Neighborhood Teen Program in Austin, Lakeway, Round Rock and Cedar Park and Surrounding Areas
Sponsored by the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department
Mission
Almost every teenager wants and deserves a safe place to visit and where the door is always open to them. The Neighborhood Teen Program (NTP) of the Austin Parks and Recreation Department offers such a place for Austin 's teenagers.
Although the basis for this program is recreational by nature, the Neighborhood Teen Program addresses the issues affecting teens, their community, and their environment with understanding and sensitivity. The program is designed to keep the teens off the streets and in a structured environment where they can learn to become contributing members of the Austin community by discouraging gang participation and substance abuse while emphasizing school and recreation.
The overall goal of NTP is to aid and enhance the quality of life for the teens of Austin by providing relevant, diversified, educational, and recreational programs and services within a safe and positive learning environment.
Objectives
- Encourage cultural diversity awareness.
- Increase participants' ability to make positive choices about different issues.
- Increase trust and respect for other teens, adult mentors, and other authority figures.
- Motivate youth to stay in school and maintain passing grades.
- Provide opportunities for teens to get help with difficult personal and family issues.
- Provide a setting where youth can feel a sense of belonging and be off the streets in a positive, supportive environment.
- Teach youth positive means for resolving conflicts.
- Provide opportunities for new experiences in order to increase participants' recreation and job repertoires.
- Contribute to participants' personal growth and job readiness.
Activities
■ Attend college tours
■ Tutoring
■ Community Service Projects
■ Participate in Recreational Outings
■ Attend and participate in cultural events
■ Weekly Peer Meetings
■ Job Readiness Training
Source Information:
City of Austin Department of Parks and Recreation
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