Youth Services offers opportunities, activities, and services to support the healthy development of youth and their families. Designed as a comprehensive approach, youth services focuses on three key areas: Academic achievement; Social and emotional development; and, economic development. This multi-component approach focuses on the positive development of youth, utilizing a strength-based method that starts with skills and interests of the youth. The program currently works within two school districts and on four school campuses, including North Avenue Elementary School, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Junior High School, Grant Union High School and the Las Palmas Education Skills Center. The program also provides targeted services to foster youth in the community around pre-emancipation and post emancipation needs.

Youth in our program are exposed to a plethora of services and components such as project based learning, youth sports leagues, college and career planning, youth employment, leadership development, student success, and volunteer and community involvement. A number of youth sit on an advisory body and provide the critical youth voice and input for program development.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

MAN works with youth offering academic assistance during the school day and after school.

Components

Study Hall

After School Tutoring/Homework Assistance

California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) Preparation

Project Based Learning

Mentoring

Enrichment and Incentives

SOCIAL AND EMOTINAL DEVEOLOPMENT

MAN works in collaboration with a youth consultant to offer a series of workshops designed to improve behavioral issues and develop in at risk youth identified and referred by Grant High Administration and School Counseling Staff.  MAN also works closely with the families to establish a set of basic needs in the household that are required for promote youth learning.

Components

Student Success

Mentoring

Project Based Learning

Youth Baseball, Basketball, and Soccer Leagues

Nutrition and Healthy Living

Community Improvement Projects

Family Home Visitation

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

MAN provides support to youth by creating, organizing and facilitating workshops designed to assist youth with necessary skills, knowledge and resources for successful adulthood.

Components

Leadership

Career Development

Youth Employment

Financial Literacy and Money Management

Emancipation Readiness

Life Skills and Mentoring