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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:
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Individual therapy
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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. |
