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Our Programs
At Youth Progress we provide culturally responsive, trauma-informed, engagement-based, and youth-centered programs and services.
Community Collective
Community Collective
Community Collective is our culturally-responsive, community-based therapeutic foster care program. This program works to stabilize all genders of young people within their community with the long-term goal towards family reunification or independent living.
(971) 219-8656
Learning Center
Learning Center
The Learning Center is our culturally-responsive, center-based therapeutic foster care program designed specifically to meet the academic, social & emotional, therapeutic, and recreational needs of students in foster care.
503-233-6121 ext. 123
College and Career Attainment Program
College and Career Attainment Program
The College and Career Attainment Program provides culturally-responsive services through proctor foster home placements and our Career Center. The program focuses on successful transitions into the community, essential skills development, job-readiness training, college and career planning, budgeting and money management, and independent living skills development to promote a successful transition to adulthood. The program also includes Individual Development Accounts, assisting youth in building a budget and saving funds. The program serves young people ages 17-25, in the care and custody of the Oregon Youth Authority.
Community
Collective
Community Collective
Community Collective is our culturally-responsive, community-based therapeutic foster care program. This program works to stabilize young people of all genders within their community with the long-term goal of family reunification or independent living.
This program is designed for youth in the child welfare system, ages 13 - 18 years old, and provides wrap-around social service support, social and emotional development and life-skill building.
Groundwork
Education
Center
Groundwork Education Center
Groundwork Education Center is a Cognia-certified alternative school for youth in the Portland Metro area within the Portland Public School District. As a recognized alternative pathway to graduation, Groundwork Education Center focuses on credit attainment and recovery, working with students through proficiency-based learning.
With small class sizes, teachers can work with students to speed up or slow down the curriculum. GEC also offers GED prep and testing on-site, ensuring all youth have every opportunity to meet their educational goals.
Alba Collaborative
and
D.R.E.A.M. Program
Alba Collaborative & D.R.E.A.M. Program
Alba Collaborative is an innovative, culturally responsive partnership for prevention, early intervention, and supportive services for youth experiencing housing instability. Youth Progress provides safe short-term emergency housing and support in caring foster homes.
The D.R.E.A.M. program is an extension of the Alba Collaborative to ensure youth who ned a long-term housing solution can be placed in supportive, specially trained, caring foster homes.
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