Youth In Care
Our Youth in Care programs bring media arts education to young people in foster care, residential treatment, secure care facilities, and state custody, meeting them where they are.
LEARN MORECentral 9th
Youth Coalition
A collaborative community initiative dedicated to reducing the risk of drug use, suicide, and violence alongside Salt Lake City youth.
A collaborative project working to create a resilient, youth-led community through culturally sensitive and evidence-based prevention initiatives.
Vision
We stand in solidarity to advance meaningful opportunities for every young person to learn, engage, and thrive as healthy individuals. By creating space where youth can invest their strengths and engage in their own growth, we believe we can create a community without conformity.
COMMUNITIES THAT CARE
In January 2020, Spy Hop partnered with community stakeholders and other youth-serving organizations in Salt Lake City to build a strong support network for young people at Glendale Middle and East High Schools. This collaboration led to the formation of the Central 9th Youth Coalition.
The Coalition follows the Communities that Care (CTC) prevention model, designed by Dr. David Hawkins and Dr. Richard Catalano of the Social Development Research Group. This approach promotes positive youth development by addressing risk factors that can lead to negative outcomes and strengthening protective factors that support positive outcomes for young people.
Operating through a Community Board and six workgroups, the Coalition uses a five-phase process to understand our community’s unique risks and strengths. Based on data and community input, the Coalition develops a plan to address risks while enhancing protective factors to create a safer and healthier community for young people in Salt Lake City.
STEVE WILLIAMS
Youth Prevention and Coalition Manager | he/him
Good books, good music, good friends. I also like walking and skiing in the back country, hanging out with people I love, and playing the piano in a band. Napping on a rainy afternoon is beautiful.
BETTY MANARIS
Coalition Community Engagement Coordinator | she/they
I like raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens.
COALITION BOARD MEMBERS
Ben Trentelman - Board Chair
Utah Afterschool Network
Stephanie Costa - Vice-Chair
Salt Lake City Public Library
Carl Grimm - Recorder/Historian
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Alyssa Craven
Children's Service Society GRANDfamilies
Angel Gomez
Salt Lake City
Betty Manaris
Spy Hop
Chad Wilkins
Utah National Guard Counterdrug Program
Danielle Littman
University of Utah
Emily Hamilton
Salt Lake County Health Department
Fane Harris
Encircle SLC
Hamish Williams
Wasatch Mountain Institute
Jennifer Gutierrez
Neighborworks Salt Lake City
Kelela Fonua
Nuana Collective
Kiva Call-Feit
Rape Recovery Center
Macy Kapp
Spy Hop
Mateo Gobilard
Volunteers of America Utah Prevention
Melvin Moreno
Neighborworks Salt Lake City
Moni Madan
Volunteers of American Utah Prevention
Peter Frost
Asian Association of Utah
Sam Briggs
University of Utah Theater Department
Sana James
Rape Recovery Center
Shawn Clay
Salt Lake City Mission
Steve Wiliams
Spy Hop
Trey Wilkinson
Salt Lake County Youth Services
William Palm
Glendale Branch Public Library
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