The Neighborhood Advocate

Read more about YAP's Tarrant County program here. Testifying before the Texas House Interim Study Committee on Criminal Justice Reform, Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc....

Read More About this Pilot Program in this article by Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. President Gary Ivory This month, leaders at the Texas Department...

Yavapai County, Arizona – Fresh air, water, and the open wilderness helped five young people open up and face their fears during a recent...

Harrisburg, PA -- About 100 Pennsylvania youth who have disabilities, have been justice-involved, live in rural communities, or face other employment barriers have dream jobs...

Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. hosted Mainstreet Peace Summit, a Community Gun Violence Prevention Resource Fair, on Saturday, July 16, at Cumberland and Carey...

Lexington, Kentucky – While living in Dallas, Emily’s mother died when she was only 13 years-old. Her grandmother, who was in town visiting on...

Baldwin County, Ala. – Kayla Miracle-Landicho remembers sobbing outside of a courtroom during a hearing because a Youth Advocate Program (YAP), Inc. program participant and...

Chicago – Youth Advocate Programs’ (YAP), Inc. Chicago Washington Heights Violence Interruption team turned an empty lot that once had grass as high as...

After spending five months at a Kentucky residential facility and just a few weeks before his release date, Axl was in trouble again, this...

Cincinnati, Ohio – The staff at Hamilton County’s Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc., look for strengths in the young people they serve and build upon them...

Washington, D.C. -- The Board of Directors of Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. hosted a reception to inform Congressional members and staffers about the...

Washington D.C. – Members of the Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. Board of Directors meeting in Washington, D.C. this month received a briefing from...

Reprinted from The Sullivan County Child Care Council Summer Newsletter   By Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. Program Director Sarah March Vasquez Sullivan County, NY -- When...

Dallas - For the past five years Angela Heggins has worked for Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. in Dallas County helping youth and their...

Chicago – Kiwon used to think about making bad choices to help feed his baby and keep a roof over his head, but with the...

Oakland, Calif. – Alameda County’s Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. Director Timeka McGowan’s purpose is simple - to help young people make better decisions...

Washington, D.C. -- When Charles Bentil learned that Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. was looking for internal leaders willing to coach their peers in...

Wayne County, NY -- Three years out of prison and fresh off parole, James Schuler was making money fixing cars in 2012 when someone...

Orlando, Florida -- Carmen Ziers looks back to her childhood in Punto Fijo, a small community in Venezuela, and chuckles thinking of how her...

A group of Tarrant County youths, some home from youth justice facilities and others receiving community-based services as an alternative – spent last week...