Asian Youth Center

Expanded learning opportunities (afters chool program)the expanded learning opportunities and education & enrichment services (ees) programs provide low-income and immigrant youth in the west san gabriel valley with afterschool and summer programming and served 186 clients with 13,953 service units. Our kindergarten through 8th grade programs have an academic focus on supplemental instruction in english, language arts, and math, as well as steam (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) programming and healthy living. Youth participants receive homework assistance in all academic subjects as well as recreation, mentoring, social and emotional learning, and other positive youth development activities. The programs are registered heritage schools providing chinese language and other cultural education components as well.

Youth diversion and developmentyouth diversion and development (ydd)is designed to empower participants to improve their well-being and decrease the likelihood of involvement with the criminal justice system. Services for youth are provided in lieu of arrest or citation, as the aim is to divert youth from the criminal justice system while helping young people build their strengths, meet their needs, and reach their goals. Case workers and youth work together to develop an individualized care coordination plan that taps into each youth's strengths while increasing access to youth development, health, and social services. 99 youths were served, with an additional 95 youths through outreach.

Other programsthe gang intervention program promoted healthy adolescent development and decreased delinquency, criminal behavior, and gang involvement. Designed for at-risk gang-associated youth ages 12-18 and their parents, youth participants engage in weekly discussion groups that focus on developing healthy cognitive-behavioral skills and parents are empowered with effective communication, discipline, and household structuring skills. This program served a total of 26 clients.educational pathways and vocational opportunities services is a re-entry program for incarcerated youth. It reduces juvenile delinquency and recidivism by providing case management services and helped 59 participants acquire their high school diploma or g.e.d., gain essential job readiness skills and vocational training, and/or receive academic assistance and career counseling, resulting in enrollment in vocational training or other post-high school educational programs.credible messenger services is an early intervention, community-based model that pairs youth with a specially training adult 'credible messenger' who comes from the same or similar community, has lived experience in the juvenile or criminal system, demonstrates integrity, and is trained to mentor young people. The program focuses on three services: family engagement, restorative justice healing circles, and individual mentoring. 17 youth participated in this program during the year.the health ambassador program served 1,164 clients and an additional 145 individuals through outreach increasing the ability of people experiencing homelessness to access testing, vaccinations, and treatment for covid-19. This was achieved by developing and implementing community engagement strategies to promote vaccination efforts and testing for covid-19, as well as decreaing the spread of covid-19 by providing ppe and connection to healthcare and housing-related resources and information.reentry intensive case management services served 283 previously incarcerated individuals age 18 and over, who were in need of assistance accessing any of the following services: food, clothing, shelter, housing, transportation, health, mental health, substance abuse treatment, employment, vocational, educational, budgeting and money management, life skills development, and access to other community-based services.stop hate program is a community outreach program that raises awareness of stop hate, educates community members on reporting hate crimes and incidents, and provides resources for victims of hate. It also develops youth's awareness of the elements of hate, social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion at high school dream centers. It fosters partnerships with community groups and local leaders to conduct community projects, such as a local steering committee, self-defense workshops, allyship trainings, api renewal space, and civilian patrol, in order to meet the community's various needs. Stop hate outreached to 12,302 individuals and served 1,429 individuals.elevate youth california services immigrant, low-income, urban youth of color in los angeles county associated with high school dream center programs. The program's goal is to engage these youth in academic, leadership development, and social justice activities and thereby improving academic success, school retention, matriculation to higher education, and mental health resilience, while also decreasing substance abuse. Over 16,300 parents & youth were served through outreach and 1,242 clients participated in social justice trainings, advocacy events, student clubs, workshops, and parent services.dream resource center services provided a safe inclusive space in the antelope and san fernando valleys for vulnerable students historically targeted for hate, where they could safely study, build peer support and become student leaders. 2,214 students participated in the any of the following activities: development of advocacy and leadership skills, building community allies, organizing healing interventions through art-based workshops and events, restorative justice and peer to peer counseling/conflict mediation services, cultural proficiency trainings, summer enrichment programs, and field trips to college campuses.covid-19 outreach and education program was designed to reduce the disproportionate impact of covid-19 on non-english speaking immigrant communities. By providing linguistically competent services and outreach, over 10,307 individuals were reached this year. Community health workers organized and supported community vaccine clinics, distrusted personal protective equipment (ppe) and at-home tests, and delivered accurate, reliable covid-19 information to the community in cantonese, english, mandarin, spanish, and vietnamese.