The following report presents the results of the evaluation performed to assess the Stand Up Participate (SUP) program. Initially, we offer a context analysis that contains some of the foundations of this community-based program. We then explain the SUP program by providing some background information, describing a stakeholder analysis and explaining the logic behind the programming. We also go through the evaluation framework which includes a statement of the evaluation questions, methodology, and limitations of the evaluation process. Lastly, we discuss the evaluation findings and provide some recommendations based on the results of our assessment. 

The SUP program was conducted in North Minneapolis, Brooklyn Park, and Brooklyn Center based on demographic characteristics, educational disparities and criminality rates. In these areas, there is a large representation of minority groups – populations of color comprise nearly 50% of the populations. These locations have educational disparities by race that are evident when looking at the educational attainment and the Minnesota Report Card (MRC) results segregated in different racial minority groups. In regards to criminality, the sites chosen for the SUP program have crime rates that exceed the state ones considerably. Additionally, it was determined that victims and offenders of homicide in Minnesota are very young, which highlights the importance of working with youth. 

The objectives that this community-based program intended to achieve can be categorized into four main domains: reducing the participation of minority youth in homicides and violent injuries/crime, improving academic outcomes and access to public health among minority youth, improving relationships with public health and law enforcement entities, and improving coordination and collaboration of organizations that represent law enforcement, public health, and community-based agencies to address youth violence and crime prevention. 

Through the evaluation framework, we intend to assess the SUP program considering four areas: collaboration among stakeholders, community violence and crimes, improvement of youth academic performance, and youth access to health and social services. We used methodologies derived from a community-based participatory evaluation approach, where we included surveys, observations, document reviews and literature reviews.