Tag: juvenile justice
Meet Jesse A. Cruz, Author, Advocate and Brother’s Keeper
If you’ve ever met a Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. Advocate, you’ll understand the key to the organization’s effectiveness as a provider of community-based...
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...
TheNeighborhoodAdvocate.org Chronicles Lives Changed by Youth Justice and Social Services Systems...
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...
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...
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...