The Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) is a 5-year demonstration project funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health. The program is designed to strengthen the developmental assets of Latino youth living in a west-side community of Salt Lake City.
Research Projects
"One state in particular stood out as leading the field in using evaluation to inform practice. Utah contracted with the University of Utah to conduct a thorough evaluation of its congregate care programs (e.g., outcome measures, qualitative interviews with youth). This evaluation process has the capacity to immediately...