Year of Award
2021
Document Type
Professional Paper
Degree Type
Master of Arts (MA)
Degree Name
Sociology
Department or School/College
Sociology
Committee Chair
Dr. Kathy Kuipers
Committee Co-chair
Dr. Daisy Rooks
Commitee Members
Dr. Andrea Vernon
Keywords
youth development, job skills, life skills, agricultural skills, community connection, nutrition
Subject Categories
Civic and Community Engagement | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Sociology | Work, Economy and Organizations
Abstract
Garden City Harvest is a Missoula, Montana nonprofit organization. Garden City Harvest sponsors the Youth Harvest program. Youth Harvest teaches at-risk youth job and life skills. The program’s mission is to improve participants’ professional and personal outcomes as adults. Participants utilize farming and retail skills they learn in the program to improve their employment opportunities and learn important life skills, such as money management, nutritional literacy, and food preparation. Participants also have the opportunity to assist other vulnerable people in Missoula and to become more connected to their communities. This paper is an analysis of questionnaires that Youth Harvest staff distribute to adolescents in the program. Those questionnaires are designed to measure if Youth Harvest is meeting its goals. This analysis suggests that Youth Harvest is mostly successful in helping youth achieve professional and personal goals, but there is room for improvement.
Recommended Citation
Rongstad, Keith Leighton Jr., "CULTIVATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AT-RISK YOUTH AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY" (2021). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 11839.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/11839
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