Teen Care

It takes a village
to raise a child

Making A Difference.

I am apart of the Little Rock Dream Catcher Outreach Inc. Home of

the Dream Catchers Dance team is a non-profit organization for
young girls ages 7-17 years. We are more than just a dance team. We
help our community girls stay out of trouble, give them something to
occupy their time and stay focused on education. Our coaches are
more than their average duties. The coaches are mentors and role
models for the girls. We get the girls more involved into the
community.

What is the issue?

I want to help keep African American youth off the street and be focused more
in school. We need more African American youth to graduate with higher GPAs
from high school and more graduating from college instead of just working at
dead-in jobs or going to the military. We need to let our children know that they
can actually be someone important and be known other than being an athlete
star. They can be known as a successful business owner.

Issues in Low- Income Socioeconomic Teens

LACK OF INTEREST IN
EDUCATION Lack

of
interest in education

Sports is the only

way out:

Most African
American males
think just
because they
have good
athlete skills,
sports is going to
be there forever,
which in reality

Behavioral problems.
Tyler Whittenberg
argues that legislation
surrounding the policy
is illogical, especially
given that when
students are expelled,
they are usually being
sent to the
environment that
triggers the punishable
behavior in the first
place.

http://www.pbs.
org/wnet/tavissmiley/tsr/education
-under-arrest/the-communityelement-of-education/

What can we do?

Change 1

Chang 2

Change 3

Students with parents

that involved in their
education tend to have
better academics and
less behavioral
problems.

There should still be

parent teacher
conferences all the way
until high school.

Start reading and writing

skills at a young age.

Solutions

Impact
1.

Better after school

care/programs:
well-designed
Interactive
Mentorships

2. Summer Camps:
Focus on ACT
More educational
programs
College tours

Encouragement

You are more than the star

athlete
Make good grades and pay for
college

Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA)

Their Mission
To enable all young people, especially those
who need us most, to reach their full potential as
productive, caring, responsible citizens.
Out of all the ethnic group they serve up to 28%
of African American and the gender is mostly
male.

In 2014, Boys & Girls Club youth

development programs, training and
services impacted nearly 4 million children
and teens.

In its 2014 Philanthropy 400 report, The

Chronicle of Philanthropy ranked BGCA 21st
among all nonprofit organizations and #1
among youth serving organizations for the 21st
consecutive year.

Work Cite

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/afterschool/index_sub1.html

http://0-eds.a.ebscohost.com.iii-server.ualr.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=e9532fbb-0ef0-44669c15-8c2395d3dbcb%40sessionmgr4003&vid=1&hid=4208

http://www.jstor.org/stable/1602708?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

http://www.abilitymagazine.com/Boys_and_Girls_Club.html
http://www.bgca.org/Pages/index.aspx
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/tsr/education-under-arrest/the-community-element-of-education/