MISSION

Street Smart Youth Project actively engages under- resourced  minority youth in structured, community-based programs in order to involve, prepare and empower them for growth and healthy living as adults, with an emphasis on prevention regarding delinquency, substance use, and HIV. Our mission is a model of empowerment through change and opportunity. Street Smart offers opportunities that
allow participants to Transcend, Transform, and Take Flight.
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STRATEGIC PLAN

Please check out SSYP’s Strategic Plan, which describes strategies which will further our mission in the coming years.  Click Here
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IMPACT

Street Smart Youth Project utilizes various theories associated with the social determinants of health to support youth development and promote health. All programming is tied to the concepts related to Resiliency, Information Motivation Behavior (IMB), and Trauma Informed Care Theories.
 
The primary population served by SSYP is youth, ages 10-17, who live with two or more of the following risk factors:

• Low-income
• Single- parent household
• Academic interruption/under achievement
• At risk for or history of juvenile delinquency

SSYP served 1,264 youth during 2017 through the following services: alternative activities for youth, youth and young adult intervention services, evidence-based curriculum (i.e., HIV/STD/pregnancy prevention programs), community outreach/engagement and capacity, and information dissemination. The greatest number of services (22,388) were provided through alternative activities for youth.
 
A secondary population served by SSYP includes adults, ages 18 and older, who share two or more of the following risk factors:

• Under-resourced socio economic status
• Interrupted education (no HS Diploma/GED)
• Unemployment or underemployment
• Criminal history
• History of alcohol/substance use

SSYP served 5,988 adults in the community primarily through case management, information dissemination and environmental strategies.
 
To view our full  Impact report click here