本周早些时候，六名青少年因通过“想象项目”完成了生活技能培训和目标设定练习而受到表彰。“想象项目”是一个社区暴力干预项目，旨在引导有帮派倾向的孩子离开街头，完成学业并就业。

从这个项目毕业的有海登·克兰、阿马里恩·海因斯顿、杰米尔·哈珀、杰伦·金、纳齐尔·威尔逊和卡梅伦·温布什。

丹支持人民币的博彩平台市青少年服务和帮派暴力预防协调员罗伯特·大卫赞扬了这些年轻人决定改善自己的生活。

“The most powerful thing any of us can do is to make a decision to go in the right direction,” David said. “Many times, we take that for granted. But when you are a young person, making that decision every day can be the difference between life and death.”

副城市经理Earl Reynolds谈到了他所经历的艰难时期。

“Yes, it (life) is tough,” Reynolds said. “It is hard. Sometimes you are going to feel like ‘what’s the use?’ ‘Why am I going through all of this?’ ‘I could be just like everybody else.’ You don’t want to be like everybody else. What you want to be is you.”

Since the program’s inception, 12 classes totaling 69 teens have graduated.

Project Imagine started in 2018 to create a positive "image" in the youth’s mind so that he or she can "imagine" a life without gangs or crime. 最初，该项目包括为期九周的带薪工作体验，以及在合作机构工作期间的指导。

现在的重点是发展和维持这些关系，因为每个青少年都在实现他们的目标，比如完成学业和就业。 一名“想象计划”的外联工作人员被指派去指导参加该计划的每个青少年至少一年。

“This (graduation ceremony) is not the end,” David said. “Their journey with us continues. We are going to be with them, not just checking in on them, but working with them and knocking down barriers they face to success.”

作为项目的一部分，参与者将接受基于能力的评估，使用“凯西生活技能”和“克利夫顿优势”工具，旨在引导青少年走向健康、富有成效的生活。

参与“想象计划”的青少年是从警察局、法院、学校和家长推荐的人中挑选出来的。

“想象计划”获得了全国的认可。 2020年，大卫被国家帮派犯罪研究中心评为弗雷德里克·米尔顿·斯拉舍奖得主。 该奖项旨在表彰他在帮派预防和干预方面的成就。

The program also received the President’s Award from the Virginia Municipal League in October 2019.