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Youth Advocate Programs Board Member Ellana Watson Benefitted from the Nonprofit’s Alternative to Incarceration...

Ellana Watson is the youngest person appointed to serve on Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®) Inc.’s Board of Directors. Now a student with plans to be a psychiatric nurse practitioner, she says she could have...

Clorissa Morgan to Serve as a 50th Anniversary YAP® Making Change Happen Summit Moderator

Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc. has selected Clorissa Morgan to be a panel moderator for its Nov. 6 50th Anniversary YAP® Making Change Happen Summit. Morgan, Senior Development Associate at YAP®, will moderate...

LaVeisha Mobley Cummings to Serve as a 50th Anniversary YAP® Making Change Happen Summit...

Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc. has selected LaVeisha M. Cummings, DCC, as a panel moderator for its Nov. 6 50th Anniversary YAP® Making Change Happen Summit. Dr. Cummings, Vice President for the...

Thanks to his YAP® Advocate, Rafael Feels Better Equipped to Face his Anxiety and...

Allegheny County, Pa. - In the six months that Rafael has been with Youth Advocate Programs’ (YAP®), Inc., Workforce Development Program he has made progress in overcoming his anxiety associated with being in...

Lauren E. Sands, MSLIS

Executive Director, J. Lewis Crozer Library – Chester, PA Lauren E. Sands is the Executive Director of the J. Lewis Crozer Library, the only public library serving the great...

Charlene C. Messer

Assistant Program Director, Anti-Violence Programs Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. – Essex & Union County, NJ In her administrative leadership role as Assistant Director...

Gabriela Altman – Siembra Bien as Executive Director

Meeting Gabriela Altman is like encountering a force of nature. A Canadian of Slovakorigin, Gabriela first arrived in Guatemala in 2009, driven by a...

Ajara Marie Bomah – Executive Director, Sierra Leone Youth Advocate Program (SLYAP)

Ajara Marie Bomah is a seasoned professional with over 18 years of experience in business development, media communications, and diaspora engagement. She is the...

Youth Advocate Programs’® Tom Jeffers Endowment Fund, Awards “500th” Scholarship

Harrisburg, Pa. – Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc. is proud to grant its 500th Tom Jeffers Endowment Fund for Continuing Education scholarship to a former Pennsylvania program participant who is pursuing his...

YAP® Cincinnati Justice Involved Youth Learn Patience & Other Valuable Skills through Chess

Hamilton County, Ohio – Problem solving, patience, persistence and development are some of the skills that program participants in Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc. Hamilton County, Ohio Youth Justice/Child Welfare program gained through learning...

Social Capital Pioneer Edward DeJesus Joins 50th Anniversary YAP® Making Change Happen Summit as a panelist

Edward DeJesus will join Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc. in Philadelphia Nov. 6, 2025, as a panelist at the nonprofit’s 50th Anniversary YAP® Making Change Happen Summit. DeJesus is a pioneer in working with systems...

Specializing in Supporting Spanish-Speaking Families, Abel Mims Helps Youth Pursue Excellence and Avoid Violence

Abel Mims, Assistant Director for Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc.'s New Jersey Community-based Violence Prevention Program, also known as YAP® Pursuing Excellence, will serve as a panelist at the Nov. 6,...

University of Pennsylvania Crime and Justice Policy Lab’s Jeremy Biddle to Serve as a...

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 Punishment: Rethinking Justice" panelist at the Nov. 6, 2025 50th Anniversary...

With the Help of YAP®’s Behavioral Health Staff, Ellie is now Succeeding in College

Morris/Sussex County, NJ – In high school, former Youth Advocate Programs®’ Morris/Sussex County, NJ program participant Ellie M. suffered from panic attacks and anxiety which affected her coursework and day to day functions.

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...