ARCHS' mentoring program helped youth associated with Missouri Division of Youth Services (DYS) learn how to program robots through computer code by the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) 4-H program on October 18, 2014. The youth practiced making their robots move forward, reverse, and turn through specific coding, and also discussed career opportunities related to the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) field.

Earlier this year, other participating youth toured to the Metropolitan, Education, & Training (MET) Center to learn about construction prep, and also St. Louis  Community College to learn about computer science. To help determine what careers may fit their skills and interest, the youth took the Character Occupational Relationship Evaluation (CORE) assessment.

Funds for DYS career explorations come through the City of St. Louis' Public Safety, Proposition S, Youth at Risk Crime Prevention Fund.

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