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| Last updated on September 9, 2008 |
The Model Neighborhood Program was designed to meet the needs of the target population by providing a year round, continuous youth development program with activities that advocate for the health, safety, and well being of youth and contribute to their quality of lives.
Description:
As part of the program, students from Frick Jr. High School, located in the Central-East District of Oakland,California, were adopted as the target population for the following reasons:
High Foster Home Placement - 40% of its student body lives in foster group homes or with foster parents while others live with grandparents, aunts or uncles.
Low-Income, Minority Youth - The entire Frick Jr. High School student body is comprised of 85% African-American, 10% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. The majority of the studensts at Frick are from low-income households.
Drop-out Rate - The county-wide drop-out rate is 14.1%, with Hispanics having the highest drop-out-rate of any ethnicity (24.3%) followed by African-Americans (21.9%).
Youth Unemployment - The county-wide youth unemployment rate is 13.9% compared with state-wide rate of 25.1% and national rate of 19.5%. However, minority youth in the county have a 40% unemployment rate.
Risk Behaviors - The environment in which these youth live and go to school is conducive to behavioral tendencies such as alcohol/substance abuse, violent/criminal acts, smoking, poor nutrition, exposure to sexually transmitted diseases, and teenage pregnancy. Moreover, these inner-city youth are at risk for increased infant deaths and low birth weight infants resulting from unintended pregnancies and the behavioral tendencies mentioned.
History:
In 1991, County Supervisor Mary King and the former Chief Executive Officer of ACMC developed the Model Neighborhood Program as a County and City partnership with Highland Hospital to reduce crime and revitalize the community. Toward that end, the Foundation has linked existing community agencies to provide positive alternatives for at-risk youth through activities which include health career training, health education, and mentoring support.
Contact people:
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Andria Batise, Youth Development Cordinator, (phone), (email)
Heather MacDonald-Fine, Program Manager, (phone) |
Office fax number: (510) 532-0168
Address:
Web Site: http://www.achcf.org/programs/model_neighborhood.html
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