It’s not because these youth are disconnected. It’s because they’re connected to the wrong spigots. Most of us drink from too many spigots.
The first thing these youth need to do is dress decently, talk decently, and look up to ordinary people with jobs and families.
Yes, that seems to be the general idea of these sorts of programs. These young people have seen how to live wrong, and have decided to try to learn how to live right.
I hope they are successful, it would be helpful to society.