The Vision Youth model is implemented through local churches. The church is one of the few entities in the inner city still trusted by those who live there.
Current data show that religious institutions can have a significant impact on social problems.
This is especially true for African American urban youth where church attendance is the single best predictor of who will escape drugs, crime, and poverty, research says. The church is perhaps more suited than the government to build assets in the lives of kids. To make a tax-deductible contribution to one of these domestic programs using your credit card over our secure, encrypted web server, please click here.