YOUTHADVOCATE1975

Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. (YAP) is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization committed to providing cost-effective, community-based alternatives to institutional placement through direct service, advocacy, and policy change since 1975.

YAP reserves the right to block senders of content, comments, images, etc. that are inconsistent with our mission.

At YAP we believe that young people should own and be accountable for their actions. At the same time, we believe that a part of maturing and turning your life around is not defining yourself by the worst things you ever did, especially as a child, but rather by what you’ve become as an adult -- social worker, law enforcement officer, teacher, soldier, advocate, etc.