Youth Venture in Santee operates a faith-based teen center on Mast Boulevard that provides structured mentoring and supervised recreation for sixth- through twelfth-grade students. Founded in 1992 through Foothills Christian Church, the program runs a Bible-centered character curriculum across three East County locations, complementing youth-development resources at the Boys & Girls Clubs of East County Santee Clubhouse on Tamberly Way. Each center pairs adult volunteer mentors with small groups of teens for weekly guidance sessions focused on goal-setting, personal responsibility, and life skills. The Santee campus anchors the Mast Boulevard corridor within walking distance of Mast Park, connecting the organization's indoor programming with one of Santee's highest-traffic recreation zones near Santee Lakes. The center's Higher Ground Clubs distribute more than 10,000 copies per year of the proprietary Kids Like Us testimony curriculum to students at campuses throughout San Diego County.