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After a Decade in Prison, Nokomis Hunter’s Future is Poetry in Motion

Four years free after returning home from Federal prison, 30-year-old Nokomis Hunter is on a path that has never looked brighter. He has a career with District of Columbia Government, a young family and...

With Support from Her Advocate, She Turned a Setback into a Steppingstone

No reject; no eject. That’s a mantra at Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc., a national nonprofit that provides community-based alternatives for young people who might otherwise be placed in youth detention or behavioral health/drug...

Family Matters When Turning Your Life Around

Family matters for individuals working to turn their lives around. Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc.’s trained advocate mentors help young people identify their strengths while connecting them and their families with tools to achieve...

Instead of Lock-up, He Got an Advocate, Mentor and Friend

A little more than a year ago, Chris made a mistake that could have taken him away from his family and out of his community. Now 19, he thanks Will Conyers, his Baltimore Youth...

Holidays Highlight Gifts, Talents and Generosity of Youth Turning their Lives Around

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ -- Brian, 13, and Esteban, 14, stood proudly before community leaders and family members as they unveiled a mural decorating a wall at the New Brunswick, NJ Youth Advocate Programs (YAP),...

Los Angeles Families Now Benefit from Community-based Alternative to Out-of-Home Placement

A community-based alternative to youth incarceration and institutionalization in 28 states and the District of Columbia, Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. recently began serving young people in Los Angeles. Adhering to its “no reject;...

TheNeighborhoodAdvocate.org Chronicles Lives Changed by Youth Justice and Social Services Systems Reform

Dec. 18, 2019 —TheNeighborhoodAdvocate.org launches today, chronicling the lives of families, advocates and program practitioners on the front lines of the youth justice, child welfare and social services systems reform movement. TheNeighborhoodAdvocate.org was developed by...

Innovative Alternative to Youth Incarceration and Out-of-Home Placement Serving Los Angeles

Los Angeles, Ca. (December 3, 2019) -- Standing a block away from her Jordan Downs apartment in Watts, Abriana, 15, reflects on her life and its dramatic turn for the better. “Before I thought I...