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POP- http://www.mentorfoundation.org/mentor_in_action.php?nav=2-9

Prevention- of drug misuse and the harm that drugs can cause, through promotion of healthy lifestyle and choices, to identify and disseminate best practice

Opportunity- to be involved in healthy alternatives, to acquire relevant knowledge, attitudes and skills, to become healthy, confident and competent members of society

Protection- from the risk factors that can lead to drug misuse and other risk behavior, to build the protective factors that will help to make drug misuse and other risk behaviors less likely, from the pressures, stresses and circumstances that lead to drug misuse and other risk behaviors

Urban minority youth issues:

Single parent homes

Teen/ unintended pregnancy

Drug/ alcohol abuse

Physical/ emotional/ sexual abuse

Siblings with multiple fathers

Depending on extended family for life planning

Discrimination

Intentional/unintentional injury

STD’s

Tobacco use

Inadequate physical activity

Poverty

Neighborhood violence

Incarcerated parents

Gangs

*a lot of mentoring program focus specifically on African American teen girls, maybe gender specific mentoring would be more beneficial?