Developmental assets are a set of positive qualities, skills, experiences, and opportunities that are critical for all children and adolescents to develop.  Spread across eight broad areas of human development, these assets paint a picture of the positive things all young people need to grow up healthy and responsible. 

These eight areas are:

• Support
• Empowerment
• Boundaries and Expectations
• Construction Use of Time
• Commitment to Learning
• Positive Values
• Social Competencies
• Positive Identity

Healthy Williston...Healthy Youth is committed to bringing assets to the entire Williston community and focused on creating a united community where everyone, young and old, feels they have a purpose. 

Positive change in Williston’s youth has been measured in the increase of 32 of 40 assets from 2003 to 2006, as measured in the December 2006 Asset survey taken of 1255 Williston youth grades 6-12.