Suppoortive Services for Youth - Guilford Education Alliance
Suppoortive Services for Youth - Guilford Education Alliance
Suppoortive Services for Youth - Guilford Education Alliance
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Community Resource Website/Email Phone Description of <strong>Services</strong><br />
National Conference <strong>for</strong> Community<br />
and Justice (NCCJ)<br />
NC Cooperative Extension—Guil<strong>for</strong>d<br />
County<br />
www.nccjtriad.org (336) 272-0359<br />
www.ces.ncsu.edu/guil<strong>for</strong>d/ (336) 375-5876<br />
Sponsors youth-based Anytown, Different and the Same, The Green<br />
Circle, High School Leadership Training, and Partners <strong>for</strong> Inclusion<br />
programs. Focus on promoting diversity tolerance and combating<br />
racism.<br />
Conducts educational programs in specialized areas such as<br />
housing, food selection/preparation, diet, nutrition. Sponsors 4-H<br />
program <strong>for</strong> youth ages 6-19.<br />
One Step Further<br />
www.onestepfurther.com<br />
(336) 275-3699<br />
(Greensboro)<br />
Provides mediation, sentencing alternatives, teen court, life skills<br />
training, and community service restitution programming <strong>for</strong> youth.<br />
Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs of<br />
Greensboro<br />
www.greensborobgc.org (336) 274-1509<br />
Win-Win Resolutions www.winwinresolutions.org (336) 230-1232<br />
YMCA of Greensboro<br />
www.ymcagreensboro.org<br />
(336) 478-YMCA<br />
(336) 272-2131<br />
(336) 882-YMCA<br />
(336) 387-YMCA<br />
The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs of Greensboro provides<br />
tutoring, computer training, sports education, homework help, and<br />
mentoring.<br />
Reduces violence and prejudice in schools and communities by<br />
teaching conflict resolution and positive social skills through<br />
interactive drama presentation.<br />
Seven locations offering recreational, physical fitness, athletic,<br />
educational, and after school programs.<br />
YMCA of High Point<br />
www.hpymca.org<br />
(336) 869-0151<br />
(336) 434-4000<br />
(336) 861-7788<br />
Several locations offering programs and activities <strong>for</strong> children, adults<br />
and seniors. Programs include aerobics, cardiovascular exercising,<br />
adult sports, youth sports, youth summer camps and swimming.<br />
YWCA of Greensboro www.ywcagsonc.org (336) 273-3461<br />
YWCA of High Point www.ywcahp.com (336) 882-4126<br />
11. Mentoring<br />
Offers health and fitness services, educational workshops, skill<br />
development, and after school care.<br />
Offers programs in health, fitness, and after school care. Serves all<br />
sectors of the community, including men, but places emphasis on<br />
programs <strong>for</strong> women and girls.<br />
21st Century Scholars—Communities<br />
in Schools of High Point<br />
www.cisnet.org/highpoint (336) 883-6434<br />
Provides career assessment and college access activities and<br />
support <strong>for</strong> 7th-12th graders. Students sign a pledge to be alcohol-,<br />
drug-, and crime-free and can participate in college trips, job<br />
shadowing, financial aid workshops, and scholarship searches. Many<br />
students have career mentors--volunteers who meet with the<br />
students once or twice per month--to explore careers.<br />
Guil<strong>for</strong>d County Supportive <strong>Services</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Youth</strong> Resource Guide, Fall 2008 14