The Need

FACT: More than 85% of teenagers, when having problems, go to other teenagers for help.

The J. Kyle Braid Leadership Award recipients possess the following qualities:

• The ability to learn
• Listening and oral communication skills
• Adaptability to creative thinking and problem solving
• Organizational leadership
• Personal management
• Ability to work with others

The J. Kyle Braid Leadership Foundation is committed to Helping Teens Take the Lead. We believe that the participants of this program are the last line of defense to offset the following facts...

FACT: Each school day as many as 3000 young people drop out of school.
FACT: In some major urban areas the dropout rate is as high as 50%.
FACT: 82% of our nation's prison populations are dropouts.
FACT: 85% of our nation's juveniles who are in court are dropouts.
FACT: The unemployment rate for dropouts is more than double the rate for high school graduates.