The project is developing comprehensive, interesting, and developmentally appropriate programs for young adolescents, established and supported through a partnership among community leaders and educators affiliated with the Oahu Leeward School District, local social service agencies, and Creating Futures at the University of Hawaii Center on Disability Studies. All six middle schools of this rural district provide the main sites, incorporating six high schools and more than 20 elementary schools.
Data collection is ongoing.
Over 50 activities have been conducted, before school, after school, weekends, and intersession. A Community Advisory Board, including representation by parents, agencies, businesses, local foundations, and state legislators, has been formed. Its main task is to develop strategies of sustainability.