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What Difference Does Participation in the Club/Projects Make in the Lives of Target Youth? 29
The findings comparing participants with comparison
youth are stronger for school-related behaviors
than for delinquent and gang-related behaviors.
Importantly, however, the fact that greater participation
in Clubs is associated with fewer delinquent and
gang behaviors lends support to the ability of the
Club efforts to make a difference with those they can
keep in attendance. As we saw in the last chapter,
prevention youth who attend consistently feel a sense
of belonging, find more staff supportive, and find
the activities interesting and challenging.
The next chapter explores how GPTTO and GITTO
worked, what they did with the youth and how they
did it, the challenges they faced and their successful
implementation strategies.