Nurturing Children and Supporting Youth Development
It has been said that children are our future. Safe, healthy, successful children are an essential key to individual and community success. By nurturing children and supporting youth development, we empower the future leaders of our community.
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"I'm 65 and care for my 3 grandkids, including Spencer who has developmental disabilities, autism, and diabetes. For the last 5 years, he has attended the YMCA. But, when I lost my husband in February and then my home of 30 years, I didn't know what to do. I just could not afford it and it is hard to leave him with just anyone. But, the Y provided funding and his one-to-one coach checks his blood sugar daily. He gets to play with other kids, do fun activities, and go places that I couldn't take him to. I don't know what I would have done without the YMCA." — Gina H.
The YMCA is United Way of Tulare County
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Objectives
- Advocate for children and youth
- Support efforts to keep kids safe & succeed in school
- Support programs that provide licensed childcare and structured educational & recreational afterschool programs
- Support programs that provide leadership and life skills for youth
- Support programs that provide mental health & healthcare for children
Outcomes
- Reduced drop out rates
- Improved health and wellbeing
- Reduced incidents of child abuse
- Reduced alcohol and drug use rates
- Improved school attendance and performance
- Reduced teen pregnancy and juvenile delinquency
- Increased enrollment in higher education programs
- Improved literacy, numeracy, and school readiness
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