Program Components

• Character Development emphasizing ethical decision making and the core values of trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.
• Self-awareness and re-focusing of attitudes, beliefs, habits, and expectations:
  • Build self-esteem
  • Create a strong self-image
  • Self-motivation
  • Recognize new opportunities
  • Make effective life decisions
• Healthy Life Skills: adolescent physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health, relationships, nutrition and fitness, social and communication skills, academic success, career exploration, financial literacy, critical thinking, decision making, and goal-setting.
• Group and individual counseling, therapeutic mental health intervention with LCSW if needed
• Team-building, a trusting support network, accountability and leadership development
• One-on-one mentoring
• Service Learning

Young Women on the Move program components are taught through weekly in-school one hour group sessions at the high schools, weekly 2-3 hour after-school sessions for the middle and high school groups. The sessions include small group discussions, guest speakers, field trips, project-based learning, and service learning events. This active environment gives young women a voice in designing a program that meets their needs, the opportunity to have fun, meet community leaders and explore new sites while promoting healthy development and smart choices.