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 />
Family Service of the Piedmont<br />
www.safeandhealthyfamilies.com<br />
Greensboro<br />
(336) 387-6161<br />
High Point<br />
(336) 889-6161<br />
Foster Friends of North Carolina www.fosterfriendsnc.org (336) 834-9919<br />
In addition to providing assessment and referrals, the agency offers<br />
individual and group therapy <strong>for</strong> children or adults on a variety of<br />
issues. STAR (Strategic Treatment and Restructuring) is a twentyweek<br />
group treatment program <strong>for</strong> individual parents or parenting<br />
couples 18 years or older who are involved with DSS or the court<br />
system due to child maltreatment issues. When calling, ask <strong>for</strong><br />
Intake <strong>Services</strong>.<br />
Provides enrichment opportunities, life skills & character building<br />
programs, long term mentors, and fun events <strong>for</strong> children living in<br />
foster care.<br />
Guardian Ad Litem www.nccourts.org/Citizens/GAL/Default.asp (336) 574-4315<br />
Specialized Children’s Care (336) 574-0981<br />
<strong>Youth</strong> Unlimited www.youthunlimited.cc (336) 883-1361<br />
2. After School Care<br />
Regional Child Care Resources &<br />
Referral<br />
After-school Care Enrichment<br />
<strong>Services</strong> (ACES)<br />
www.rccrr.org<br />
Greensboro<br />
(336) 369-5097<br />
www.gcsnc.com/programs/aces.htm (336) 370-8905<br />
Trains child advocates who represent abused/neglected children in<br />
Juvenile court after being removed from their families.<br />
Provides services <strong>for</strong> males 10 to 18 years-old. Also operates two<br />
long-term group homes <strong>for</strong> boys.<br />
Provides residential care and counseling services <strong>for</strong> adolescents<br />
with severe behavioral problems at school or home. Provides<br />
community-based programs in foster care, intensive in-home<br />
services, diagnostic assessment, day treatment, and community<br />
support.<br />
Coordinates services to meet early educational and child care needs<br />
in Guil<strong>for</strong>d County. Helps parents in securing community resources<br />
and in acquiring the highest level of educational and child care<br />
services available.<br />
After school program which provides academic and recreational<br />
activities <strong>for</strong> students in grades K-5.<br />
Boys & Girls Club of Greater High<br />
Point<br />
www.hpclubs.org (336) 882-2582<br />
Provides targeted and results-oriented programs <strong>for</strong> disadvantaged<br />
youth, with a focus on <strong>Education</strong> and Career Development, Health<br />
and Life Skills, the Arts, Character and Leadership Development,<br />
and Sports, Fitness, and Recreation.<br />
Brown Recreation Center Afterschool<br />
Care Program<br />
www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/Parks (336) 274-3470<br />
Greensboro Lifeskills Center (336) 574-0079<br />
Multicultural Center at Christ The<br />
King Catholic Church<br />
http://www.charlottediocese.org/<br />
(336) 884-1442<br />
(336) 687-7003<br />
Ages: 5-12 year olds. Monday-Friday 2:30-6:00 PM during the school<br />
year.<br />
A learning center <strong>for</strong> children and families which strives to develop<br />
productive and emotionally stable boys and girls <strong>for</strong> the betterment<br />
of our society.<br />
Offers afterschool care through the De Paul Academy, summer<br />
camps <strong>for</strong> elementary and middle school students, and “Amigos y<br />
Hermanos”, a gang prevention project <strong>for</strong> elementary and middle<br />
school students funded through the Governor’s Crime Commission<br />
Grant. Also has parenting classes and women’s support group <strong>for</strong><br />
Hispanics.<br />
Guil<strong>for</strong>d County Supportive <strong>Services</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Youth</strong> Resource Guide, Fall 2008 2
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