Alliance for Youth

"It Takes a Village to Raise a Child" A somewhat over-used, but all too true proverb, underlies Alliance for Youth's operational premise. The work of Alliance for Youth is founded in prevention research and seeks to improve risk and protective factors in community, school, family and individual environments. Alliance for Youth, Inc. is a non-profit, community coalition incorporated on April 4, 1990 by merging a "Community Core Team" and a "Making the Grade Task Force". The Core Team and the Task Force were established in 1982 and comprised a network of community officials, organizations, agencies and citizens concerned about youth's use of alcohol and illegal drugs. Alliance for Youth, through strong stakeholder partnerships, continues to champion prevention and reduction of underage drinking and illegal drug use, abuse and dependency as well as youth engagement in a myriad of other health comprising behaviors such as crime, violence, early sexual activity and school drop-out.

Alliance for Youth has been in existence in Cascade County for over 20 years. Our mission is to connect community resources and provide opportunities for families, children and teens in order to advance healthy youth development.  Alliance for Youth seeks to create and sustain community conditions (policies, procedures, normative values and beliefs, etc.) that advance healthy child, family and teen development.