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4-H MTN. CHALLENGE : 4-H MTN. CHALLENGE

Contact: 828-682-6186 ,

Location: Burnsville, Yancey County, NC

Oversight: This program receives funding and/or oversight by DPS.

Length of service: 4 to 6 months

Promotes pro-social skills through experiential learning, team building, critical thinking, coping skills, character awareness, positive self-esteem, and community partnering. The program gives participants the opportunity to interact, with peers in a productive manner, and with a positive adult role model. We use Arise Curriculum, Project Adventure workshops, experiential learning sites and parenting classes, in a comprehensive effort to deliver services.

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Problem Areas Addressed:

  • Family - child welfare concerns
  • Family - parenting skills
  • Family - family relationship quality
  • School - performance
  • School - school attachment
  • School - school behavior
  • Community and peers - anti-social influences
  • Community and peers - community
  • Aggression - violence (physical aggression)
  • Aggression - firestarting
  • Aggression - bullying/threatening
  • Attitudes - victim awareness
  • Attitudes - attitudes toward authority
  • Skills - social skills
  • Skills - self-regulation skills
  • Employment and free time - free time
  • Employment and free time - employment

Minimum Age Served: 11
Maximum Age Served: : 17
Target Gender: : All

After Hours Availability:

Evenings

Enrollment Requirement: :

  • Interview
  • Referral form
  • Other

Counties Served:

Yancey

Program Classification:

Individual and Family Life
> Individual and Family Support Services
--> Interpersonal Skill Building

Payment Type:

  • No charge