New Directions For Youth Inc

Community Beautification: NDY is committed to creating a welcoming community for youth and their families. The Community Beautification Program, the first such program in the San Fernando Valley, was founded in 1984 and is funded by Board of Public Works Office of Community Beautification. This is one of the largest and most productive graffiti eradication programs in the area. Utilizing our staff and court-referred workers to remove over 120,000 square feet of graffiti each month, it operates 7 days a week. In addition to graffiti removal, NDY partners with neighborhood councils, business improvement districts, and community partners to have clean streets throughout the San Fernando Valley.

The Juvenile Re-Entry Program: Provides family case management services to gang-involved youth exiting Probation Camp and to their families.Human Trafficking Program: Provides minor victim of sex and labor trafficking services that will assist them to overcome trauma, attain transition to autonomy, attain economic self-sufficiency and experience growth in their personal health and well-being.Neighborhood Clean-Ups: Staff and volunteers remove dirt and debris from streets, sidewalks, walkways and squares.Summer Camp: Provides supervised youth developments activities, that strive for foster personal growth for children by providing them fun, safe educational and recreational programs, outdoor experience and group activities while out of school and during summer months.Youth Employment Programs: Provide work experience, employment placement and training activities.The (VII) Violence Interruption Initiative program is a partnership between NDY and the Board of State and Community Corrections and provides evidence-based intensive case management, cognitive behavioral therapy, employment and employment training, and mentoring to interrupt the cycle of violence for young people ages 13-24 who are at highest risk of perpetrating violence or becoming victims of violence in the City of Los Angeles.After School Program: After School Enrichment program provides youth development and enrichment services focused on diversion and delinquency prevention. The After School Enrichment program is designed to build a system that replaces the traditional structures of punishment and incarceration with emerging best practices centered on healing, learning, and opportunity. New Directions for Youth's After School Enrichment program provides a variety of activities focused on educational attainment, leadership, workforce development, mentorship, arts, wellness, therapy, youth organizing and other engagement areas.