- A Dream and A Plan for Tomorrow (ADAPT) is the only after-school facilitated study hall program inside youth detention facilities in the Bay Area addressing the special academic needs of incarcerated youth providing them the opportunity to obtain their GED while detained.
- Playwriting and Expressive Painting Programs has enabled over 700 detained youth to work one-on-one with a theater professional and/or a professional painter to write an original, one-act play or create an original painting as the youth examine their life choices as well as their attitudes, opinions and values.
- Girl’s Health Choices is a health education and life skills program for detained young women in San Mateo. It explores topics of teen pregnancy prevention, HIV/AID/STDs, sexual exploitation, self-esteem and body image, budgeting, employment, relationships and more.
- HIV/STD Prevention Program, Keeping It Safe (KIS) is an 8-week series program that offers youth the opportunity to learn how to recognize concepts that would have typically been provided by traditional familial role models including defining healthy, respectful personal relationships, recognizing the importance of pursuing HIV prevention skills, and the identification with discussion on the effects of potential risks associated with sexual intimacy such as, HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy, and sexually transmitted diseases (STD).
- Advocacy and Collaboration with the various components of the juvenile justice system, school districts and institutional staff to provide innovative programs that improve outcomes for detained youth and better coordination among the system’s various components.
Using the arts and education, Each One Reach One is transforming the lives of youth behind bars to assist them on the path to becoming successful adults and in breaking the cycle of violence that entraps so many of their peers.
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