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Youth Empowerment Service

Our programs are designed to encourage the personal development of children and youth while working to strengthen and support healthy relationships among family members, all youth deserve a chance to discover and put to use their inherent strengths and talents in order to become successful, contributing adults. Our approach is to promote positive, healthy child and adolescent development by fostering responsibility, resiliency, and respect for self and others.

About 13% of all births in the U.S. are to teens. Teenage pregnancy impacts almost every facet of community life including, education, employment, homelessness, financial dependency and healthcare.
Collaborative partner Whitney M. Young Jr. Health Care Center provides a full time Case Manager who has expertise in client advocacy. This individual assists teens with obtaining primary health care and related health care services. Also, this individual is responsible for insuring that teen customers are aware of the importance of maintaining regular healthcare monitoring and, if parenting, how critical health care is in the development of their child.
Our other collaborative partner is Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood. They provide a full time Case Manager with training and expertise in reproductive health care, sexually transmitted diseases and infections, birth control, abstinence and community education.
In addition to the roles of our collaborative partners, Family and Children's Service of the Capital Region contributes a full time Team Leader/Program Coordinator who coordinates the work load and allocation of resources among the three organizations. The Team Leader/Program Coordinator is instrumental in assessing customer and program needs, facilitating lines of communication and planning and determining the direction of the program.

 In addition, a Clinical Supervisor provides clinical oversight for each Case Manager. Many teens have mental health issues and need a higher level of clinical intervention than the Case Manager is equipped to handle. The Clinical Supervisor consults with the YES team, attending meetings and providing emergency back up for issues related to suicide, homelessness, domestic violence.

Children as young as nine and up to twenty one are eligible. Services are free and confidential. YES is recognized by the

State of New York as having made outstanding progress in reducing pregnancy among adolescents in City of Albany

Components of the program include

Our team knows how difficult it can be for teens to find free services. We have the knowledge and resources to act as guide and mentor. We can help teens identify and connect with needed services.

Call us at 455-8911  Emergency  9-1-1

Email us at:  arckley@yesteens.org