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The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Tom Woods to Moderate 50th Anniversary YAP® Making Change Happen Summit...

1:28 sec video interview below https://youtu.be/URlT-DeLl18 The Annie E. Casey Foundation Senior Associate Tom Woods will serve as a 50th anniversary YAP® Making Change Happen Summit...

Baltimore MONSE Director Stefanie Mavronis will be a 50th Anniversary YAP® Making Change Happen Summit Panelist

Stefanie Mavronis is a public servant, first-generation college graduate, and lifelong Baltimorean. Since June 2023, Stefanie has served as Director of the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE), supporting the...

For 28 Years, Sarah Gross Has Helped Young People in Trouble Change their Biographies

Gloucester County, NJ – Over the 28 years that Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc. Life Skills Coordinator Sarah Gross has worked at the nonprofit; she estimates that she has worked with hundreds of...

Imagination Factory’s Matt Anderson Among 50th Anniversary YAP® Making Change Happen Summit Panelists

Matt Anderson is the co-founder and CEO of the Imagination Factory – Where Dreams Become Reality. Imagination Factory is a non-profit that builds community and infrastructure to imagine, create, and activate solutions...

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services’ Hector Ortiz to Serve as a 50th Anniversary...

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 1 and 2/Panhandle-Northwest Texas.  During his tenure as Regional Director,...

YAP® Orange County’s Project Rise Program is Recognized for Advocating for Youth

Submitted by Jorge Retamar YAP Orange County, NY Project Rise Program Director Orange County, NY – Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc. Orange County’s Project RISE  (Reinvest, Inspire,...

YAP Alternatives to Violence & Youth Justice Programs Hosted a Sneaker Ball for ...

Charlotte, NC - All photos from Shot By ChrissyB   YAP ATV Beatties Ford...

Georgetown University’s Center for Youth Justice Director Michael Umpierre to Moderate Youth Advocate Programs...

See video interview below with Michael Umpierre, Director of the Center for Youth Justice at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, formerly the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform. The...

Chicago’s YAPWORX® Equips Justice-Involved Chicago Public Schools Students with Job Readiness Skills

Cook County, Ill. – Sixteen-year-old Charles was one of 36 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students who graduated in April from Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc., Chicago’s YAPWORX® employment readiness program. YAPWORX® is a...

A Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc.  Alternatives to Violence Team Transforms a Little Used...

Charlotte, NC – Youth Advocate Programs’ (YAP®), Inc. Alternatives to Violence (ATV) West Boulevard team transformed a little used west Charlotte apartment complex community center to meet the practical needs of its...

Liz Ryan to Join Youth Advocate Programs for 50th Anniversary YAP® Making Change Happen Summit...

See video interview below with Youth Justice Leader Liz Ryan, former Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Administrator. Ryan will be a featured guest speaker at Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®),...

Acting Out Because She Was Picked On in School, Najah Found Youth Advocate Programs...

Essex County, N.J. – Going to school late, acting out in class, and talking back to her mom led Najah to Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc. in Essex County, N.J. when she was...

On His Way to Becoming a Hip-Hop Radio Pioneer, Colby (Colb) Tyner was a...

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 his radio career when he worked part-time as a neighborhood-based...

Full Circle Moment: From Program Participant to Advocate, Raymond Thanks YAP® for Helping Him...

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

Guided by (YAP®), Houston Area Justice-Involved Young People Earned GEDs, a Primary Step Towards a...

Submitted By Kimberly Brandon Harris County, Texas —Three students from Youth Advocate Programs’(YAP®), Inc. Harris County, Texas Evening Reporting Center graduated with General Education Development (GED) certificates from the...