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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...
YAP Alternatives to Violence & Youth Justice Programs Hosted a Sneaker Ball for ...
Charlotte, NC - All photos from Shot By ChrissyB
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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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University of Pennsylvania Crime and Justice Policy Lab’s Jeremy Biddle to...
Jeremy Biddle will share perspectives, learnings and stories from his work in violence reduction as a Session One (9:45-10:45 am) Justice Reform: "Beyond...
With the Help of YAP®’s Behavioral Health Staff, Ellie is now...
Morris/Sussex County, NJ – In high school, former Youth Advocate Programs®’ Morris/Sussex County, NJ program participant Ellie M. suffered from panic attacks and...
The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Tom Woods to Moderate 50th Anniversary YAP® Making...
1:28 sec video interview below
https://youtu.be/URlT-DeLl18
The Annie E. Casey Foundation Senior Associate Tom Woods...
Baltimore MONSE Director Stefanie Mavronis will be a 50th Anniversary YAP® Making...
Stefanie Mavronis is a public servant, first-generation college graduate, and lifelong Baltimorean. Since June 2023, Stefanie has served as Director of the...
For 28 Years, Sarah Gross Has Helped Young People in Trouble...
Gloucester County, NJ – Over the 28 years that Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc. Life Skills Coordinator Sarah Gross has worked at the...
Imagination Factory’s Matt Anderson Among 50th Anniversary YAP® Making Change Happen...
Matt Anderson is the co-founder and CEO of the Imagination Factory – Where Dreams Become Reality. Imagination Factory is a non-profit that...
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services’ Hector Ortiz to Serve...
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...
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...
YAP Alternatives to Violence & Youth Justice Programs Hosted a Sneaker...
Charlotte, NC - All photos from Shot By ChrissyB
Georgetown University’s Center for Youth Justice Director Michael Umpierre to Moderate...
See video interview below with Michael Umpierre, Director of the Center for Youth Justice at the McCourt School of Public Policy at...
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...
