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The organization constructs a safety net of community supports for youth and works with law enforcement and social services to end the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Staff have both professional and personal knowledge of the obstacles youth face and many live in the same neighborhoods. The organization implements programming to meet the changing needs of youth, including educational assistance, life coaching, health services and skills training for those involved in the juvenile justice system. A weekly parent support group aims to help parents navigate the system and support each other. The organization needs financial and moral support to help Boston youth break cycles of violence, poverty, and victimization to achieve successful futures.
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- 1. We construct & keep a safety-net of community supports around our youth. We work with law enforcement, child-serving public agencies & other non-profits to end the commercial sexual exploitation of children through public awareness campaigns & legislative action. Our staff know how to access quality community services for our youth & also know how to navigate the complex social services system from a professional and a personal vantage point. Many of our staff live in the same neighborhoods as our youth. This proximity allows them to have first hand knowledge of the obstacles that our youth face on a daily basis. The Civic Action Corps Initiative Through a grant from the Department of Labor, RYI and three Roxbury based non profit organizations collaborate to provide; educational assistance, life coaching, health services, skills training in the building trades, and a stipend to young people who have been involved with the juvenile justice system. Thinking for A Change - Our DYS Youth who participate in, and complete the 25 module, Thinking for A Change violence prevention curriculum receive a stipend for every hour that they spend in class and on homework and also full funding for driver education classes. We have remained innovative & have implemented programming in response to the changing needs of our youth. The most recent of these include: Parent Time Group A weekly support group for parents of DYS involved youth. The goals of Parent Time include: To support parents as they navigate the DYS system. To provide a safe place for parents to express their feelings and relieve stress. To provide parents with the opportunity to meet other parents facing similar issues. To help parents gain a little more insight into their childrens behavior.
- 2. It will be difficult for them to win this battle without your help. The financial and moral support of individuals like you, will provide our Boston Youth the opportunity to break out of the cycles of violence, poverty and victimization and into happy successful futures. Our Boston Youth are fighting a daunting economic and racial battle that causes them to live in conditions that mirror those of developing third world countries. Boston cannot afford to lose another generation of inner city youth to incarceration, drug use, early death, child commercial sexual exploitation and violence. The economic, human and creative losses are much too costly to ignore. Mural By RYI Youth