Mission Statement
Mission
“Helping youth promote safe schools and safe communities.”
Organizational Goals
Advocacy
To call public attention to the problems, needs and potential successes of at-risk youth; to move prevention and intervention programs into the public school system; and to shift public policies away from prison and jail construction toward prevention and early intervention for at-risk youth.
Research and Evaluation
To evaluate CARY programs to assure that they achieve solid empirical outcome measures; to use research based programs with scientific based results; to study trends in youth violence by collecting and analyzing data on school disciplinary incidents and on violent youth offenses; to catalog research information on the topic of youth violence, drug abuse and delinquency; and to support incubation research nurturing new ideas for the prevention of youth violence, drug abuse, crime and delinquency.
Public Education
To focus public attention to the issues of youth violence, drug abuse, crime and delinquency prevention through news letters, focus groups, training conferences and public forums.
Collaboration
To partner with school districts, youth service agencies, universities and juvenile justice agencies toward achievement of the objectives of prevention of youth violence, drug abuse and delinquency.
Future Growth
To become an organization with statewide and national impact; and to have a presence in the 20 largest metro-districts and many rural districts in the State; to become the premier agency in Texas in the prevention of youth violence, drug abuse, crime and delinquency; and to provide technical assistance and training to others wanting to implement prevention and intervention programs.