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MISSION YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 Mission : Youth Guidance creates and implements school-based programs that enable at-risk children to overcome obstacles, focus on their education and, ultimately, to succeed in school and in life. Vision : Become the leader in providing school- based social-emotional services for youth in under- resourced communities. 2
HISTORY YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 1924 Founded as The Church Mission of Help, Youth Guidance was originally formed to assist girls in need of shelter, clothing, medical care, financial help, legal assistance, and educational/vocational opportunities. 1962 The Church of Mission Help merged with an agency serving boys in family court and became Youth Guidance Youth Services. 1969 Youth Guidance entered into a partnership with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and established our first full-time offices within area schools — laying the foundation for the innovative, school-based initiatives that are the cornerstone of the Youth Guidance of today. 3
OUR PROGRAMS YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 Our programs serve more than 8,000 youth across 80 public schools each year 4
BECOMING A MAN (BAM) YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 Students participate in weekly hour-long sessions that combine traditional group therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, mentoring, and academic coaching Guided by six core values: Integrity • Accountability • • positive anger expression • self-determination • respect for women visionary goal setting . • BAM has been nationally recognized as a successful school-based intervention that helps young men reach their full potential. BAM will serve over 4,000 students in over 50 public schools this year 5
BECOMING A MAN (BAM) YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 In June 2016, researchers from the University of Chicago Crime Lab released new findings from a second randomized controlled trial (RCT) Findings show that BAM reduced violent crime arrests by 50%, reduced total arrests by 35%, and increased on-time high school graduation rates by 19% . 6
WORKING ON WOMANHOOD (WOW) YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 WOW (Working on Womanhood) is a multifaceted group counseling program that works to improve social-emotional and behavioral competencies for 7th — 12th grade girls exposed to traumatic stressors and/or with emotion regulation challenges. Launched in 2011, the school-based program runs throughout the academic year and currently serves more than 1,000 students in 22 Chicago schools. WOW focuses on issues relevant to teens’ daily lives (e.g., conflict resolution, family issues, drug and alcohol addiction, and academic performance), all of which are broader community issues. Guided by five core values: • self awareness emotional intelligence • healthy relationships • visionary goal setting • • leadership 7
STRIVE YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 Youth Guidance’s STRIVE Program (Strategies to Rejuvenate Interest and Value in Education) is a partnership with area public schools and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). The program works to integrate support systems within schools in order to help wards of the state transition into adulthood and lead productive lives. STRIVE delivers counseling and academic support to children and their families that empower them to achieve social and academic success. In addition to one-on-one counseling, STRIVE activities include college tours, social and educational enrichment field trips, parent and family engagement workshops, and other educational activities. 8
School-Based Counseling YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 Responding to the requests of educators and school administrators, counselors address issues such as: adjusting to a new school environment, improving behavior and interpersonal relations, coping with grief or loss, handling environmental trauma and stress (family, school, neighborhood), and regulating emotions. Through advocacy and case management, staff provide resources and linkages to services to ensure that students attend school regularly, move on to the next grade level, achieve academically, and graduate from school. 9
Community & Afterschool YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 Parent & Family Engagement Community Schools The Parent & Family Engagement Program Community Schools offer services and offers specialized trainings and workshops to supports to meet students’ needs parents and caregivers that emphasize in academics, health, family and the broader the importance of their voice and involvement community. They work to: in their child’s education. Program staff work • Boost academic achievement through closely with families to address challenges educational and social-emotional such as language barriers, complex work supports, while also removing barriers schedules or a general sense of and providing enhanced opportunities disenfranchisement, particularly in urban areas for growth. plagued by violence and crime. • Address the health and wellness needs of children and their families through medical support, counseling services and youth and community Extended Day & Enrichment development programs. Across Chicago, parents are in need of safe, • Build parental and community engaging options for their children at the end engagement and enhance decision- of the traditional school day. Youth Guidance’s making through shared leadership. Extended Day and Enrichment programs meet this need by offering high-quality, effective and unique afterschool programs at several convenient, Chicago school locations. 10
Workforce Development YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 Our Youth Workforce Development programs ensure that youth from high-risk communities are connected to opportunities they may not have otherwise had access to and are empowered with the key life skills and resources necessary to connect to a meaningful postsecondary opportunity of their choice. This year, our workforce programs will serve 200 youth from across the city of Chicago. Our workforce development programs offer: Career Counseling Job Readiness Skills Training Case Management Employment Connections By participating in our youth workforce development programs, youth will experience decreased barriers to success in the workforce, as well as increased knowledge about, awareness of, and skills required for success in the workforce, ultimately leading to: Increased confidence in their professional identity • • Progress towards their career goals • Increased access to high level employment opportunities 11
Workforce Development YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 AmeriCorps Project Prepare Now entering its second year of For more than 25 years, Project Prepare has implementation, Youth Guidance’s provided students with learning opportunities AmeriCorps program offers recent high designed to develop current and future career school graduates the opportunity to interests. complete 900 hours of service to children and youth in Chicago. The members receive Project Prepare is offered to juniors and professional development throughout the seniors at four high schools. Career Specialists year and career transition support. work with students one-on-one, in small groups, or within CTE classes and focus on Currently, 8 Members serve Youth career exploration, professional identity Guidance’s Community & After School development, job readiness skills, and Program and 8 Members serve with After postsecondary transition. Students participate School Matters (ASM) programs. in special events such as job shadowing, employer visits, and job readiness bootcamps. Project Prepare - BLUE In January 2016, Youth Guidance launched a workforce development program that builds upon its proven in-school programming to serve 25 out-of-school and unemployed youth. The program is based at Blue 1647 in Pilsen and targets 18-24 year old high school graduates of YG programs in need of additional training and assistance to successfully transition into college and/or the workforce. 12
Workforce Development YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 Employment Opportunities Youth are connected to job shadowing, internship, and job opportunities that align with their career interest and path. Career Specialists focus on assisting participants with job search and application and retention in employment. Participants are connected to work opportunities through One Summer Chicago, the CROSSwalk to Work Summer Internship Program, the YG AmeriCorps program, and other workforce development partners. Some of our employer partners include: At Your Service, Ford Motor Company, Power Construction, PPM America, Saint James • Commons, Sprint, Summer in the City, S3, TJX Companies, and Wischhover and Associates In the summer of 2016, YG partnered with nine employers to offer paid summer internship opportunities to participants in Youth Guidance programming. At right, four YG interns with their supervisors and Career Specialists at the Ford stamping plant. 13
Youth Guidance YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 YOUTH GUIDANCE GALA 2016 Questions? To learn more, visit us at: https://www.youth-guidance.org/ 14
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