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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