Challenges and Strategies - Working with At-Risk Youth

Through its participation in the Accent on Student Success: Engaged Together in Service (ASSETS) initiative, funded by the Community College National Center for Community Engagement (CCNCCE) through Learn and Serve America, MCC's Center for Service‐Learning has been developing and implementing a recruitment and enrollment plan to successfully engage REACH (Raising Expectations for Achievement and Community Service through Higher Education) students in community service. High school students partner with MCC service-learning faculty to complete a one credit independent module service-learning class. In addition, students are encouraged to participate in various service orientated activities offered on and around the campus that include the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, the Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration, and the Scholastic Book Fair. The "C" in REACH stands for community service which was a service goal that was unfulfilled prior to the funding of the ASSETS grant.