YFDP Services

 

IFSI’s Youth and Family Development Program (YFDP) is designed to provide a community-based alternative to institutionalization of adjudicated delinquent youth, and to assist at-risk youth to avoid involvement with the Juvenile Justice System.

 

YFDP provides enrichment activities and support services for youth who are 10 –17 years old.

 

Enrichment Activities offered…

  • African drumming

  • piano lessons

  • saxophone ensemble

  • cultural music history classes

  • dance  -- ballet, jazz, modern, tap

  • martial arts

  • recreational and athletic activities

  • chess practice and competitions

  • arts and crafts

  • culinary lessons

  • computer education

  • youth entrepreneurial opportunities

 

Support Services offered…

  • tutoring and homework assistance

  • one on one and group counseling/guidance mentoring

  • life skills and health promotion workshops

  • stress and anger management

  • conflict resolution

  • guest speakers

  • educational trips

 

YFDP provides youth with the necessary skills they need for a healthy mind, healthy body and healthy outlook to help fight the negative influences and behaviors that place them in dangerous situations.

 

YFDP helps youth develop…

  • Ethnic Pride

  • Intercultural Respect

  • Cooperation and Peer Networking

  • Self-reliance and Self-respect

  • Community Values

  • Academic Improvement

 

Eligibility

 

Youth must meet the following eligibility criteria to be considered for admission to the program:

  1. Youth who are 10 – 17 years old and interested in becoming involved in enrichment activities and obtaining support services.  This includes adjudicated delinquent youth, or youth at-risk for delinquency.

  2. Youth who are not in need of psychiatric treatment.

  3. Youth who express motivation to correct behavior and learn.

  4. Parent/guardian involvement and commitment.
 

 

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