Asset development is an approach towards positive youth development. It considers all spheres of the community playing a role in building relationships with youth and fostering development of their assets. Research on Developmental Assets supports their powerful role in strengthening the capacity of youth to grow into healthy individuals and contributing members of the community. This evaluation was initiated by Provincial Partners including the RCMP, the Northern Alberta Development Council and Alberta Health Services. Two years earlier, the Provincial Partners initiated training in rural communities of Alberta on positive youth development and asset building. This was a social development/preventive strategy to empower local people in rural communities to take on the leadership role in positive youth development. The People Of Whitecourt Encouraging Resiliency (POWER) Group, the local leader of asset development in Whitecourt, agreed to participate in an evaluation of the introduction of asset development in their community. This evaluation was commissioned to determine the effects of the initial training, evaluate their asset development outcomes, and produce an evaluation model for others to adopt and adapt.
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