Vision

Serve as a safe, teen -centered space for students in grades 7-12. Provide a safe welcoming environment where teens feel connected and empowered, encourage youth to unplug from their devices and participate in meaningful, hands-on activities.

Goals

1. 1.Increasing youth participation, broadening program offerings, and improving access to safe, inclusive, and engaging opportunities. Efforts will focus on supporting positive youth development, leadership, academic success, life skills, recreation, and community involvement for teens throughout the community. Focus on reaching more teens in the community.
2. 2.Advance advocacy efforts that support the needs and well-being of local youth by increasing awareness of the Teen Center’s impact, strengthening community partnerships, and promoting policies, resources, and opportunities that foster positive youth development, leadership, safety, and equitable access to services and programs.
3. 3.Strengthen the Teen Center’s organizational capacity by investing in staff development, volunteer engagement, technology, operational systems, and financial sustainability. Efforts will focus on enhancing program quality, improving efficiency, expanding fundraising opportunities, and building the infrastructure needed to support long-term growth and impact.