Programs

In their local communities, Youth Service Bureau’s offer a variety of programs based on the following four core roles:

Delinquency Prevention - programs aimed at preventing delinquent behavior by providing positive alternatives for keeping youth out of the justice system
Advocacy - activities that support, represent and protect the children and youth
Community Education - services that educate and raise communities’ awareness about issues central to healthy youth development
Information and Referral - the sharing of information on and referral to a variety of youth serving agencies

Programs based on these core roles can include (but are not limited to):

Counseling (individual and family)
School based programming (alternatives to detention and expulsion)
Teen Court & Restorative Justice
Academic skills enhancement (i.e. Tutoring & Homework Assistance)
Crisis and Basic Needs - (Safe Place, emergency shelter, phone crisis lines, food and clothing pantries)
Mentoring - typically after-school site based programs
Family support and parenting - adult and teen parenting skills courses, supervised visitation
Alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention programs
Truancy programs
Residential care - long and short-term
Advocacy - CASA (court appointed special advocates), work with state and local legislators on policies affecting youth and families
School based recreation
Assessment and referral