...I believe your program of intervention...can break the cycle of violence we are seeing in these... families."
Douglas Beckman, District Court Judge
Committed Partners for Youth
Portland, OR
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