Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. program leaders deliver impassioned messages about their work as part of the launch of YAPTalks. YAP delivers services that are an alternative to youth incarceration and out-of-home placement. The YAP Advocate Wraparound Service model provides intensive one-to-one mentoring by professional, primarily neighborhood-based staff. YAP Advocate mentors empower young people with tools to identify and realize their strengths. At the same time, they support the family foundation by connecting parents/guardians with accessible resources to reinforce their foundation. This YAPTalk features New York State YAP Regional Director Dana LaCoss.
Chicago YAP’s Chris Sutton Featured in YAPTalk Series
Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. program leaders deliver impassioned messages about their work as part of the launch of YAPTalks. YAP delivers services that are an alternative to youth incarceration and out-of-home placement. The YAP Advocate Wraparound Service model provides intensive one-to-one mentoring by professional, primarily neighborhood-based staff. YAP Advocate mentors empower young people with tools to identify and realize their strengths. At the same time, they support the family foundation by connecting parents/guardians with accessible resources to reinforce their foundation. This YAPTalk features YAP Chicago Choose to Change Program (where YAP partners with Children’s Home & Aid and the University of Chicago Crime Lab) Director Chris Sutton.
YAPTalks Highlight People Transforming Youth Justice, Child Welfare and Other Systems
Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. program leaders delivered impassioned messages about their work as part of the launch of YAPTalks. The first of a series of talks came during an annual global YAP Directors meeting
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YAP delivers services that are an alternative to youth incarceration and out-of-home placement. The YAP Advocate Wraparound Service model provides intensive one-to-one mentoring by professional, primarily neighborhood-based staff. YAP Advocate mentors empower young people with tools to identify and realize their strengths. At the same time, they support the family foundation by connecting parents/guardians with accessible resources to reinforce their foundation.
The YAP National Directors event featured 5 YAPTalks led by directors of local programs that have evolved from the YAP Wraparound Service model. The speakers included YAP Chicago Choose to Change Program (where YAP partners with Children’s Home & Aid and the University of Chicago Crime Lab) Director Chris Sutton; YAP (Penn North) Baltimore Safe Streets Director Dennis Wise; YAP New York State Regional Director Dana LaCoss; Nevada YAP Program Director Nyeri Richards; and YAP Credible Messenger and Young Men Emerging (adult re-entry services) Program Leader Charles Bentil.
See each YAPTalk on TheNeighborhoodAdvocate.org.
Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. Introduces Baltimore Penn North Safe Streets Team
Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc., which serves as an alternative to youth incarceration and out-of-home placement in more than 100 communities in 28 states and the District of Columbia, is one of Baltimore’s newest Safe Streets nonprofit partners. YAP Safe Streets Violence Prevention Coordinator Wayne Brewton spoke to The Neighborhood Advocate about how his background uniquely positions him to serve his community.
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 YAP Penn North Back-to-School Resource Fair and Safe Streets grand opening. YAP is an alternative to youth incarceration and institutionalization, providing community and family-based support and resources instead.
