Center For Youth Services Inc

Programs: School based programs:our essential partnerships in schools work with youth and families to ensure school stability, connectedness and improve attendance leading to graduation. These core programs include: the center for youth after school program at the urban choice charter school; the alternative to out of school suspension program/help zone offered at 31 school sites including urban choice charter school, greece athena middle school, longridge elementary and westridge elementary; the new beginning school-based program, which offers a new opportunity for young men, ages 16-21, to re-engage in school and the community. These young men are most at risk and most likely to drop-out of school and enter into the adult justice system. (continued on schedule o. )the center provides expanding learning services at schools #3, 34, 45 and monroe high school. In addition, we offer crisis intervention/prevention services and the alternative to suspension program in the mt. Morris school district, the kenmore/tonawanda school district and the rochester city school district. The prevention education department also provides youth with reliable, high quality, interactive workshops, training and groups about drug and alcohol related real-life issues. Research-based principles and curriculum serve as the foundation of all of the center's substance use and abuse education. We also offer services at the following charter schools: urban choice charter school and rochester career mentoring charter school. In addition, we offer school-based counseling services at the secondary level. This past year, school-based services, served over 12,000 monroe, livingston and erie county youth in urban, suburban and rural schools, other community agencies/centers, and anywhere where youth are in need. Number of youth served: 32,373. This program includes funding by government grants in the amount of $247,151.

runaway and homeless:1. Emergency shelter programthrough our homeless youth shelter, the center house, or in their volunteer host homes, the program provides a short-term voluntary safe haven to homeless and runaway youth ages 12-18. During their stay, youth receive chemical dependency prevention counseling, individual and family counseling, and case management services to assist in reuniting them with their families, as well as supportive aftercare services. Through life skills workshops and one on one counseling, the center works with each youth to increase their coping skills and avoid environments that lead to high risk activities such as alcohol and substance abuse. (continued on schedule o. )when reunification is not possible, youth are assisted with securing alternative stable housing. Number of youth served: 312 with 3,671 nights of care. 2. Transitional living programthe transitional living program is designed to support older homeless youth ages 16-21, who do not have family support as they transition into adulthood. The center provides subsidized apartments or assistance in securing stable housing, case management and independent living skills training for up to 18 months. Chrysalis house is an enhancement to the program combining a safe and structured environment with adult supervision in a large and beautiful home. It is designed for homeless pregnant/parenting and non-parenting teenage girls in desperate need of safe and stable housing who benefit from the structure and support provided to youth living in this home. Number of youth served: 57. 3. Street outreach programthe goals of the street outreach program are to provide education and prevention services to reduce the incidence of sexual abuse and/or exploitation of street youth, and to help them leave the streets. The center does this by building trusting relationships with street youth, providing them with survival supports (food, clothing, hygiene products) and giving them immediate access to emergency shelter services. Counselors also work very closely with community agencies to connect youth with needed services. Number of youth served: 4,798. 4. Project safe placethis community collaboration among the center, community businesses and volunteers offers young people access to safety 24/7. The goal of the project is to create safe and accessible points of entry for youth ages 12-21 at all tops markets, rts buses, ymcas, city of rochester parks and recreation, and other locations. Youth can access safe place locations day or night and are immediately connected with trained professionals and volunteers from the center who will assist them in connecting with the services they need. Number of youth contacts: 2,349. 5. New beginning housethis 3-apartment, 6-bedroom building is for young men ages 18-21, who are experiencing housing instability while trying to complete their education and/or obtain and maintain employment. Much like our transitional living program and emergency shelter, the new beginning house is built on the center's foundation of positive-youth development and trauma-focused service delivery. Length of stay and intensity of services is driven by the needs of the resident. Services include independent living skills, mentorship opportunities and connection to on-going, permanent relationships with safe adults in the community. 6. Rapid rehousing programthis program assists young adults ages 18 - 24 who are currently homeless and residing in emergency shelters in quickly obtaining independent, permanent housing in the community. Specialists assist with apartment searches and applications. The employment and landlord liaison assists with obtaining employment in order to maintain housing and in identifying landlords who are willing to partner with the program. 7. Crisis nursery: the crisis nursery operates as a 6 bed respite shelter for children ages 0-14 years, and up to 17 as part of a sibling group, with parental consent and involvement. The program responds to families in crisis 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, providing safe and consistent care in an effort to reduce the trauma on the children and their families. Number of days of care: 1,213. 8. Safe harbour: the safe harbour program provides advocacy and intensive case management for minor victims of commercial sexual exploitation. Through partnership with monroe county youth bureau and dhs, the center's safe harbour program also provides training and case coordination for child welfare programs and other non-profits serving vulnerable youth. Number of contacts: 259. These programs include funding by government grants in the amount of $966,531.

counseling intervention:counselors provide essential chemical dependency prevention, individual and family counseling, and crisis intervention services including youth intake and assessment, case management, advocacy, and follow-up. Utilizing evidence-based practices and programs, counselors work with youth to increase decision-making skills and protective factors in order to reduce alcohol and substance abuse and other high-risk behaviors. Counseling staff are stationed in the center's downtown office, schools, and community organizations. (continued on schedule o)information and referral services are available 24 hours a day through staffed telephone lines to ensure maximum accessibility. Number of youth served: 439. This program includes funding by government grants in the amount of $662,765.

workforce initiative: learn 2 earn (l2e): this asset-based year-round workforce program provides young people ages 16-21 both in-school and out-of-school, with support for summer and permanent employment through job coaching, opportunities for career exploration, credential attainment and volunteering in the community, mentoring, academic tutoring, and personal discovery. L2e2, the center's work readiness program for out-of-school youth addresses the needs of older youth, often without resources and who are homeless, and in need of employment and educational opportunities. Number of youth served: 120teen court: rochester teen court is a voluntary, peer-to-peer alternative intended to turn a young person's first encounter with the adult criminal justice system into their last. A judge presides over the court with youth volunteers serving as jurors and attorneys. Cases are selected when defendants realize their responsibility and are willing to accept the sentence selected by their peers. Sanctions include community service, counseling and relevant workshops. Peer court utilizes volunteers within the school to serve on a panel in a restorative justice model. Number of youth served: 117. Youth development opportunities and volunteerism: the talents, skills, and time given to the center by hundreds of youth and adult volunteers transform the lives of our youth. These generous community members listen, counsel, tutor, provide meals, host parties and college tours, plant flowers, clean our buildings, sort books, furnish coats, scarves, suitcases, duffle bags and provide holiday gifts. Simply put, the center could not operate as they do without them. It is through their spirit of generosity and understanding, and their belief in what they do here at the center that makes these volunteers so precious to the center. Number of community presentations: 2,102.