YouthARTS Development Project

Given the populations involved in the YouthARTS Development Project (i.e., system-involved or at-risk youth), this was also a time-consuming undertaking. Competing demands on staff time and attention, turnover, and lack of data collection experience and/or commitment to the evaluation process all affected the timeliness and quality of some of the data collected. These constraints, coupled with the relatively few participants served in the Atlanta and Portland programs, resulted in findings that, although promising for arts-based prevention programs, should be considered preliminary.