The YMCA Youth Institute is a youth development program that utilizes technology as an engagement tool to increase social, academic, and workforce skills.
LONG BEACH YOUTH INSTITUTE
For the past twenty-three years, the YMCA of Greater Long Beach Community Development YMCA branch has operated the internationally recognized Youth Institute, a year-round program that uses technology as an integral mechanism for promoting positive youth development and developing pathways to post-secondary education and career readiness of low-income, culturally diverse urban high school youth.
The goals of the Youth Institute are
- To improve academic achievement and stimulate interest in post secondary education among low-income, culturally-diverse, urban high school youth;
- To improve the technology, career, leadership and decision-making skills of these youth to promote readiness for post secondary education or career entry after graduation; and
- To promote bonding to pro-social adults and community attachment among urban youth to ensure that they remain engaged in their schools and communities.
- To develop social and emotional skills in youth through multiple group and individual learning experiences.
