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Youth Program Wins Babcock Foundation Award HAMPTON - The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation in Winston-Salem ,NC has awarded local youth development agency Alternatives. (www.altinc.org) $29,998 as part of the Foundation’s Community Problem Solving Program. The Hampton-based organization will use the funds to create a youth-led Coalition consisting of representatives from all of Hampton’s Youth Civic Engagement leadership groups. Money will go toward recruiting youth and adult partners on the Coalition, training youth in leadership abilities to effect change, and strengthen the organizational ability of the Coalition. Young people in Uth Act, an Alternatives’ youth coalition, proposed the idea of a community wide Coalition and have chosen to first tackle the issue of discrimination against youth where it is found in the schools and community. Alternatives is a private, non-profit youth development agency founded in 1973. It is recognized nationally as a premiere youth development organization and works in partnership with the Hampton Coalition for Youth. Hampton’s Youth Civic Engagement Initiative is the recent recipient of the Innovations in American Government Award from the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University. Alternatives’ contribution in this Initiative was recognized earlier this year by Youth Service America when it was awarded the Harris Wofford Award for commitment to youth service and civic involvement. ### |
