Youth Development

For young girls navigating middle and high school, it's easy to feel isolated and uncertain in the changes and challenges they’re facing. However, participants in North Star Youth Partnership’s Girl Talk are often surprised and unified in realizing that their peers feel the same way they do.

As adults, we know that life can change in the blink of an eye, but what is the best way to help teens understand how the choices they make can have life altering consequences? For the past 21 years, local youth organizations led by Catholic Charities’ North Star Youth Partnership, Matforce, and the Yavapai County Community Health Services, have a winning strategy to accomplish this mission.

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