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RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH YOUTH : UTILIZING RELATIONSHIPS TO FOSTER RETENTION IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING
Kingsborough Community College Center for Economic and Workforce Development
Dina LiMandri and Genesis Reyes
WELCOME!
§ Introductions § Goals for Today
§ Identifying barriers to youth success & connectivity.
§ Reviewing strategies for relationship building
§ Apply successful strategies for retention § Problem Solving-Group Activity § Take-away
OUR BACKGROUND… § Center for Economic and Workforce
Development § Project Welcome § CUNY Young Adult Programs § Coney Island Project Welcome § Project Rise § CUNY CareerPATH § National Resiliency Consortium § CUNY Fatherhood Academy
WHAT MAKES A YOUTH DISCONNECTED?
§ Definition § Beyond definitions, what do we observe
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING FOR RETENTION
Building relationships with youth for the purposes of creating an engaging and positive program model.
Build Retention through Relationships!
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
§ Identifiable, evidence-based successful interventions through…
§ Connectivity to Youth Service Staff
§ Fostering Peer Relationships § Expanding youth networks by Organizational relationships
CONNECTIVITY TO YOUTH
SERVICE STAFF
Strategies to Relationship
Building Templates
PEER RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
� Grouping-Group Norms, group work, internships, by Program Counselor
� The Buddy System-contact, learning, internships, employment, campus activities
� Healthy Competition-Achievement Tiers, Leaderboards, Leaderboards, Social Media blasts, Participant Newsletter
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH YOUR ORGANIZATION
� Workshops, Seminars, and Trainings-Life Skills, College Classes
� Internships on-site
� Mentorship through colleagues
� Program matches besides your own
� Guest Speakers
� Seamless enrollment in other trainings, services, or educational opportunities
� Internal Internships
GROUP CHALLENGE Using some of the ideas shared today, and others you’ve experienced, let’s solve some challenges.
GROUP CHALLENGE v 4-Groups v 10 minutes of quick
brainstorming v 3 minute presentations of
ideas v Each solution should
include a resolution from each perspective: STAFF, PEER, ORGANIZATION!
CHALLENGE #1
ATTENDANCE
CHALLENGE #2
FINANCIAL NEEDS
CHALLENGE #3
DISCONNECTION
CHALLENGE #4
CRISIS INTERVENTION
RESOURCES
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