YAP wishes a very happy retirement to Jim Holtry, one of our great Lebanon County PA partners and champion of community-based care, after nearly 40 years of service to youth and families. Since September 2000, as Executive Director or Lebanon County Children and Youth Services, Jim has worked to reduce the need for out-of-home placement for youth in Lebanon County and keeping families together through the development of a broad continuum of community-based services. Through his role in the Leban...

Philadelphia YAP participants attended last night’s “Keep Youth Free!” Opening Reception at the Center for Architecture and Design. The event was hosted by First Degree Consulting, Village of Arts & Humanities, Juvenile Law Center, Performing Statistics and People’s Paper Co-op, whose co-founder Mark Strandquist uses art to advance justice reformThe three-day exhibit features art created by youth impacted by the justice system in Philadelphia, Richmond, VA and other c...

The Gettysburg Eagle Riders Roll and Rock for Autism continues to bring donations to Adams County Youth Advocate Programs (YAP), Inc. The organization expects with matching funds, donations from the May 11 event will raise about $10 thousand dollars to support its Gettysburg Autism programs.YAP’s Gettysburg Autism and Developmental Disabilities Services, Supports, Education and Training program provides intensive mentoring for individuals with autism while advocating for them and their fam...

Washington, DC (May 21, 2019) — Tearra Walker looks forward to Saturdays; not because it’s a day off, but because it’s a day when she is very much on. It’s when she combines her unique and courageous experiences as a spoken word artist, trained NASCAR technician and natural advocate to show others that they, too, can identify and realize their own talents.Tearra is the facilitator for a program offered exclusively to Washington DC girls and young women who have been involved in the youth j...

Chicago YAP youth, their Advocates and other YAP staff took a trip to their state capital in Springfield to show and tell lawmakers why they should invest in programs like YAP. The visit was part of a May 16 Lobby Day and rally organized by the inVEST campaign.YAP youth and Advocates joined other Chicago organizations to make the case for using $150 million in public funding to reduce gun violence in Illinois’ most at-risk communities. Specifically the Chicago organizations hope $100 milli...