VYDC : Programs : Delinquency Prevention

Deliquency Prevention & Life Skills Training

VYDC addresses the specific needs of refugee and immigrant youth population by offering high-risk youth with positive alternatives, where they feel safe and supported by their peers and their community. Youth development practices focusing on life skills training and delinquency prevention, which empower participants to effect positive changes in their world — to expand and explore their self-perception; build new and lasting relationships; and become actively involved in their community.

Activities

Communication Skills & Problem Solving Workshops
Team Sports (Basketball, Bowling)
Youth Theater Projects
Hip-Hop & Cambodian Dance Classes
Weekend Excursions (Biking Trips, Picnics)
Cultural Gatherings (Cambodia/Lao New Year, Holiday Parties)
Community Services

Current funded programs

Empowering Southeast Asian Youth Services (ESAY)
With funding from the Department of Children, Youth and their Families (DCYF) and Tides Foundation/New Field Fund

San Francisco Youth Development Project
Funded by the Department of Children, Youth and their Families (DCYF) / Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) The current data collection and research project of the SF Youth Development Project is designed to enhance care planning and mental health services for high-risk newcomer girls, to develop training curriculum for institutions serving newcomer girls and to perform targeted outreach to newcomer girls and their families. The goals of the project is to identify and assess service capacities for girls in two newcomer communities (Central American/Mexican and Vietnamese/Cambodian). In partnership with Horizons Unlimited, VYDC will target young women from the Southeast Asian communities.