School-Based Youth Services Program
The NJ School-Based Youth Services Program (SBYSP) helps 7th through 12th grade students combat violence, abuse, and other adolescent problems. The goal is to offer adolescents skills for employment and continuing education. Services include: individual and family counseling, substance abuse counseling, primary and preventative health care, pregnancy prevention, tutoring, after-school recreation, and computer literacy. To find out if a young person's school is one of the 90 schools in New Jersey to offer this program, call the school directly or call the SBYSP at (609) 984-5632 or (609) 984-5516.
New Jersey Youth Corps
Youth Corps is a year-round, voluntary program which engages young adults (ages 16-25) who have left high school before earning a diploma, in full-time community service, training, and educational activities. Guided by staff who serve as mentors and role models, teams of youth called "crews" carry out a wide range of service projects. In return for their efforts to restore and strengthen communities, Corps members receive:
1. Education development in basic skills and preparation to obtain a GED or locally issued Adult High School Diploma;
2. Life skills and employability skills instruction;
3. Personal and career counseling to build self-esteem, clarify values, and develop leadership skills while they are developing their career portfolio;
4. Transition services and continuing support services as they transition to college, training, employment or other national and domestic service opportunities;
5. Community service opportunities which develop positive employability skills while addressing unmet community needs.
Corps members receive a stipend while enrolled in Youth Corps. NJ Youth Corps is actively recruiting foster youth for the program and is able to accept referrals directly from the local offices. Please contact one of the individuals below for further information or the state headquarters at (609) 292-2060.
Atlantic/Cape May
Odinga Maddox, Coordinator
609-485-0052 Ext. 144
Camden County
Lori Godorov, Director
856-486-7390
Elizabeth
Syreeta Raines, Coordinator
908-289-4427
Jersey City
Bruce Beaman, Co-Director
201-200-3455
Middlesex County
Paul Reynolds, Coordinator
732-745-5300, Ext. 4401
Monmouth County
Meg Flores, Coordinator
732-775-1035, Ext. 231
Newark
Carolyn Wallace, Director
973-621-1134, Ext. 247
Paterson
Ralph Colognori, Coordinator
973-321-0763
Phillipsburg
Michael Muckle, Acting Director
908-859-2969
Plainfield
Jeanne Shanker, Coordinator
908-561-6012
Trenton
Edith Siplin, Director
609-530-2675
Vineland
Joe Camardo, Director
856-794-6943, Ext. 8950
Youth ChalleNGe Academy
The New Jersey Youth ChalleNGe Academy is a 22-week residential program that was created to help 16- to 19-year-olds who are no longer enrolled in high school to become educated and well-rounded, productive citizens of New Jersey. This is accomplished through rigorous training in the eight core components that are required for graduation:
Academic Excellence, Life-Coping Skills, Job Skills, Health and Hygiene, Responsible Citizenship, Service to the Community, Leadership & Followership, and Physical Fitness.
Although quasi-military in nature and based on a military model, there is absolutely no obligation for students to join the military at any time.
Students who pass the GED test earn a State of New Jersey High School Diploma. What makes the Youth ChalleNGe Academy even more successful is the mentoring program in the Post-Residential Phase of the academy. Every Youth ChalleNGe graduate has a community-based mentor who assists them with educational and career goals.
For more information or to refer a young person, call 800-997-5587 or visit http://www.ngycp.org/state/nj/
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