Please complete the following assignment and post your responses to the Message Board:

1. Read the following scenarios and respond to the questions.

   You have been working for six months in a community coalition initiated by the Board of Health to address health-related issues, particularly substance abuse. Current prevention efforts focus on increasing community awareness of substance-related problems through news articles, community forums, and educational programs for parents and youth in community settings.

   The coalition sincerely wants to involve young people in its work. You recently received a grant that will enable you to hire youth with stipends. You don’t have a strong relationship with the school system, but several representatives from youth-serving organizations are on your Board.

   Outline your steps for recruiting youth to work with your program.

   Now you have been working with your youth for a year. The group is getting tired of doing the same activities—leading workshops for younger children at the local Y. Some are thinking about leaving.

   What do you do? Outline possible ideas.
   

2. What has been your greatest success recruiting or retaining youth leaders? What elements contributed to your success?

After you have answered the questions, please review and respond to the comments made by your fellow participants. Do you agree with their responses? Disagree? Need clarification? Post your feedback to the Message Board. Then come back and visit regularly-others may have posed questions to you!

You have completed your work for today.
See you tomorrow!