•   Reduce crime and revitalize the community
•   The Alameda County Health Care Foundation has linked existing community agencies to provide positive alternatives for at-risk youth  through activities which include:
• Health Career Training
• Health Education
• Mentoring Support

Originally, as a part of the program, students at Frick Jr. High School ( Currently, Frick Middle School), located in the Central-East District of Oakland, California, were adopted as the target population for the following reasons:

•   High Foster Home Placement amongst Low-Income, Minority Youth
•   Drop-out Rate and its link to Youth Unemployment
•   Risk Behaviors:
• Alcohol and Substance Abuse
• Violent and Criminal Acts
• Smoking
  
• Poor Nutrition
• Exposure to Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Teenage Pregnancy

Moreover, these inner-city youth are at risk for increased infant deaths and low birth weight infants resulting from unintended pregnancies and the behavioral tendencies mentioned.
However, our target population has expanded to North, East and West Oakland: incorporating such schools as Cole, Claremont, Westlake, Edna Brewer and Bret Harte Middle Schools, to name a few.