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- EIN 31-0900601
- (317) 738-3273
- 1195 N Morton St Ste A Franklin IN 46131-1272 USA
- www.youthconnections.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services
Mission: The mission of youth connections is to serve youth through crisis intervention, community education and mentoring to foster positive relations and self worth. Youth connections' community impact is felt throughout johnson and morgan counties, indiana. The work of the organization unfolds through the following 6 programs: project safe place, the children's visitation center, custody evaluations, families in transition, jump start, and the host homes program. Youth connections started serving youth in 1976 as a 501(c)(3) not for profit youth shelter. Since then, services have remained focused on all youth and have evolved to meet emerging gaps in the community. As a youth services bureau, the organization offers a variety of programs based on the following four core roles - delinquency prevention, advocacy, community education, and information and referral.
Programs: Project safe place, a 24-hour immediate crisis intervention program for youth who are 7 to 17 years old. Youth can access the program by calling or texting the safe place helpline or by walking into participating community locations and talking to a designated safe place site contact who will connect them with youth connections. Services may range from helping youth work through family problems to providing temporary emergency housing in partnership with the host homes program which serves homeless and runaway youth with case management services, the opportunity to resolve conflicts and problems, and temporary shelter. Safe place aims to deter juvenile delinquency through ongoing communication and education with youth and utilizes trained professionals who listen to youth and assist them in making good choices and finding the resources that they may need. In 2017, the safe place program reached over 20,000 youth through educational workshops and presentations at schools in johnson and morgan counties.
the children's visitation center offers children the opportunity to develop a healthy relationship with their non-custodial parent. Children and parents are able to foster a healthy relationship through supervised visitations, observations, and a healthy and safe environment to spend time together. The center is open during working hours, evenings, and on weekends. It also offers a child exchange service (drop off or pick up) for separated parents to have a neutral place to exchange custody of their child. Supervised visits are facilitated by experienced and trained professionals. Referrals to the center serve as a valuable resource to separated families in need, the courts, human service organizations, guardians ad litem, parenting time coordinators, and dcs.
the jumpstart mentoring program offers youth the opportunity to develop leadership skills and engage in healthy relationships with caring staff through weekly school-based group mentoring sessions. Youth meet weekly as a group and benefit from opportunities to develop short and long term personal goals, increase their life skills, and engage in community service activities. This program receives referrals from school counselors, and through partnerships with various community partners. In 2017, the jumpstart mentoring program hosted 547 youth attending sessions throughout johnson and morgan county.
families in transition program & human trafficking awareness program