The Youth Empowered Towards Success (YETS) Program provides the Phoenix Gang Prevention and Intervention model to students attending Northwestern High School and High Point High School in Prince George’s County, MD. The program addresses the risk factors of gang involvement and prevention through a series of workshops, recreational opportunities and community involvement for the youth.

Many of the workshops highlight college preparation, job readiness training, and health and fitness. In addition, the program utilizes the Phoenix Curriculum to provide workshops on a variety of topics: problem-solving, risk factors and avoidance skills, prevention factors, peer pressure, gang issues and bullying.

YETS participants attend community events, recreational field trips, and obtain the required community service hours to graduate. The YETS program also offers a summer program where students attend four days out of the week and take part in life skills workshops, art projects, and leadership activities.

Youth aged 12-19 residing in areas with high gang activity and in two local high schools where gang problems have been identified.

The Phoenix Gang Prevention and Intervention Model uses the Prevention Curriculum for classroom instruction and counseling-based activities to higher-risk elementary, middle and high school students. The implementation and delivery of the gang prevention curriculum is designed to target the highest risk factors for gang involvement among elementary, middle and high school students. Targeted high schools where gang activity is deemed to be high is where the program is rendered for students in grades 9th through 12th.