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Arnold Ventures Director of Criminal Justice Research to Share His Perspectives as a 50th...

Nathan Weil will share his insights at the 50th Anniversary YAP® Making Change Happen Summit as a Justice Reform: Beyond Punishment: Rethinking Justice panelist. The Nov. 6 Summit and evening YAP® Making Change Happen...

With Laptop and Like Skills in Tow, thanks to YAP®, Gregory is Ready for...

Gloucester County, N.J. – Budgeting, banking, renting an apartment, how to do laundry and grocery shop are some of the skills Gregory learned while in Youth Advocate Programs™, Inc. (YAP®) Gloucester County.

YAP® Michigan Program Director Shannon Collin to Share Her Experiences as a 50th Anniversary ‘YAP®...

Youth Advocate Programs™ (YAP®) Michigan Program Director Shannon Collin said from a young age, she has felt a deep calling to help others. “This passion...

YAP® Southwest Regional Director Alex Alvear to Serve as a Panelist at the National...

Alex Alvear, Southwest Regional Director for Youth Advocate Programs™ (YAP®), Inc. will share his insights and experiences as a panelist at the Nov 6, 20.25 for 50th Anniversary YAP® Making Change Happen Summit.

At 15, Michael thanks Youth Advocate Programs ™, Inc. (YAP®) for Keeping Him Home...

Ogemaw County, Michigan -- Now 15, Michael thinks about where he was two years ago and sees a totally different kid. “Back then, I was a screw up, couldn’t do...

Born Weighing One Pound and Later Diagnosed with Autism, Maximus Thanks Youth Advocate Programs...

Rosalind Maldonado is beyond proud of her 22-year-old son Maximus.  Delivered prematurely in an emergency C-section alongside his stillborn twin, Maximus weighed just one pound at birth. “He was...

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 to Share Insights on Providing On-the-Job Library Experience to Young People...

Lauren Sands Serves as Executive Director, J. Lewis Crozer Library – Chester, PA Lauren E. Sands is the Executive Director of the J. Lewis Crozer Library, the only public...

Charlene C. Messer to Share Her Anti-Violence Program Insights as a Youth Advocate Programs™...

Essex & Union Counties, NJ Youth Advocate Programs™, Inc. (YAP®), Anti-Violence Program Assistant Director, Charlene Messer says her team epitomizes the African proverb, “It takes a village.”  The anti-violence program...

Siembra Bien’s Gabriela Altman to Serve as a 50th Anniversary ‘YAP® Making Change Happen’...

Meeting Gabriela Altman is like encountering a force of nature. A Canadian of Slovak origin, Gabriela first arrived in Guatemala...

Ajara Marie Bomah, Executive Director, Sierra Leone Youth Advocate Program, to Share Insights as...

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...