One of the programs that I found was Teen Reach (Teen Responsibility, Education, Achievement, Caring and Hope). "It is specifically designed to improve the lives of young people residing in public housing developments through academic enrichment activities, recreation and sports, positive adult mentors and life skills education. The primary purpose of the Teen REACH program is to provide delinquency prevention services to youth and their families. The program itself is structured to help formulate relationships with other neighborhood and community based agencies and institutions in developing structured activities."*
I think that this is a really great program because it is helping those in bad neighborhoods, which are the ones that need it the most. It is also providing these kids with people to look up to and not only things to keep them of the streets. I lived in a very bad neighborhood my entire life, and there weren't any programs like this around. Also our school system wasn't helping children like it should have. I think that if this kind of program was around in my neighborhood many of the kids that I knew growing up could have had a better life and would be in a better place than they are today. I don’t think I would change much about the program. I read that it is only in certain areas, so I would make it available for more children in more towns and areas.
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