Our Mission

PHILOSOPHY, STRATEGY, PROGRAM COVERAGE AND SCOPE

The general mission of the Young Adult Guidance Center, Inc. is “to provide high quality services to teen and young adult males and their families through prevention, intervention and community collaboration which will enhance the quality of life for Atlanta’s citizens’. The Young Adult Guidance Center, Inc. focuses on the stabilization and development of young men 6 to 24 years of age.

Our preservation effort is approached holistically serving high risk and in-crisis adolescents. The agency meets and responds to the expressed needs of our community youth and strengthens the individuals’ social and psychological functioning.

The Young Adult Guidance Center, Inc. provides a continuum of quality services to disadvantaged youth in the state of Georgia and within the United States of America. We organized to serve the displaced runaway, troubled homeless and truant youth. Services include the nurturing and fostering of youth, independent living, skills training, prevention and outreach, early family intervention, individual, group and family counseling. The housing programs consist of short-term emergency shelter, transitional lodging, and long-term affordable and permanent housing for the disabled.

It is our opinion that if the youth is armed with a healthy mind and body, combined with discipline, self respect, and a return of self-esteem, the youth and young adult male will re-enter society no longer carrying negative, excess baggage, but an optimistic, positive view of his life and future. Yes, he must have a plan; he must have a strategy to build manhood in order to strengthen the family.

OUTREACH PROGRAMS

The Young Adult Guidance Center, Inc. provides a year-round after-school, adolescent risk prevention program called the “In-Tune Project”. The project is available for local youths age 7 through 16, providing a comprehensive environment for them to learn and grow.

The main focus of the “In-Tune Project” is to provide a safe, stable, after-school environment for adolescent youth that reside within the local community. The children in our program are exposed to a variety of services and activities which they otherwise would not have access to. The “In-Tune Project” works closely with youths’ parents and guardians, YAGC, Inc understands the importance of creating a relationship with the parents and making them more aware of their child’s daily activities, school progress, and other areas of parental concerns.

After School Activity and Weekend Activity where we serve local community youths and their families. The After School Activity consists of a workshop that is held Monday thru Thursday at the center. Every other Saturday in the month the kids go on an educational outing. In-Tune To Life Skill Prevention Workshop All workshops last one hour and consist of topics ranging from Home economics, personal hygiene, developing personal budgets, job interviewing techniques, crime prevention, early childhood pregnancy prevention just to name a few of the many workshops scheduled annually.

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INTERVENTION SERVICES

Intervention services are intended to assist individual youth and their families to better understand and overcome some of the problems that interfere with success. Weekly rap sessions occur as a component of homework and tutorial assistance services. Our group counseling sessions give the opportunity for our youth to discuss social issues, current events and other topics of interest. Other intervention services include:

•Individual therapy

•Marriage and Family Counseling

All the professional consultants serving our youth population have the following licensed accreditations NCC, LMFT, PhD, MA, NACA-II, LPC and CCS.