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Youth Mentoring & Development ProgramsProgram/Service Young Stars Success Program (YSSP) Description Dr. Lawrence Jointer, ACPS Director of Pupil Services, began this program in 2001 to address the need to increase the possibility of high school success for young men and to reduce/eliminate school suspensions. The mission is to create and foster a cadre of academically and socially successful young males to serve as role models in the community. Students and mentors meet twice monthly for tutoring, support, social activities and field trips. Students may contact mentors at any time for support. Every year, YSSP participants have raised their Grade Point Averages. They have also been more likely to stay in school than youth who were at risk of dropping out and/or expulsion and who were not in YSSP. Agency/ Organization Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) Phone # 703-824-6616 Contact Person Dr. Lawrence Jointer Eligibility Criteria Males, Grades 9 – 12, at risk of dropping out and/or expulsion from school. Referral, Screening & Admission Procedures From schools or mentors; approved through Dr. Jointer’s office. Program/Service Description Program Description: The youth themselves run the Club, in which Adult male volunteers attend the weekly Club meetings and, with the Prevention Therapists, provide supportive counseling, tutoring, training in peer pressure refusal skills, assistance with anger management and communications. To develop pride and self-esteem in young men by employing a holistic approach to empower the participants with knowledge and skills to increase their physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual levels of functioning in order that the members will live, work, play and socialize in a productive and healthy manner. Agency/ Organization Friends of the Untouchables Address/Location P.O. Box 26292, Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Phone # 703-838-5075 or 703-550-4007 Contact Person Teddy Jones, 703-850-6016 or James Moore, 703-401-8717 Eligibility Criteria Minority Males, Grades 2 – 12 (Ages 6 – 18) Hours of Operation Every Thursday from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. at Charles Houston Recreation Center Referral, Screening & Admission Procedures Referral by teachers, counselors, parents, word-of-mouth Program/Service Description In weekly or bi-weekly meetings, youth participate in a structured program which includes: team and group discussion, local field trips, role playing, and individual discussion and planning with adult volunteers. The core curriculum was developed by Advocates for Youth and consists of skill and confidence building exercises in the areas of communication, decision making, goal setting, and career planning. Agency/ Organization Alexandria Office on Women Address/Location 421 King Street, Suite 400 Phone # 703.838.5030 Myra.Stafford@alexandriava.gov Website http://www.alexandriava.gov/oow/pgm/stepout_manhood.html Contact Person Myra Stafford, Program Coordinator Eligibility Criteria Females, Ages 8-18 Referral, Screening & Admission Procedures Open enrollment held onsite Program/Service Description In weekly or bi-weekly meetings, youth participate in a structured program which includes: team and group discussion, local field trips, role playing, and individual discussion and planning with adult volunteers. The core curriculum was developed by Advocates for Youth and consists of skill and confidence building exercises in the areas of communication, decision making, goal setting, and career planning. Agency/ Organization Alexandria Office on Women Address/Location 421 King Street, Suite 400 Phone # 703.838.5030 Myra.Stafford@alexandriava.gov Website http://www.alexandriava.gov/oow/pgm/stepout_manhood.html Contact Person Myra Stafford, Program Coordinator Eligibility Criteria Males, Ages 8-18 Referral, Screening & Admission Procedures Open enrollment held onsite Program/Service Description Mentoring program focusing on meeting a basic child's developmental needs. A Big Brother Big Sister commits to incorporate a child into his or her life and spends an average of 4 hours per week one-on-one with the young person doing everyday activities, such as playing sports, seeing a movie, cooking, going over schoolwork, visiting a museum, taking a walk, volunteering in their community, or just hanging out. Agency/ Organization Big Brothers & Big Sisters of the National Capital Area Address/Location 1750 K Street, NW, Suite 225, Washington, DC 20006 Phone # 703-836-3752, Ext. 30 Website Contact Person Charles Tate Eligibility Criteria Ages 8 – 15, targeted to single-parent households. (Program is not able to accommodate children with special needs, such as severe mental retardation or extreme behavioral problems.) Referral, Screening & Admission Procedures Referrals by guidance counselors, parole officers, parents, teachers, others Program/Service Space of Her Own Program (SOHO) Description After a week of rapport-building, girls are matched with adult female mentors who work with them complete art and design classes, creating hope chests, personalized thrones, lamp shades, floor cloths, face masks, etc. The program is loosely based on the popular television show, “Trading Spaces”. Upon completion of the art course work, girls and mentors work on teams to remodel each other’s personal space in the home, being sure to include ample lighting and study space. The promise of gorgeous new bedrooms is what hooks girls in, promoting near-perfect program attendance. Homework support, life skills, sex education/refusal skills and communication and anger management classes are infused throughout every program day. George Washington Middle School Teacher, Amy Cable, provides additional school-based SOHO Sisterhood club meeting for the girls and follow-up activities for SOHO graduates. Agency/ Organization City of Alexandria's Court Service Unit and The Art League Address/Location Duke Street Annex, One Duke Street , Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone # 703-838-4144, ext. 251 Linda.odell@alexandriava.gov (preferred method) Website Contact Person Linda Odell Eligibility Criteria Low-income 6th grade females identified by teachers as at-risk (of school failure or criminal involvement) and also creative and/or artistic. Younger siblings of court-involved teens or parents receive top consideration. Referral, Screening & Admission Procedures Referrals made by school, court Program/Service Description The mission of The Grandfathers Group is to promote and enhance positive youth development for young African American males whose fathers are absent from the home by recruiting senior male mentors to offer a stabilizing influence through serving as positive role models. In addition to one-on-one mentor matches, The Grandfathers Group has a team-mentoring focus, the Second Saturday Club, in which mentors meet as an organized team with a larger group of boys once each month to do projects and activities teaching respect, honesty, caring, responsibility, fairness, cooperation and other positive values. Agency/ Organization Northern Virginia Urban League Guild Phone # See phone number under Contact Person Website http://www.campagnacenter.org/RSVP_Grandfathers.htm Contact Person Kim Hurley, 703-836-9773 or Tyrone Moorer, 703-836-5294 Eligibility Criteria African American boys, ages 6–12 without fathers living in the home Referral, Screening and Admission Procedures Referrals made by schools, after school programs, recreation centers, parents, grandparents. Program/Service Description Provide mentoring and tutoring to kids in Arlandria/Chirilagua neighborhood and groups addressing Self Esteem, Health, Peer Pressure, etc. Agency/ Organization Community Lodgings, Inc. Address/Location 607 Notabene Drive #1, Alexandria, VA 22305 Phone # 703-739-5856 emilybarnes@communitylodgings.org Website Contact Person Emily Barnes Eligibility Criteria Elementary school aged African American males in need of adult male role models Referral, Screening & Admission Procedures Arlandria/Chirilagua neighborhood served Program/Service Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Home Description To create through example, policy, programs and environment. A safe and secure setting that advocates good mental and physical health. Agency/ Organization Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Home Address/Location 200 South Whiting Street, Alex. Va. 22304 Eligibility Criteria Juveniles are arrested and housed in our facility who have committed offenses in the Northern Virginia area Hours of Operation Referral, Screening & Admission Procedures Referred upon arrest by the Courts of the local N. Va. Jurisdictions Program/Service CHAMPS (Child and Adolescent Mentoring Programs and Support Services) Description Its purpose is to promote a healthy transition into adolescences and adulthood for at least 25 cultural, racial, and language minority children of incarcerated parents in Northern Virginia. Agency/ Organization Center for Multicultural Human Services Phone # 703-533-3302 xt. 107 Website http://www.cmhsweb.org/programs/champs.html Contact Person Ellen Klene Eligibility Criteria 4-15 years old at intake (4-18 years old as of 10/01/06) Referral, Screening & Admission Procedures May come from anywhere Program/Service Essex House Tutoring / Mentoring Description The purpose of the program is to help children feel more confident in school and improve grades. Amalia Quiñones organizes and runs a variety of prevention programming at Essex House. She provides short-term individual, family and group supportive prevention counseling; education and referral services to Essex youth and parents. She organizes community presentations on prevention and parenting topics and brings additional community programming to Essex. Ms. Quiñones works to build a stronger school/family connection between Essex House residents and Tucker Elementary School. The tutoring/mentoring program is part of this effort. She runs a parent group for Tucker parents who live at Essex. Agency/ Organization Alexandria Community Services Board Phone # 703-975-1483 contact Person Amalia Quiñones Eligibility Criteria Elementary school student in need of tutoring/mentoring. Referral, Screening & Admission Procedures Youth in need of tutor/mentors are identified by Ms. Quiñones. Parents, children and school staff also make referrals. |
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