Special Delivery Helps Keep Families Safely Home This Thanksgiving
Some Central PA families will be safely home and eating well this Thanksgiving thanks to a special delivery from some Youth Advocate Programs (YAP),...
She Thanks Her Youth Advocate for Believing in Her and Empowering...
By her 13th birthday, Destany had been in multiple foster homes, experienced sexual assault, and was convinced most adults are not to be trusted.
Today,...
Even in 2020, Youth are Conquering Complex Challenges
Las Vegas-based Clark County Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. Program Director Nyeri Richards asked her colleagues and some of the young people they serve...
Philadelphia Tribune to Honor YAP Board Chair Lynette M. Brown-Sow
The Philadelphia Tribune has named Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. Board of Directors Chair Lynette M. Brown-Sow one of 2020’s Most Influential African Americans....
Testimony Highlights How Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. Serves as an...
On Sept. 30, 2020, Randall Sims, Regional Director, Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc., testified before the Pennsylvania Juvenile Justice Task Force. Governor Tom Wolf,...
‘Please Don’t Take This Program Away’ — Erica’s Appeal to Lawmakers...
When 26-year-old Erica heard that proposed cuts by New Jersey Department of Children and Families (DCF) will keep nearly one thousand youth from services...
Challenge Opens Opportunity for Young Artist
Kiara, a 15-year-old Lebanon County, PA high school student, begins her sophomore semester with a new appreciation for her passion, gifts and talents. She's...
Nearly 1000 New Jersey Youth Face Losing Services that Keep them...
About four years ago, Robin, a then 39-year-old Atlantic County, NJ single mother of nine children, found herself overwhelmed.
“I was in a domestic relationship...
New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund Supports Work that Keeps Families Together
By Jasmine H. More, Youth Advocate Programs Development Coordinator, Private Sector Giving
A $75,000 grant from the New Jersey Pandemic Relief fund is bolstering much...
Empowered with Life Skills, Chris Supports Himself and Others through the...
With the increased risk of COVID-19 infections for individuals in congregate living, Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. strengthens its advocacy for community-based youth and...
Donated Laptops Help Youths Succeed in Community-Based Alternative to Out-of-Home Placement
Newark, NJ -- Curtis Moore and his colleagues jumped into action in March when COVID-19 put their resilience to the test. Curtis is a...
With Support from his Advocate, this 17-Year-Old is Safely Home, Loving...
With conviction and a slight smile, 17-year-old Malachi posed for a press photographer as he held a cardboard handwritten sign during a Denver, Colo....
A Childhood Story Helped this Advocate Encourage and Engage Youth Through...
In a recent teleconference, Sarah Gross focuses on her origami, an ancient Japanese practice of shaping paper into art. On the other end of...
Neighborly Support During Pandemic Brings New Promise to Baltimore’s Safe Streets...
Neighborly outreach during the COVID-19 pandemic is strengthening bonds between some Baltimore City Safe Streets workers and the families they serve.
Safe Streets is an...
She’s in a Wheelchair; He has Autism – Pandemic Opens New...
Melissa Johnson felt she’d finally made it when she earned her bachelor’s in psychology from Frostburg State University in Maryland. But when months turned...
