The Dominican Republic At-Risk Youth Initiative (DRARYI) project provides young people with the opportunity to develop their talents and values, integrate into society through educational and technical training programs, and become productive and positive contributors to society. The main beneficiaries are vulnerable young people who have dropped out of school, committed crimes, been in gangs, teen or young single mothers, young people with disabilities, and other similar groups seeking opportunities to re-invent their lives and start over. The project is also helping HIV-positive youth. Specifically, the project seeks to improve opportunities for youth through better policies, systems, and services in education, health, workforce development, and crime and violence prevention. RTI is a subcontractor to ENTRENA, and provides monitoring and evaluation services as well as technical assistance related to youth at-risk including: health (physical, mental, reproductive/sexual, substance abuse), education (truancy, reinsertion, retention, improved literacy), criminal justice (delinquency and violence prevention, recidivism, reintegration from secure detention, gang involvement), and civic engagement (community participation, volunteerism, mentoring, mediation and conflict resolution, public policy) activities related to youth. RTI has developed a screening process that assigns youth to evidence-based programming based on their identified risks. Additionally, RTI provides technical assistance at the community level to community leaders, private sector businesses, educators, parents, and other civic leaders to promote collective efficacy and to generally mobilize efforts to address the issues of at-risk youth.