Provides a positive environment for Paterson's juveniles who might be potential offenders or institutionalized by the Juvenile Justice System, assisting them to avoid further criminal involvement. Works with their families through programs such as Total Lifestyle, Evening Reporting Program, and Case Management. Aims to make families whole by working with both youth and parents.

Trains at-risk young men and women (high school drop-outs) in the construction trades while rehabilitating vacant, inner-city houses. Offers peer-based vocational and academic training, team building, leadership development and job placement services.

Offers an after school and summer program at the Eastward Recreation Center for youth, ages 6 through 14. The program is centered on two core programs, the Eisenhower Police Mini-Station and the Phoenix Curriculum and will aim to reduce the risk factors for violent behavior among school aged children by increasing protective factors and strengthening their capacity to adopt healthy behaviors.

Provides a variety of supportive programs to students of Perth Amboy High School and their families through the School Based Youth Services Program (SBYSP). Offers case management, assistance with college applications, community referrals for social services, immigration services, employment counseling, and recreational activities. Delivers intensive mental health counseling, including individual, group, and family sessions covering topics such as school, drugs/alcohol, abuse, family conflicts, peer pressure, relationships, eating disorders, and violence prevention. Collaborates with community health providers to teach pregnancy prevention and sexual education in ninth-grade health classes, and offers one-on-one sessions on risk reduction and healthy decisions.

Provides a community-based, delinquency-intervention program that helps juvenile offenders, aged 11 to 17, receive opportunities to gain new skills, connect with better options, complete terms of court and probation, or avoid formal charges altogether. Services offered include but are not limited to: conflict resolution skills development, gang culture education and prevention, violence prevention, tolerance and critical thinking skills, and training in respect for authority.

Enhances and improves family relationships through family programs and various services for children and parents. Utilizing a science-based approach, Strengthens Families (SFP) reduces problem behaviors and fosters positive parenting tools in 2-hour weekly sessions over 7 weeks. Unifying Families (UF) enhances home relationships through a 4-hour evidence-based program, meeting twice a month with dinner and childcare. Both programs, available in Spanish, host support sessions and quarterly parent training, and can be held at HPR or your site.

Offers a four-month program for juvenile offenders aimed at nurturing self-worth and self-esteem. Provides educational training, vocational instruction, and group counseling services to youth referred by the family court. Program includes educational training in classic skills and computers, vocational instruction through classroom training and job placement, counseling including group and individual sessions, field trips, and a re-entry program aiding return to school with marking period reviews and resume preparation.

Program offers advocacy for 9th and 10th grade students at risk of possibly leaving school before graduation. Students are paired with a case workers who provide needed services and resources to keep students on track toward graduation.

Aims to address the needs of juveniles with severe behavioral problems by providing intensive in-home family therapy. Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) is a comprehensive treatment program designed to serve multi-problem youth in their community.Caseloads of the therapists are small (4-6 families per therapist) and treatment is intensive, often including multiple contacts with the family in the home every week. The average length of treatment is from 2-5 months.

Delivers street-based outreach through SOS (Street Outreach Services), providing crisis intervention, counseling, advocacy, and prevention services. Engaging with homeless, runaway, or couch-surfing teens, counselors strive to secure safe and stable housing while also offering education and public speaking workshops on high-risk behaviors to schools and organizations. SOS extends outreach services to teens up to age 21, featuring a teen helpline, crisis intervention and counseling to prevent homelessness, referral and safe transportation to shelter facilities, life-skills training, connection to community support services, and prevention education and outreach programs in schools and the community.

Offers after school and summer school programs for children. The program covers assistance with basic skills, personal development, and supervised recreational activities. The program is open to all, and is especially appropriate for children having difficulty in school or social situations.

Helping the young adults of the community, whom need help with getting their high school diploma. Other programs are active with in helping get jobs and other services.

Offers group-based prevention services for at-risk youth aged 10 through 21, addressing gang involvement, teen violence, and teen pregnancy. Prevention services provided through OTARY include age-appropriate group counseling, parent support groups, coordination and referrals to other services, convenient community-based groups, recreational outings, mental health services, peer mentoring, and transportation assistance via NJ Transit.

Provides individual and group counseling, crisis education, health education, crisis intervention, assessment, mentor leadership, student support and case management.

Offers year round recreational and social activities that foster positive social and physical development of children in Trenton and the surrounding communities. Activities include juvenile delinquency prevention programs, mentoring, tutoring, baseball, basketball, bowling, etc.

Provides assistance that seeks to instill in students recognition that their violent behavior is unproductive and aims to foster self-worth, positive values, conflict resolution skills, respect for authority, and connect youth with protective factors in the community. A Tuesday night group is available online and an in-person group takes place on Saturdays at the Sam Naples Community Center in Trenton.

Works to prevent juvenile crime and violence by building the bond between cops and kids. The types of programs offered is dependent on the discretion of the local branch.

Delivering diverse substance abuse prevention and education programs, the organization serves children, youth, adults, educators, and communities. Services encompass a lending library for books, pamphlets, and videos, referral to treatment facilities, professional training on ATOD abuse prevention for schools, businesses, and communities, information on Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) for businesses, and evidence-based programs like keeping It REAL (KIR), Too Good for Drugs (TG4D), Footprints for Life (FFL), and Life Skills Training (LST).

Pairs youth with mentors who act as positive role models, guiding them through conflict resolution, communication, and life skills. YDMP services include youth group meetings, mentoring by adults over 19 for a minimum of six months, parent workshops for improved parenting and communication, and provision of transportation and healthy meals.

Provides a combination of technical training, real business experience, and trauma-informed coaching and academic counseling to youth 17-26 to get back in school and earn permanent jobs. The program utilizes advanced training curriculum in website design/development, GIS and Salesforce, and real-world business experience.

Operates Ocean Academy, a small therapeutic school catering to students with mental and behavioral challenges. Provides psychiatric and therapeutic services and support for students and their families through the clinical team. Develops and implements individual treatment plans to enhance academic functioning while addressing underlying concerns impacting performance. Aims to help each student achieve their full positive potential using a hands-on, intensive, structured, positive approach.Program components comprise:- Delivering education in line with New Jersey core curriculum standards- Implementing the student's IEP- Maintaining small class ratios with a teacher aide in each class- Employing state-certified, highly qualified teachers- Utilizing an effective behavioral management system promoting positive interactions and personal success- Establishing transitional services connecting students to future career-building and higher learning opportunities- Introducing thematic instructional units for skill development through hands-on exploration and activities- Providing 1:1 laptops for each student- Implementing Google Apps for Education- Offering Yoga Therapy by the Kula Kamala Foundation- Providing a Yoga Therapy Room for relaxation- Including a Sensory Room- Organizing academic and cultural trips

Offers a full range of education and recreation services for youth residing in Wall Township. Services include; An afterschool program and Special events. The after school programs and recreation include Foosball, Ping-pong tables, Table games, Arts and crafts, Trips, Indoor and outdoor sports.

Provides individual and group counseling, crisis education, health education, crisis intervention, assessment, mentor leadership, student support and case management.

Provides a 22-week residential program that integrates a quasi-military training environment, academic offerings, and opportunities to further develop their physical, social, and intellectual abilities. In partnership with a mentor, they will receive continued guidance and support during their one-year post residential phase immediately following graduation.

Uses a multi-disciplinary approach to prevent, educate, and intervene on firesetting behavior. An assessment may be completed with the youth and family to determine the risk level for firesetting behavior. Low risk youth are referred for fire safety education, moderate risk are referred for a combination of education and therapy, high risk youth are referred for an intensive treatment, which could include inpatient or residential treatment.