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deepen community support for the healthy development of children
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strengthen the community tradition of self-help
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build bridges between generations and between the middle class and poor
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assist and galvanize the community around specific goals for children
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identify, train, nurture, link, and empower young effective servant-leaders
- prevent youth from entering the juvenile justice system or incarceration
- pull families out of poverty
- prevent child abuse and neglect