Promotes literacy and life skills for at-risk youth by providing them with books and strong role models designed to encourage their interest in reading and education

An interactive outreach program where participants explore four career paths with four different mentors over four months

Provides parent training and drug and gang awareness presentations to youth, parents, and community organizations to help steer youth away from gangs, drugs, and delinquency

Combats truancy and chronic absenteeism in collaboration with our local school districts through an extensive process of accountability along with school and community support for families struggling with their child’s attendance issues

Throughout the county, CPU provides presentations that directly impact youth safety and that cover a vast array of critical topics such as: Bullying and the Law, Sextortion, Suicide Prevention, Human Trafficking, Sexual Predator Awareness, and the Power of Education.

Women Who Read is a female empowerment, writing, and literacy program. The curriculum, written by Riverside DDAs, is taught weekly at YTEC, Southwest Juvenile Hall, and the Jurupa Youth Opportunity Center.investigation

Women Read and Parlance (WRAP) is a literacy based mentorship program for female youth currently being operated out of the Southwest Juvenile Justice Center and the Riverside Youth Opportunity Center.