Problem
Background info: In 2018, suicide is the second learning cause of death for youth 10-24 (Wachino et al., 2022). Since 2018 mental health visits have increased significantly. A lot of the services that kids and adolescents came in for were self harm, substance abuse disorder, as well as the pandemic. Families living below the poverty line are suffering a lot due to all their disadvantages and lack of resources. It is very important for children and adolescents to get the help they need so they don't turn to coping with their mental illness by addiction and other chronic illnesses. The goal of the program decrease the number of suicidal and homicidal harm, while improving mental health as a whole. Youth will participate in counseling, play time, and therapeutic groups. Counseling helps with connecting them to other people to help to build a sense of belonging and self-worth. Also they will have an opportunity to share positive experiences and bad experiences that makes them feel anxiety. They will start to identify their triggers and various different coping skills. Being physically active is not only great for your physical health and fitness it can also improve mental wellbeing. Having time and freedom to play, indoors and outdoors can improve the child's mental health. Finally connecting families with more resources to those who are less fortunate will help the child's wellbeing. At the end of the program child have adopted various coping skills, know their triggers, know how to effectively communicate feelings and ask for help. Every child or young person we work with has a story to tell, and they are the best people to do so. They may not have chosen the beginning or middle, but they can change the ending. With those programs mention above will help not only the children nor family but also the community. The vision of the program is to create a meaningful life to the children and to have a positive outlook, if the proper guidance provided since they were young it will be far from them to suffer from mental illness. But not all children come from a well off or good family this is one of the reasons why some children lose their way and lose of choices in life. Proper guidance can strengthen the emotional intelligence of the children which can make it easier for them to cope with life's challenges.
Describe the overarching aim/goal of your proposed program.
i. Select two outcomes from your program-level logic model and format that includes performance, conditions, and criteria.
ii. Explain how these outcomes would support the overarching aim/goal of the program.