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.

Youth Advocate Programs, Inc.'s services include:

• Intensive In-Community (IIC)
• Behavioral Assistance (BA)
• Mentoring
• Court-Ordered Programs
• Outpatient Services

Programs for Pre- and Post-Adjudicated Children and Youth

• Aftercare Programs for Individuals Returning from Placement
• Services for Dependent Youth and Their Families
• School-based Programs/In-School Alternatives to Suspension/Expulsion
• Independent Living and Life Skills Programs
• Supported Work Programs
• Medical Assistance Funded Mobile Therapy
• Behavioral Health Programs
• Services for Autistic Children
• Family Outpatient Clinics
• Homebuilders Programs
• Wraparound/Advocacy Programs

Target Population
We provide a full spectrum of behavioral health services to youth and families with various psychological needs.

Program Description
YAP offers a full network of Behavioral Health programs in the community, which include Masters-level Clinicians, Bachelors-level staff, and Paraprofessionals providing multiple levels of service. All staff have an educational background and/or experience in psychology, social work, or a human service-related field. By offering a continuum of interventions, families have the opportunity to maintain consistency and fluency in their natural settings (home, school and community).

Program Goals
Short-term goals for children should respond to the evolving concerns and desires of the family as a whole. For children and adults, we provide building blocks toward the long-term developmental goals:

• Enhanced communication skills, social skills, and self-initiated peer interactions;
• Increased ability to self-regulate behavior and focus attention;
• Enhanced comprehension and use of the everyday environment and community resources;
• Improved functional independence; and
• Specific interventions geared twoards diagnosis.

Objectives
Reaching these goals requires the cultivation of partnerships with parents and family members, teachers and all community members who interact with the child or adult. The ultimate success of our mission depends on transferring support strategies to the community at large which will ensure continuity and flexibility in a lifetime of inclusion.

Current Active MOU	Coordinated Family Care (Middlesex)
Age Groups	Children Adolescents
Health Services	Behavioral / Mental Health Anxiety Behavioral Depression Dissociative Disorders Family Conflict & Distress Grief / Loss Mental Health Personality Disorders Crisis / Safety Crisis / Safety / Prevention
Treatment Services	In-Community Services Behavioral Assistance Intensive In-Community (IIC) Services Mentoring Outpatient Services Counseling Counseling / Therapy, Individual Treatment Settings Home Office / Practice Outpatient, Hospital / Inpatient
Payment Options	Managed Care Medicaid Private / Commercial Insurance Self Pay System of Care (CSOCI Medicaid / FlexFunds)
Areas Served	Middlesex County

Last Updated: 03/14/23