Our Work

What We Do

• Promote an Asset-based approach focusing on the strengths of young people.
• Identify community needs through surveys of teens and the Community Report Card
• Engage young people through the Teen Portal, a website for teens (www.arlingtonteens.com)
• Foster collaboration, increased dialogues, and shared decision-making across the community.
• Other Partnership Initiatives
  • The Community School at Carlin Springs Elementary - designed to link students and their families with a range of supports.
  • Too Smart to Start - Alcohol prevention program for Arlington 5th graders and their families.
  • Risk behavior information brochures for parents in Spanish and English.
  • Arlington Youth Film festival - an annual juried competition for middle and high school teens.
  • Raising Teens - Three five-part TV shows (2 in English, 1 in Spanish) for parents of teens produced with Arlington Independent Media - DVD's and study guides for each series available Spring 2007.