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The practice of youth-adult partnership in the context of positive youth development programs is an important strategy for helping underserved youth transition to adulthood and achieve their potential. Few studies have engaged in in-depth exploration of the process and implementation of youth-adult partnership in urban, community-based youth organizations. Toward this end, the current study attempts to understand Y-AP contribution to the CBYD Organization that is developing PYD among the youth. A qualitative, intrinsic case study method was employed to conduct the study. Data were collected using a purposive sampling approach in line with a qualitative case study design. In-depth interviews with seven youth workers, participatory observation and document analysis were used to collect the data. The findings indicated that Y-AP practice at CBYD Organization can contribute formation of 8C (Caring Youth, Competent Youth, Youth With Character, Confident Youth, Youth With Cooperation, Considerate Youth, Competitive Youth, and Youth With Contribution) and partnership between youth and adult (formation of trust, formation of cooperation networks and efforts to help the local community). The results can be used as an important input for other community-based youth development organizations to support implementation and practice of youth-adult partnership in their programs.
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