RY Findings

RY is designed to help at-risk youth to:

• Increase School Performance – grades, attendance, and credits earned.
• Increase Mood Management – depression, hopelessness, anxiety, and anger.
• Decrease Drug Involvement – alcohol, marijuana, and hard drug use, drug use control problems and adverse drug use consequences.
• Decrease Suicide Risk Factors – global suicide risk behaviors, ideation, threats, attempts and positive attitudes toward suicide.
• Increase Protective Factors – personal control, problem-solving and coping, and access to support.

When compared to a control group, major outcomes of the RY students showed significant improvements, particularly decreases in 3 risk factors and increases in 2 protective factors.

Please download the RY Stakeholder Brochure with further details.