The Neighborhood Advocate

1:28 sec video interview below https://youtu.be/URlT-DeLl18 The Annie E. Casey Foundation Senior Associate Tom Woods...

Stefanie Mavronis is a public servant, first-generation college graduate, and lifelong Baltimorean. Since June 2023, Stefanie has served as Director of the...

Gloucester County, NJ – Over the 28 years that Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc. Life Skills Coordinator Sarah Gross has worked at the...

Matt Anderson is the co-founder and CEO of the Imagination Factory – Where Dreams Become Reality. Imagination Factory is a non-profit that...

Hector Ortiz serves as the Director of Conservatorship Services with Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). Mr. Ortiz previously served as the CPS Regional Director for Regions...

Submitted by Jorge Retamar YAP Orange County, NY Project Rise Program Director Orange County, NY – Youth...

Charlotte, NC - All photos from Shot By ChrissyB  

See video interview below with Michael Umpierre, Director of the Center for Youth Justice at the McCourt School of Public Policy at...

Cook County, Ill. – Sixteen-year-old Charles was one of 36 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students who graduated in April from Youth Advocate Programs...

Charlotte, NC – Youth Advocate Programs’ (YAP®), Inc. Alternatives to Violence (ATV) West Boulevard team transformed a little used west Charlotte apartment...

See video interview below with Youth Justice Leader Liz Ryan, former Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Administrator. Ryan will...

Essex County, N.J. – Going to school late, acting out in class, and talking back to her mom led Najah to Youth Advocate...

Radio One/Reach Media Programming SVP speaks with TheNeighborhoodAdvocate.org's Kelly Williams, CMO/CCO at Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc. about a time early in...

Ulster County, NY – When Raymond Samuels was referred to Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc., he was having difficulty in school with his...

Submitted By Kimberly Brandon Harris County, Texas —Three students from Youth Advocate Programs’(YAP®), Inc. Harris County, Texas Evening Reporting...

Hillsborough County, Fla. – Sir credits his Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc. Advocate with helping him understand the importance of leveling sports and...

Tarrant County, TX -- When Alfred Anderson retired from the NFL in 1992 after an impressive eight-year career as a Minnesota Vikings...

Isabella County, Mich. – Former Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc., participant Emilie and her mother Katelin are both attending Kirtland Community College in...

Mecklenburg County, NC – Current and former youth, their families, and staff of Youth Advocate Programs (YAP ®), Inc. Mecklenburg County’s Youth Justice Program...

Yavapai County, Ariz. -- Three Yavapai County, Arizona youths mustered the courage to stand before board members and leaders of Youth Advocate...