youth opportunity



YO! Baltimore Mission
The YO! Mission is to help the City’s vulnerable, out-of-school youth navigate the transition toward responsible adulthood and citizenship. YO! Baltimore utilizes a youth-development program model that emphasizes caring-adult relationships, life skills attainment, academic achievement, career education and training, hands-on work experience and job placement assistance.

YO! Baltimore Services for Out of School Youth
YO! Baltimore meets young adults where they are in their growth and development and works with them to craft a personal plan for success. All participants receive a comprehensive series of assessments that are used to determine their strengths, talents, needs, interests and aspirations. These assessments include Ansell Casey Life Skills Assessment; Mental Health and Substance Abuse Survey, Test for Adult Basic Education (TABE), Beehive (an on-line, web-based, career exploration tool), a physical health evaluation, and a personal interview to set goals and develop an Individual Opportunity Plan (IOP). YO! Baltimore enrolls Baltimore City residents who are out-of-school, 16 to 22 years of age and provides services free of charge to participants. YO! Baltimore has a wide range of support services and strategies for city, young adults in youth-friendly centers: Youth Development Services Caring adults who help address barriers to success, such as child care Mental health and substance abuse counseling A health suite providing physicals, addressing basic health needs, including health education Life skills classes Programming to support youth in making healthy life style choices Recreation—a youth zone with video and interactive games, a recording studio and fitness center Clubs, trips, tours, fun events and activities. Academic services On-line courses for credit recovery to help participants earn a high school diploma On-site literacy, pre GED and GED classes On-line tutorials Support for fees to take the GED examination Support to explore and apply for college admission Career services Job readiness classes On-line career exploration Community service learning opportunities Career tours and guest speakers Internships leading to unsubsidized employment Career training programs with job placement assistance Career trainings in the high growth industries Job placement assistance, including job fairs For more information about how to access these services or enroll in YO! Baltimore call 410-396-6722 or visit www.yobaltimore.org.

YO! Baltimore Community Centers
YO! Westside Community Center 1510 W. Lafayette St. (Gilmor Street entrance) Baltimore, MD 21217 410-545-6953 Fax 410-545-6967 Kerry Owings, Manager kowings@oedworks.com Shawn Terry-Young, Assistant Manager sterry-young@oedworks.com YO! Eastside Community Center Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition (HEBCAC) 1212 N. Wolfe Street Baltimore, MD 21213 410-732-2661 Fax 410-732-0849 Brian Sneed, Manager bsneed@mail.hebcac.org Please visit www.yobaltimore.org for more information.

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