Back in 2023, Starr Commonwealth President and CEO Elizabeth Carey told Community Matters about a groundbreaking idea for a new program: Target young "opportunity youth" who have had a "failure to launch" - a lack of momentum toward their life goals.

In 2025, Carey returns to Community Matters to report back on the progress FOCUS Forward has made in just a couple of years.

Episode Resources
Starr Commonwealth website
Press Release: Starr Commonwealth Receives $300,000 from State of Michigan to Empower “Opportunity Youth”
Scientific American: Failure to Launch Syndrome

ABOUT COMMUNITY MATTERS
Former WBCK Morning Show host Richard Piet (2014-2017) returns to host Community Matters, an interview program focused on community leaders and newsmakers in and around Battle Creek. Community Matters is heard Saturdays at 8:00 AM and PM Eastern on WBCK-FM (95.3) and anytime at battlecreekpodcast.com.

Community Matters is sponsored by Lakeview Ford Lincoln and produced by Livemic Communications.