Encircling Institutions: Surrounding youth in crisis with mutual engagement, commitment and trust

Engaged Institutions is a vital technique with invaluable implications for youth and community development work across the field. It has been successfully used by Roca, a community-based organization serving disengaged and disenfranchised youth in Chelsea, Revere and East Boston, Massachusetts.  An undeniable strength of this strategy is its focus on long-term solutions to the problems vulnerable youth face. 

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