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Programs have to ignite and sustain participants’ interest in order to help them thrive. According to the Search Institute,“The major component of thriving is the concept of ‘sparks’—the interests and passions young people have that light a fire in their lives”(Scales, 2010) . Research into these “sparks” identified creative arts as the top-ranked interest among teens aged 12 to 17, cited by 54 percent of teens surveyed (Benson, 2008) .  \nPrograms that seek to engage participants in artsbased programming may be drawn to creative youth development (CYD), a youth-focused, holistic  \napproach to learning through creative expression. Asthe Creative Youth Development National Partnership (2018) defines it, “Creative youth development is a recent term for a longstanding theory of practice that integrates creative skill-building, inquiry, and expression with positive youth development principles, fueling young people’s imaginations and building critical learning and life skills.”  \nAfter a period of learning about CYD and exploring its suitability, Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education in the Bronx, New York, launched an initiative to integrate CYD principles into its afterschool programs. Though Casita Maria built on a growing base of knowledge about these principles  \nANNE DUNNING is principal associate at Arts Action Research. She consults with performing, visual, presenting, and service arts organizations nationally and internationally on planning, resource development, knowledge building, and assessment. She has chaired the boards of Dance/USA, the Canadian Dance Assembly, and freeDimensional and has lectured on arts administration at Humber College, the University of Toronto, and New York University.  \nand how to implement them, its staff had to integrate new practices into the existing program and extend the principles to reach youth with a wide range of ages and experience levels. As an initial pilot phase of the program launched in spring 2018, I was engaged as its evaluator. The resulting observation and evaluation has provided useful information for practitioners who want to reap the benefits of CYD programming.  \nCasita Maria and Creative Youth Development  \nFounded in 1934, Casita Maria has a long history of providing enriching afterschool and summer camp learning and arts opportunities in East Harlem and the South Bronx. According to Executive Director Haydee Morales, Casita Maria aims to “create a high-quality, fun learning environment that fosters excellence in creativity, learning, and life” (Morales et al. , 2019) . Programming serves young people from kindergarten through high school. The organization has owned and operated its current arts learning facility in the South Bronx since 2009. The community is 76 percent Latinx and 21 percent African American, with a growing constituency of new immigrants and migrants. Casita Maria has built ongoing relationships with schools, the school district, and local artists and arts organizations, all of whom support and enrich the educational programming.  \nCasita Maria launched its CYD initiative in 2018, after studying the approach, building buy-in from the organization’s leaders, and designing a customized program with support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. The existing afterschool programming already included a robust music program, including instruction in violin, percussion, and piano, as well as chorus and musical theater. The organization’s commitment to creative arts programs in the community was evident in its participation in BLITZ (a Bronx-based Latin jazz ensemble with Arturo O’Farrill), the annual South Bronx Culture Trail Festival, The Mural at Casita Maria, and exhibitions in the Casita Maria Gallery. 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