To provide adequate resources and programs to empower young people while working to sustain the basic needs of education, youth development, and public safety
Youth Development - Make a Difference in a Teen's Life
The Urban Affairs Coalition and its network of program partners provide youth with access to safe havens, education, and jobs.
Our work includes:
- Violence prevention programs, making it possible for children to learn that they can have safe, productive and joyful lives
- Access to school choice, allowing parents and communities to have a say in how and where their children are educated
- Work-readiness, paid summer internships and job placement programs, providing children and young adults who begin life at the bottom of the economic ladder a chance to climb higher
How We Work
- We organize policy agenda related to positive youth development and galvanize program partners around youth-specific issues, activities, and service delivery gaps
- We promote innovative program development and pursue funding opportunities to develop new youth programs that meet existing and emerging needs
- We provide ongoing support to a cohort of our existing youth-serving program partners to help them improve quality through technical assistance
- We provide youth-serving program partners with resources and information on best practices, and provide opportunities for program partners to collaborate to leverage funding
We Work To
- Improve program quality and impact of youth-serving grassroots nonprofits and program partners through targeted individualized technical assistance, administration of organizational health self-assessments, and providing individualized organizational health and development coaching
- Provide performance management services via Efforts-to Outcomes (ETO) software, outcomes measurement, and one-on-one technical assistance
- Offer group capacity-building workshops, resources, and information on best practices via Coalition U courses and a special Lecture Series facilitated through our monthly Program Partner meetings
- Deliver high-quality "signature" programs of and resources from the Coalition e.g., our Summer WorkReady youth employment programs and the Philadelphia Charter School Directory
Primary Focus Areas
- Education, Employment, and Pathways to the New Economy
- Aged-out and homeless/ foster care populations (serving special needs populations)
- Health and life skills education
- Youth safety/ violence prevention
- Mentoring (with a focus on African- American males)
For More Information Contact
Farrah Samuels, MSEd
Director, Youth Division
1207 Chestnut Street, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-851-1713
Email: fsamuels@uac.org
Partners in the Coalition
To expose high school students of color to careers in advertising by connecting them to advertising professionals in a competition in which they “pitch” their ideas for a common campaign that affects the community in which they live.
To build identity, pride, and life skills based upon accomplishment among young Philadelphia program participants. Young people are immersed in the lessons of self-reliance and confidence that are learned during a comprehensive program of equestrian care, horsemanship, history, and personal accomplishment.
Featured Video
Michael Burns, Senior Vice President at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, tells how he got his start in UAC’s Summer Youth Employment Program.
Seeking Support for Summer Jobs
News
April 9, 2012
When girls need advice they now have a place to go online to get answers. Called Peaches this new blog was created by Teenshop, a UAC program partner. Readers can pose questions to a panel of...
February 27, 2012
UAC's organization leaders have long been engaged in addressing the challenges and opportunities affecting their communities. Many are African-American men who not only serve as leaders, but also...
October 10, 2011
For three Philadelphia high school students, an evening field trip to the museum turned into a surprise that may change their lives.Seniors Tiffany Collins, Jamal Robinson, and Ramean Clowney thought...
Resources
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