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Through Football and Mentorship, Sir Pursues His Dream of Becoming a Coach to help...
Hillsborough County, Fla. – Sir credits his Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc. Advocate with helping him understand the importance of leveling sports and...
From the NFL to Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc.: How Alfred Anderson Helped Kids...
Tarrant County, TX -- When Alfred Anderson retired from the NFL in 1992 after an impressive eight-year career as a Minnesota Vikings...
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Baltimore Youth Advocate Programs Participant Gives Thanks
Baltimore Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. participant Tumani shares his thoughts about his Advocate, Jamal. The Neighborhood Advocate met up with him at a...
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Chicago’s YAPWORX® Equips Justice-Involved Chicago Public Schools Students with Job Readiness...
Cook County, Ill. – Sixteen-year-old Charles was one of 36 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students who graduated in April from Youth Advocate Programs...
A Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc. Alternatives to Violence Team Transforms...
Charlotte, NC – Youth Advocate Programs’ (YAP®), Inc. Alternatives to Violence (ATV) West Boulevard team transformed a little used west Charlotte apartment...
Liz Ryan to Join Youth Advocate Programs for 50th Anniversary YAP® Making...
See video interview below with Youth Justice Leader Liz Ryan, former Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Administrator. Ryan will...
Acting Out Because She Was Picked On in School, Najah Found...
Essex County, N.J. – Going to school late, acting out in class, and talking back to her mom led Najah to Youth Advocate...
On His Way to Becoming a Hip-Hop Radio Pioneer, Colby (Colb)...
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...
Full Circle Moment: From Program Participant to Advocate, Raymond Thanks YAP®...
Ulster County, NY – When Raymond Samuels was referred to Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc., he was having difficulty in school with his...
Guided by (YAP®), Houston Area Justice-Involved Young People Earned GEDs, a...
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Harris County, Texas —Three students from Youth Advocate Programs’(YAP®), Inc. Harris County, Texas Evening Reporting...
Through Football and Mentorship, Sir Pursues His Dream of Becoming a...
Hillsborough County, Fla. – Sir credits his Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc. Advocate with helping him understand the importance of leveling sports and...
From the NFL to Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc.: How Alfred...
Tarrant County, TX -- When Alfred Anderson retired from the NFL in 1992 after an impressive eight-year career as a Minnesota Vikings...
Last Year, Emilie Came Home from a Youth Justice Facility; Then...
Isabella County, Mich. – Former Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc., participant Emilie and her mother Katelin are both attending Kirtland Community College in...
YAP Mecklenburg County Celebrates Five Years of Helping Youth See Their...
Mecklenburg County, NC – Current and former youth, their families, and staff of Youth Advocate Programs (YAP ®), Inc. Mecklenburg County’s Youth Justice Program...
In its 50th Year, National Alternative-to-Youth Incarceration Model Continues to Scale;...
Yavapai County, Ariz. -- Three Yavapai County, Arizona youths mustered the courage to stand before board members and leaders of Youth Advocate...
As a little kid, he accepted a donated turkey for his...
Cook County, Ill. – Nineteen year-old Jaqueza remembers being presented with a holiday turkey in elementary school but did not understand the reason behind the...
YAP® Gave Maja Tools to Succeed: Now She Plans to do...
Tarrant County, Texas – Maja is closer to her goal of supporting young people with the kind of support that put her on...
Empowered by Her Own Story, Diamond Rice is Helping Cincinnati Justice-Involved...
The Cincinnati, Ohio community where Diamond Rice lives and works is a daily reminder of her childhood in Baltimore, Md.
