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YAP’s neighborhood-based Advocates are paid staff members who are trained to advocate for our program participants by connecting them and their parents and guardians with individualized educational, economic, and emotional tools to put their lives on a positive course.
Youth Power of Families Together in NYS administers the New York State Youth Peer Advocate Credential. As of 2021, over 200 Youth Peer Advocate Credentials have been awarded. The establishment of a YPA Credential recognizes the importance of peer-to-peer support for young people.
Five local and state governments or school systems will receive grants from Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. to launch alternatives to youth incarceration and other transformational services that keep kids safely home -- out of the justice system and residential care.
Youth Advocate Programs— YAP for short— is a national nonprofit advocating for and delivering evidence-based services in homes and communities as a more effective and equitable alternative to youth incarceration and group child welfare, behavioral health, and intellectual disabilities placements.
The Youth Peer Advocate Training introduces new YPAs to their role and to the skills they will need to effectively engage and empower young people. This training includes self-paced online modules, a multi-day, “live” training on Zoom, and a series of coaching phone calls.
Youth Advocate Programs— YAP for short— is a national nonprofit advocating for and delivering evidence-based services in homes and communities as a more effective and racially equitable alternative to youth incarceration, congregate child welfare, behavioral health, and intellectual disabilities placements, and neighborhood violence. YAP ...
Youth Peer Advocate (YPA) services offer positive youth development-centered services for waiver participants with a resiliency/recovery focus.
The Alliance is excited to announce a new opportunity to expand and improve the involvement of youth advocacy efforts statewide. Each year, we send students to participate in the National Advocacy Days Youth Advocate Program, where they represent all of New York’s YMCAs in D.C. at meetings with Congressional legislators and staff.
Youth Advocate Programs (YAP) Provides services to vulnerable and high need youth and families.
Founded in 1975 Youth Advocate Programs (YAP) contracts with state, city, and county authorities, offering a cost-effective alternative to jail or institutional rehabilitation for adjudicated youth.