Instructors teach the fundamentals of numbers, letters and colors along with a positive self-image supported by a nurturing environment. Dr. Marianna Rasco, chair of ACU's Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, and Melanie Copelin, an ACU graduate and director of the center, developed the program. The Impact Youth Development Center is a safe place for teens, ages 14 to 18, to go after school and on weekends to prepare for service and leadership in their community. Caring adults equip the teens who were once part of city gangs or who have few positive influences in their lives with life and job skill training, computer training and math and reading tutoring. The Board of Directors chose not to solicit or accept funding from the federal government.
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