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School
Based Youth Services
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Pinelands School Based Youth Services Program is
a collaborative partnership between the
Department of Children and Families, Pinelands
Regional School Board and the local community
agencies. The New Jersey School Based
Youth Services Program has received numerous
awards and national recognition for its
innovative concepts addressing various
education, social and emotional needs for
adolescents and their families.
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Since 1988
Pinelands Youth Services has offered a
safe and supportive environment for
students and their families in Pinelands
School District using a one-stop-shopping
approach. Core Services include:
individual and family counseling,
substance abuse counseling, primary and
preventive health services, learning
support and employment counseling.
Recreation services are also an integral
part of the program offering students fun,
educational after school, evening
and weekend activities. |
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1990, it was awarded the American Public Welfare
Association's Successful Projects Initiative
Award and in 1991, the program received the
prestigious Ford foundation/Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government Innovations in
Government Award. The program has been
highlighted in Bill Mover's "All Our
Children" series and in Walter Cronkite's
"Our Families, Our Future". In 1994,
the program was again recognized for innovation
in government by Rutgers University. |
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Pinelands
Youth Services is easily accessible to students
and their family in both the junior high and
high school buildings and helps teen:
- To graduate
- To be mentally and physically healthy
- To be drug free
- To be ready to enter employment or
continue their education.
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The goal
of Pinelands School Based Youth Services is to
help teens reach their full potential through
the following services:
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Health
Care
- Primary/preventative
health care
- Individual
counseling
- Group
counseling
- Family therapy
- Drug/alcohol
abuse counseling
- family
planning informative/education
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Employment
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Employment/life
skills counseling
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Full/part-time
summer employment
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Community
employment
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Job
postings in program office
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Educational
Enrichment
- Academic
enrichment programs
- Peer tutoring
- Educational
advocacy
- Life skills
workshops
- Parenting
workshops
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- After school,
evening, weekend recreation
- Trips, events,
activities, sports
- Adventure
ropes course
- Community
summer recreation program
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Pinelands
School Based Youth Services is a
comprehensive program offered in the
Pinelands Regional School District.
Available
to ALL students and their families
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Offices
are located in both the junior and senior high
schools. Jr. high offices are in Room 116
and Sr. high offices are in the back of the
building near the tennis courts in Room 171.
24-HOUR
TEEN CRISIS HOTLINE
(609)
296-5505
For
more information regarding programs and services,
call
(609)
296-5074 or (609) 296-3106 ext. 2224
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Youth
Services Staff:
Dial
main number, (609) 296-5074
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Carol
Turano, Director
296-3106 ext 2240 CTurano@prsdnj.org
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