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YSI's Youth Emergency Service (YES) promotes social and emotional development with programming that uses trauma informed approaches in youth engagement. Youth are provided opportunities to build skills that can prove useful on their journey towards stability and success. The YES community commits to four key values: Mindfulness promoting self-worth and dignity of individuals through actions Safe and Open ensuring a safe, open, inclusive and welcoming environment Accountab...ility meeting identified commitments to each other Development creating an environment that promotes personal and professional development Learn more about YES at: https://ysiphilly.org/youth-emergency-service/

Posted @withregram @phillyteenconference Early notice! Our next Feel to Heal conversation is for LGBTQ TEENS ONLY. Please share widely. We will post details as soon as possible.

In Youth Service, Inc. Spotlights, we aim to recognize clients who have overcome their hardships to find success through our programming. In this post, we are highlighting our Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) program. A 17-year-old young man arrived to the RHY program seeking shelter after he had been couch surfing for several weeks. His mother informed him that he was to leave the home after they had gotten into a verbal altercation. The young man was carrying a heavy emoti...onal burden due to the emotional abusive he endured from his mother. The major challenge faced by the staff at YSI was getting him and his mother the help needed to rebuild their relationship. Staff members had several individual sessions with the young man to teach him new coping mechanisms and communication skills to use with his mother. YSI was able to organize a family session with the young man and his mother, which allowed for them both to be able to express themselves in a safe and supportive environment. During these sessions it was revealed that the mother had experienced trauma in the past which she admitted she hadn’t dealt with in a constructive manner and often took out her own frustrations on her son. After the family session,the young man returned home to his mother. YSI staff was able to connect them to the agency’s Family Empowerment Services program for additional supports. The young man recently reported back to YSI staff that his relationship with his mother has never been better. To learn more about Youth Service, Inc.’s RHY program please visit : https://ysiphilly.org/youth-emergency-service/

Teen girls between 12-19 are inited to join us for our first girls-only event on Tuesday January 19th at 5:30 pm. We will talk about the challenges and triumphs of being young, Black and female in America. We will also discover what mental health entails. Our experts, Jasmine Hawkins and Dijonee Talley will lead this powerful one-hour discussion. This event is organized by Destiny Jackson, a teen community leader, and Youth Service, Inc., sponsors of the Rise and Dream Philly Teen Conference. The registration for this free event is open and a gift card will be provided for the first 10 girls who register.

YSI's Youth Emergency Services include: 1. 24-hour emergency respite and protection for youth ages 12-17 2. Telephone hotline and referral services as well as connections to national runaway and homeless youth providers through the National Runaway Safeline and National Safe Place 3. Medical examinations and follow-up... 4. Counseling supports and referrals 5. Voluntary and confidential HIV testing 6. Youth Emergency Service (YES) is a LGBTQIA+ affirming program that can provide connections to The Attic Youth Center for further LGBTQIA+ services. 7. Physical and sexual health information and support services 8. Referral to home-based services for families 9. Education and recreation programming and support services 10. Title I tutoring Learn more at https://ysiphilly.org/youth-emergency-service/

Learn more about Youth Service, Inc.'s Runaway and Homeless Youth program by visiting: https://ysiphilly.org/youth-emergency-service/

#ProgramSpotlight YES's Family Reunification (FR) program. FR promotes timely family reunification for youth ages 12-17 entering out-of-home placement for the first time due to well-being issues, such as parent/child conflict, truancy, domestic violence, behavioral health, etc. The goal is to reunify the youth and family within six months of placement. FR service coordinators navigate and advocate for the youth and families to receive appropriate services from community-based providers. Learn more about this program at: https://ysiphilly.org/youth-emergency-service/

Did you know that Youth Service, Inc.'s Youth Emergency Service (YES) program was founded in 1976? Each year, YES provides support services to more than 400 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17. Learn more about the services this program offers at https://ysiphilly.org/youth-emergency-service/.

This month's program spotlight is Youth Service, Inc.'s Youth Emergency Service (YES) program. YES offers immediate housing and respite to youth facing housing insecurity or are unable to safely live with family. YES provides a safe, supportive environment, on-site medical care, education support, youth centered activities, links to resources and support to continue in school or get reconnected. Learn more at https://ysiphilly.org/youth-emergency-service/

Thanks to Team Tikkun Olam for their generous donation of blankets and winter items to Youth Service, Inc.'s Baring House Crisis Nursery! Learn more about the services Baring House offers at https://ysiphilly.org/crisis-nurseries/

#ProgramSpotlight: RHY addresses the immediate crisis needs of youth ages 12-17, many without a permanent home. The goal is to get the youth the supports and attention they need so that they can establish stability in housing.