After Losing Her Mom, Her Education Took a Backseat Until She Connected with Youth...
Lexington, Kentucky – While living in Dallas, Emily’s mother died when she was only 13 years-old. Her grandmother, who was in town visiting on vacation at the time, took Emily back to Kentucky to...
India and Her Sister Had Nowhere to Go; Then Her Advocate Came Through in...
Baldwin County, Ala. – Kayla Miracle-Landicho remembers sobbing outside of a courtroom during a hearing because a Youth Advocate Program (YAP), Inc. program participant and her sister had nowhere to live and there was no...
Chicago’s Washington Heights Violence Interruption Team Turns Empty Lot Into Garden
Chicago – Youth Advocate Programs’ (YAP), Inc. Chicago Washington Heights Violence Interruption team turned an empty lot that once had grass as high as 3 feet into a garden with vegetables for the community...
A Year Ago, Axl was in a Youth Facility; Now He’s a Voice for...
After spending five months at a Kentucky residential facility and just a few weeks before his release date, Axl was in trouble again, this time for breaking house rules. By age 16, the Lexington...
Focusing on Youths’ Strengths is What Guides Hamilton County’s Youth Advocate Programs
Cincinnati, Ohio – The staff at Hamilton County’s Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc., look for strengths in the young people they serve and build upon them to help keep youth safely home and out of trouble.
To...
Special Reception Introduces YAP Violence Prevention Employees to Congressional Staffers
Washington, D.C. -- The Board of Directors of Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. hosted a reception to inform Congressional members and staffers about the nonprofit’s Violence Prevention programs. The event took place in Washington,...
Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. Credible Messengers Share Violence Prevention Successes with Nonprofit’s Board of...
Washington D.C. – Members of the Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. Board of Directors meeting in Washington, D.C. this month received a briefing from area employees of the nonprofit who are engaged in high...
I Love My Job; And We’re Hiring
Reprinted from The Sullivan County Child Care Council Summer Newsletter By Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. Program Director Sarah March Vasquez
Sullivan County, NY -- When anyone asks me about my job the first thing, I...
‘Contact Me if You Need Some Help:’ YAP Behavioral Health Specialist Angela Heggins
Dallas - For the past five years Angela Heggins has worked for Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. in Dallas County helping youth and their families work through their behavioral health struggles.
“I provide sessions to...
Chicago YAP Program Hosts Community Connection Event to Celebrate Youth
Chicago – Kiwon used to think about making bad choices to help feed his baby and keep a roof over his head, but with the help of Youth Advocate Program’s (YAP), Inc., Service Coordination and...
Her Passion is for Youth and Making Sure They Never End Up in Prison
Oakland, Calif. – Alameda County’s Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. Director Timeka McGowan’s purpose is simple - to help young people make better decisions so they don’t end up in the prison system.
“Youth incarceration...
Charles Bentil Survived 13 Bullets and 15 Years in Prison; Now He’s a Nonprofit...
Washington, D.C. -- When Charles Bentil learned that Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. was looking for internal leaders willing to coach their peers in the organization’s “Recruit, Relaunch, Reconnect” (RRR) campaign, he applied for...
He Did 10 years in Prison for Possessing a Half Gram of Crack Cocaine;...
Wayne County, NY -- Three years out of prison and fresh off parole, James Schuler was making money fixing cars in 2012 when someone told him about Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. Although at...
Carmen Ziers Leads a Special Team of Therapists Giving Central Florida Youth and Families...
Orlando, Florida -- Carmen Ziers looks back to her childhood in Punto Fijo, a small community in Venezuela, and chuckles thinking of how her dreams have become reality.
“I always told my friends I wanted...
Youth Justice Program Participants Help Restore Native Fort Worth Prairie
A group of Tarrant County youths, some home from youth justice facilities and others receiving community-based services as an alternative – spent last week learning about Ecological Health – the health of people, animals,...
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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...
