Our Impact
We succeed when youth build a strong foundation of skills, behaviors, and attitudes to help them face life’s challenges. They know their past doesn’t limit them and they embrace life’s possibilities.
Outcomes at exit from our intensive programs for youth in Washington County last year include:
Resiliency
80% of youth learned new methods of problem-solving and/or coping with challenges.
Commitment to Development
80% of youth demonstrate skills, knowledge and growth mindset related to their personal development.
Social Competency
77% of youth demonstrate the skills to interact effectively with others, to make difficult decisions or to cope with new situations.
Positive Identity
85% of youth feel they have control over their life, are optimistic about their personal future or have a positive sense of self-worth.
Positive Values
91% of youth can identify their own values, what is important to them or takes personal responsibility.
Support
96% of youth have supportive and stable connections with an adult.
Youth Stories
Thanks to you, TREVOR is turning his life around.
“I feel like I’m actually in the driver’s seat for once. I feel like I can really succeed because of all the skills I’ve learned.”
Trevor, who experienced abuse as a child, says that for much of his life he’s felt like it was him against the world. But now, at age 20, he’s bravely taking charge of his life. (cont’d)
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… For the past year Trevor has been living at Return House – our residential program for young offenders and young men leaving prison. He’s now holding down a job and working on his GED. He’s learning about himself and how to be in the world as a responsible, law-abiding adult. He’s enjoying his sobriety and is proud of the money he’s saving for a car and apartment in preparation for moving out on his own.
The world is opening to Trevor in new and exciting ways and he’s embracing it.
HARMONEY – Your support paves the way to her success.
“I didn’t have a great childhood. But I’m going to make up for that by being a better adult.“
Harmoney is working hard to build a more stable life for herself – to be independent – to stand on her own two feet. It’s not an easy journey. At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, 18-year old Harmoney was suddenly homeless. (cont’d)
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… It was a scary time. Securing housing was especially difficult, but we make it happen and set up a new transitional living apartment for her – cleaning and furnishing it with the necessities. Our staff quickly taught Harmoney the basics of independent living – how to shop for groceries, wash vegetables, cook a meal, care for an apartment, stay safe during a pandemic.
Today Harmoney has her sights on completing high school, getting her driver’s permit, and becoming a nurse. She admits it’s a lot to juggle with school, work, and keeping an apartment, but she has a vision for herself that’s worth working for. She says that Hannah, our TLP director, is “the best counselor in the world. We really accomplish things when we meet – we get things done. She helps provide focus and move to action. She brings the how-to-do-this. Without her I’d be in chaos.”
