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Youth Services: ACADEMIC SUPPORT, CAREER EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH & WELLNESS, YOUTH LEADERSHIP

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Employment Related Advocacy Groups
Technical/Trade Schools
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Assistive Technology Information
Employment Preparation
Youth/Student Support Groups
General Recreational Activities/Sports
Youth Centers
Youth Employment Programs
Job Finding Assistance
Career Entrance Examinations
Advocacy
Education Advocacy Groups
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Youth Development
Extended Learning provides comprehensive expanded day learning, after-school centers in 20 schools
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Fitness Equipment and Accessories
Music Instruction
Music Performances
Service Learning Programs
Physical Activity and Fitness Education/Promotion
Youth Development
Extended Learning provides comprehensive expanded day learning, after-school centers in 20 schools
Programs:

Categories

Fitness Equipment and Accessories
Music Instruction
Music Performances
Service Learning Programs
Physical Activity and Fitness Education/Promotion
Youth Development
Extended Learning provides comprehensive expanded day learning, after-school centers in 20 schools
Programs:

Categories

Fitness Equipment and Accessories
Music Instruction
Music Performances
Service Learning Programs
Physical Activity and Fitness Education/Promotion
Youth Development
Designed to increase positive communication between mothers (or another significant female adult) and their daughters. It helps them discuss questions about sexual behavior and puberty without embarrassment.

Growing Together:
-Allows time for mothers and daughters to explore their feelings, values and expectations.
-Provides participants the opportunity to practice decision-making and problem-solving skills.
-Provides participants the opportunity to learn about open communication, which is an important part of a healthy relationship.
-Provides factual information about the changes girls may experience during puberty.
-Helps parents to answer questions about sexual behavior and puberty without embarrassment.

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Parent/Family Involvement in Education
Parent Support Groups
Youth Development
Parent/Child Activity Groups

BASIC NEEDS | NECESIDADES BSICAS
Clothes / Ropa
Food Distribution / Despensa de alimentos

HEALTH | SALUD
Covered CA Enrollment / Inscripcin de Covered CA
Mental Health Counseling Servicios de consejera mental

DROP-IN ADVOCACY SERVICES | SERVICIOS DE APOYO DIRECTO
Information & Referral / Informacin y referencia
Legal Services / Servicios Jurdicos
Public Benefits Enrollment Inscripcin de beneficios pblicos
Translation / Traduccin

FOR PARENTS | PARA LOS PADRES
Parenting Education / Clases para padres

FOR KIDS | PARA LOS NIOS
Ho mework Tutoring / Club de tareas
Summer Lunch / Almuerzo de verano

TRAINING & EDUCATION | ENTRENAMIENTO Y EDUCACIN
Emergency Preparedness Preparacin para emergencias

TECH AND OFFICE | TECNOLOGA Y OFICINA
Computer Lab / Uso de computadora

STORM RELIEF
Assist in your recovery from the winter and spring storms with local fianancial assistance, federal relief navigation, clean-up tools, crisis counseling, and more.

Behavioral Health/ Mental Health Counseling

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Parenting Materials
Housing Advocacy Groups
Job Finding Assistance
Advocacy
Adult State/Local Health Insurance Programs
Disaster Relief/Recovery Organizations
TANF
Family Resource Centers/Outreach
Food Safety Education
Outdoor Environmental Education
General Recreational Activities/Sports
Summer Food Service Programs
Disability Related Parenting Programs
Tutoring Services
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Parenting Skills Classes
Youth Development
Medicaid
Children's State/Local Health Insurance Programs
Diabetes Screening
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Food Pantries
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Nutrition Education
Blood Pressure Screening
Benefits Screening
Co-Parenting Workshops
Art Galleries/Exhibits
Health Insurance Information/Counseling
General Health Education Programs
Food Stamps/SNAP

YW-Leaders is in essence YW-Teens at the high school and college level. Originally steaming from our YW-Teens participants, the YWCA of Watsonville accepts volunteers from high school to college students who are interested in developing their skills further. Participants are trained as co-facilitators and join staff during YW-Teen Programming or many of our other programs.

Youth Services: HEALTH & WELLNESS, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, YOUTH LEADERSHIP

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Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Youth Development
Wellness Programs

Works with young women in high school to encourage them to pursue post-secondary education, and plan for future careers.

Youth Services: CAREER EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH & WELLNESS, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, YOUTH LEADERSHIP

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Youth/Student Support Groups
Career Entrance Examinations
Student Counseling Services
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Academic Counseling
Youth Development
A substance abuse education program for middle school girls, which also prepares them to become facilitators of workshops on this subject for elementary school children. This program approaches drug abuse prevention as a peer issue, using the positive influence of young people modeling healthy behaviors.

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Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Youth Development
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Youth/Student Support Groups
Offers at-risk youth who struggle with gangs, violence and poverty a chance to learn to play high-level soccer as a unified team. With the support of coaches as well as peer and adult mentors, players develop healthy lifestyles that promote positive relationships with family and friends, career and life skills, and continuing education.

Stress Busters: Experiencing Nature, Mental Healthcare, Physical Activity, Supportive Relationships

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Youth Development
General Counseling Services
Soccer
Youth/Student Support Groups
Gang Programs
Physical Activity and Fitness Education/Promotion
Outdoor Environmental Education

LIFE LAB

Project Life Lab is Pacific School's gardening program, where the children learn nutrition and natural science in an integrated curriculum with gardening activities.

Activities include:
  • Garden-Based Science
  • Weekly Lunch Room Flower Bouquets
  • Plant Propagation
  • Composting Program
  • School Meal Vegetable Harvesting
  • Garden Crafts
  • Gardening Skills

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Food Safety Education
Nutrition Education
Day Camps
Youth Development
Offers 1-week camps teaching soccer skills, good health and good sportsmanship.
Soccer team players 'give back' during camps: they are trained to become the trainers for young campers.

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Soccer
Day Camps
Gang Programs
Youth Development
Physical Activity and Fitness Education/Promotion
Offers:
  • Civic Auditorium shows
  • Teen Jobs
  • Social and club events
  • Outdoor activities
  • Sports
  • Special events
  • Summer Programs/Activities

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Music Performances
Youth Development
Tractor Pulling Events
Park/Recreational Area Entrance Fee Expense Assistance
Park Ranger Service
Social Clubs/Events
Commemorative Events
Sports Related Instruction
Outdoor Environmental Education
Art Galleries/Exhibits
Music Groups
Music Instruction
Dance Instruction
Art Therapy
Dance Performances
Fitness Equipment and Accessories
Physical Activity and Fitness Education/Promotion
General Recreational Activities/Sports
Social Club/Event Expense Assistance
Truck Racing Events
Offers various types of Christian-oriented residential summer camps for youth. Activities including swimming, hiking, archery, volleyball, basketball, softball, treasure hunts, creek walking, nightly campfires, sing-a-longs and skits, arts and crafts, nature study, Native American Indian lore, and leadership training.

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Youth Development
Camp Referrals
Youth/Student Support Groups
Youth Literacy Programs
Day Camps
Youth Employment Programs

Trains volunteers to work with children who have been removed from their homes, declared dependents of the court due to abuse, neglect or abandonment and placed in foster care.

Court Appointed Special Advocates work for a judge, alongside attorneys and social workers, as sworn officers of the court to advocate for children. Advocates receive an initial 35 hours of training and volunteer 10-15 hours per month on behalf of one child. The volunteer advocates on behalf of the child until the case is resolved.

Youth Services: Academic Support, Career Exploration and Development, Health and Wellness, Social-Emotional Support, Youth Leadership.

Stress Busters:
Experiencing Nature, Mental Healthcare, Mindfulness Practices, Physical Activity, Supportive Relationships (Foster Youth Only)

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Advocacy
Physical Activity and Fitness Education/Promotion
Guardians ad Litem
Outdoor Environmental Education
General Crime Victim Assistance
Tutoring Services
Career Entrance Examinations
General Recreational Activities/Sports
Youth Development
Academic Counseling
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Cultural Heritage Groups
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
General Counseling Services

Teen Kitchen Project engages youth ages 14-18 as employees and volunteers in our healthy meal delivery program. Together with adult professional chefs, teens prepare dietitian approved meals that are delivered throughout Santa Cruz county.

Youth Services: CAREER EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH & WELLNESS, YOUTH LEADERSHIP

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Home Delivered Meals
Wellness Programs
Youth Employment Programs
Youth Development

The Monterey Bay Career Connect website is a one-stop hub for college and career exploration, providing free local resources for the community.

Youth Services: CAREER EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT

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Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Academic Counseling
Youth Employment Programs
Youth Centers
Job Finding Assistance
Youth Development
Career Entrance Examinations
Youth/Student Support Groups
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers

Community Bike Collective breaks down barriers for people who would like to enjoy the physical and emotional benefits of bike riding. We do this primarily through two programs, a Ride Program and a Bike Giveaway Program.

The Bike Program:
We provide participants with everything they need to have a safe, fun experience riding a mountain bike in the great outdoors, all at no cost to them! Everyone is fit individually with a bike and helmet then we head out to ride the trails. We offer skills instruction, moral support and encouragement. Participants explore the wonder of nature, the challenges of bike riding and the joy of friends and community!

The Bike Giveaway Program:
We accept donations of used bikes, fix them, and give them to a deserving new home - 700 bikes since this program began.

Youth Services: CAREER EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH & WELLNESS, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, YOUTH LEADERSHIP

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Parent/Family Involvement in Education
General Recreational Activities/Sports
Physical Activity and Fitness Education/Promotion
Nutrition Education
Advocacy
Family Literacy Programs
Cultural Heritage Groups
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Youth Development
Outdoor Science School is a week of hands-on science. The camp is set in a natural environment where students can learn about science by experiencing it in the world around them.

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Hiking/Camping Safety Education
Life Skills Education
Youth Development
Outdoor Environmental Education
Extended Learning provides comprehensive expanded day learning, after-school centers in 20 schools
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Fitness Equipment and Accessories
Music Instruction
Music Performances
Service Learning Programs
Physical Activity and Fitness Education/Promotion
Youth Development

Sueos provides job readiness, career development, paid work experience/internships, academic support, and other supportive services to eligible youth in Santa Cruz County.

Youth Services: ACADEMIC SUPPORT, CAREER EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SUPPORT

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Banking and Financial Services
Academic Counseling
Youth/Student Support Groups
Student Financial Aid Offices
Technical/Trade Schools
Youth Employment Programs
Youth Centers
Youth Development
Personal Financial Counseling
Job Finding Assistance
Tutoring Services
Student Financial Aid
Career Entrance Examinations
Financial Literacy Training
Organizational Consultation/Technical Assistance
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, HUMAN TRAFFICKING SERVICES | MONARCH SERVICES

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, HUMAN TRAFFICKING SERVICES

  • 24-hour crisis line for domestic violence, sexual assault or human trafficking survivors
  • Advocacy, case management and therapeutic services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault or human trafficking
  • Shelter services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault or human traffickin
  • Legal assistance for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault or human trafficking

Survivors will call office phone lines or a 24 hour crisis line. Behaviorial & Mental Health Services, Community Advocacy, Family Workshops, Financial Literacy, Socio Emotional Learning, Emergency Shelter, Legal Services

Assists victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.

Services include:
-Emergency shelter
-24-hour bilingual crisis line and in-person crisis counseling
-Support groups
-Legal assistance with temporary restraining orders, court accompaniments, and information and referral
-Specialized services are available for child witnesses to domestic violence and survivors of teen dating violence

Youth Services: HEALTH & WELLNESS, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, YOUTH LEADERSHIP

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Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Sexual Assault Counseling
Youth Violence Prevention
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Financial Literacy Training
Sexual Assault Shelters
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Runaway/Homeless Youth Helplines
Domestic Violence Shelters
Legal Information Services
Youth Development
Self Defense Training
Personal Financial Counseling
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Human Trafficking Shelters
Workshops/Symposiums
Counseling for Children Affected by Domestic Violence
Protective/Restraining Orders
Designed to increase positive communication between mothers (or another significant female adult) and their daughters. It helps them discuss questions about sexual behavior and puberty without embarrassment.

Growing Together:
-Allows time for mothers and daughters to explore their feelings, values and expectations.
-Provides participants the opportunity to practice decision-making and problem-solving skills.
-Provides participants the opportunity to learn about open communication, which is an important part of a healthy relationship.
-Provides factual information about the changes girls may experience during puberty.
-Helps parents to answer questions about sexual behavior and puberty without embarrassment.

Categories

Parent/Family Involvement in Education
Parent Support Groups
Youth Development
Parent/Child Activity Groups
After School Recreation is available after school hours end for all Pacific School and Pacific Preschool students. Activities include games, sports, snacks, free play, homework, arts and crafts, etc.

Preschool students must be picked up by 2:45. Transitional Kindergarten through Sixth Grade students must be picked up by 5:15.

After-school programming is free for income-qualified families and offered at a low daily rate for others.


Jvenes SANOS is a youth advocacy and leadership program based in Watsonville, California. Jvenes SANOS strives to empower, educate, and raise awareness about youth mental health within the community. Jvenes SANOS works to build an environment that embraces a culture of health and wellness by cultivating peer-to-peer conversations regarding mental wellness and promoting hope, resiliency and healing.

Members meet weekly to
- participate in fun and interactive activities
- build community
- discuss projects and updates
- work together towards reaching our goals
- participate in College and Career readiness activities

Youth Services: CAREER EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH & WELLNESS, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, YOUTH LEADERSHIP

Stress Busters: Balanced Nutrition; Experiencing Nature; Physical Activity; Supportive Relationships, Mental Health, Mindfulness Practices

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Physical Activity and Fitness Education/Promotion
Youth Development
Youth Employment Programs
Youth/Student Support Groups
Youth Centers