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What is NEXT?

NEXT is a youth leadership program designed to empower young people to create positive change through community service projects in the areas of substance abuse prevention, community norms, social justice, and MORE!

NEXT is broken down into three phases: training, aftercare, and community projects. The training provides the foundational elements necessary to create positive community change, the aftercare turns their plans into reality, and community projects are the realization of their vision.

Training

  • 12-Hour Interactive Training
  • Certified Trainers
  • Flexible Training Schedule
  • Pre & Post Test Results

Aftercare

  • Follow-up Meetings for Technical Assistance
  • Help with Project Implementation
  • Tool and Template Development

Community Projects

  • Designed and Developed by Youth Through Training Phase with The Help of Our Trainers
  • Implemented In The Aftercare Phase

NEXT Community

When you join NEXT you become part of a network of youth leaders from across your city, state, and region who use the program to create positive change in their communities. Individual NEXT groups initially work at the community level, but also have the opportunity to connect with other NEXT groups to pursue larger city or state-wide initiatives. When you bring empowered youth leaders together from across communities, their collective strength makes anything is possible.

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Our Outcomes

We use pre and post-test measurement tools to track youth progress in the areas of leadership, empowerment, and efficacy, as well as their overall satisfaction with the program. These outcomes help illustrate program effectiveness and help us continually develop our training process.

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Knowledge Increase
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Increase in Ability to Create & Implement Environmental Change
-100
Increase in Negative Attitude Towards Alcohol/Tobacco/Opioids/Drugs
-100
Increase in Skills to Prevent Alcohol/Tobacco/Opioids/Drug Abuse

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