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Outreach and prevention services
include Responsive Attentive Peers (RAP) life skills groups for
youth, offered at community locations such as youth clubs, schools and
community centers. Project Safe Place involves a network of
businesses, public places and volunteers in reaching out to youth in
crisis. Youth Advocacy Council involves area youth, including
current and former clients, who act as ambassadors to the community and
meet regularly to provide feedback about programs, lead activities in
the shelter, and create a forum for youth to have a voice in the
community. Leadership and Diversity Conferences are one-day
events in which youth learn leadership and advocacy skills, or tackle
specific challenges to gain an understanding of trials that come with
trying to operate in today’s world with those problems.
Intervention
STAR Family Connectionis a free counseling program for the families of
youth ages 0-17 who are running away, truant, experiencing family conflict or
committing delinquent offenses but not on formal probation. The strength-based
program is offered in the counties of Grayson, Cooke, Fannin,
Wise, Montague, Hunt, Lamar, Wichita,
Archer,
Clay, Hopkins, Delta, Rains, Collin and
Rockwall, and includes three parts:
Family Counseling – with a licensed
professional counselor
Life Skills – groups for youth to
learn skills such as anger management, communication, decision
making, self-esteem and similar lessons
Parent Support – groups for parents
to gain support and skills to strengthen their parenting abilities.
The STAR program has a very high success
rate. Three months after counseling services end, each family is
contacted to determine how they are doing. Over 90% of the families
state that their situation has improved.
Universal Child Abuse
Prevention services were
added to the STAR program in 2003 to increase knowledge and awareness of
child maltreatment and to promote positive parenting. This is
accomplished in part through a series of community meetings on topics
pertaining to child abuse prevention and safety.
Shelter
Emergency
Shelter for youth.
The 14-bed temporary shelter for males and females ages 10-17 provides
runaway, homeless and abused youth with a safe place to stay until they
can be reunited with their family or an alternative living arrangement
can be secured. Discovery is our copyrighted summer program for
youth residing in the emergency shelter. In this innovative program,
the daily schedule is enmeshed with fun enrichment activities and
experiential learning, including arts and crafts, tours of museums,
field trips, games, group discussions, community service projects and
guest speakers.
Breaking the cycle: Transitional Living Program
For homeless youth
ages 16-21, the Transitional
Living Program provides housing and support services for longer-term
needs (i.e., living accommodations, food, clothing, counseling,
outreach; referrals, aftercare, educational and workforce readiness
skills and related services) of runaway, homeless, street youth and
those transitioning out of foster care in a longer-term setting. Youth will be required to attend school and/or obtain and
maintain gainful employment while in the program, and attend monthly
life skills classes to give them the resources they need to never be
homeless again. Once they obtain private housing, a year of
follow-up care will be offered, with the goal of the youth maintaining
their independence and never being homeless again.
Homelessness Prevention
NTYC is the home agency for the Texas
Homeless Network liaison with the Texoma Homeless Coalition ...
http://texomahomelesscoalition.ning.com. We are also the
sponsoring agency for the Rapid Rehousing and Homelessness Prevention
grant providing utility and rental assistance to homeless families or
those at risk of homelessness in Grayson, Fannin and Cooke Counties.
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Residents attended the JOLT camp during Spring Break,
learning teamwork and leadership. Click here
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Runaway Love Music Video
Award winning entertainer Ludacris, with Mary J. Blige, promotes
runaway prevention through his hit single off his Release Therapy album.
