• Do mentored youth show increased self-esteem, social skills, and self confidence?
• Do mentored youth feel more committed to school?
• Do youth who visit nursing homes have more positive attitudes about community service?
• Do parents who participate in social events communicate more frequently with teachers?

Questions related to long term outcomes:

• Does the program lead to reduced rates of ATOD use?
• Does the program lead to increased student attendance rates?
• Does the program lead to improved student school performance?
• Do students participating in the program have reduced drop-out rates?

• Student's self report, Hawkins & Catalano School Survey, pre-/post- measured at referral and at the end of the summer.
• Student's self report of changes in self esteem, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, pre-/post- measured at referral and at the end of the summer.
• Student's self report of changes in sense of belonging to a community, Sense of Community Scale, pre-/post-measured at referral and at the end of the summer.
• Student, parent, teacher reported number and opportunity for communication, program developed phone survey, post-only at the end of the school year.

Long term outcomes:

• Archival indicator data related from school records.
• School survey data (e.g., items from the Minnesota student survey) administered annually to participating students.

• Changes in pre-/post-scores of youth.
• Number and % of parents, youth, and teachers who report an increase in communication.

Long term outcomes:

• Percent change from previous year on each indicator.