Engaging Youth in Community Change chronicles successes, challenges of the REACH Youth Program

From 2006 to 2010, Sierra Health Foundation committed $8 million through the REACH Youth Program to support the healthy development of young people in the Greater Sacramento region. Now that the main phase of the work has drawn to a close, we're pleased to share the program evaluation report - Engaging Youth in Community Change: Outcomes and Lessons Learned from Sierra Health Foundation's REACH Youth Program.

Committed to making REACH a learning opportunity, we partnered with evaluators at the California Communities Program at University of California, Davis, who interviewed almost 350 youth and adults from the program and observed more than 320 meetings and events from 2007 to 2010. The result is an evaluation report that documents lessons learned, detailing the successes and challenges of seven REACH community coalitions. It is our hope that this report will benefit other organizations, communities and funders that might be engaged in or considering similar youth development and community building efforts.

Download the evaluation report and issue briefs on Sierra Health Foundation's web site.