BRINGING THE Y YMCA YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES

2015 ANNUAL REPORT

WE KEEP BRINGING IT!

WE BRING THE Y to diverse communities in the area. Through community

partnerships we bring community centers into low income apartment complexes,

bring free afterschool programs to schools, bring adult role models into youths

lives bring case managers and therapists into the neighborhoods, and bring free

childcare for much of our community workshops and programs. WE ELIMINATE

THE BARRIERS of transportation, lack of child supervision, and insufficient funds.

In 2015, YMCA Youth & Family Services (YFS) impacted over 3,200 lives

through programs that promoted Youth Development, Healthy Living, and

Social Responsibility. The branch celebrated 11 years of bringing critical

services to primarily low income and ethnic minority youth and families. Our

clients’ lives are typically entangled with adverse childhood experiences

(ACEs) like abuse, neglect, divorce, incarceration, addictions, mental illness,

etc. YFS brings an innovative community needs assessment approach to

the people we serve. We bring the Y to them!

YFS 2015 Annual Report

As the new county provider for Wraparound services,

the Y brings coordinated care services to over 30 youth

to prevent lawful removal from their homes.

100% of youth in the Wraparound program were

diverted from activity within the juvenile justice

system in 2015!

Microsoft became a valued partner of the

Y by focusing on teaching video game

coding to the youth in the Northwest Park

community of Silver Spring. This will provide

skills they can use as entrepreneurs and in

the workforce.

BRINGING YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

We built healthy emotional attachment between parents and kids through play by offering the Y’s

Play Academy to the Carroll Avenue and Quebec Terrace Community. Over 25 children, parents, and grandparents came together to discover play as a family!

YFS 2015 Annual Report

The Y partnered with Maryland Multicultural Youth Center (MMYC) in an innovative group male mentoring program to Latino and African American young men in the Northwest Park Community of Silver Spring. In this program high school age and young adult men of the Conservation Corps mentor middle school young men.

92% of the youth who attended the Y’s Benchmarks afterschool

program 75% of the time or more received an A, B, or C in Science at school.

BRINGING YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

The Y’s Youth Links mentoring program brings 79 invested

adult role models into the lives of youth. Many of these youth

are involved in the juvenile and child welfare system.

Through the Y, in 2015 300 young people received mental

health therapy and counseling

services by licensed therapist.

For the first time, Healthy Kids Day came to the Rosemary Hills community. Families engaged in field games, dance workouts, health screenings, and healthy food.

The Y brought Healthy Eating and

Physical Activity (HEPA) to over 400

youth in after school programs with

healthy snacks, new physical activities and

even Smoothie Day for some. We made

sure no kid left program hungry.

YFS 2015 Annual Report

BRINGING HEALTHY LIVING

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The Y’s fundraising campaign, “Caring for Community” provided18 scholarships to young people to attend ONE week of overnight

camp at YMCA Camp Letts!

The Y brought rising kindergarteners and their parents together over the summer to teach them how they could use every day

items in the home to teach counting and

literacy skills.

YFS community partners gave 548 children holiday

gifts making it an extra special season for these

young people!

Did you know???

In 2015 the Y was honored to receive

the “Large Nonprofit Making a Difference

Award” from Nonprofit Village.

BRINGING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

SPECIAL THANKS TO….

BOARD MEBERS

All information and statistics within this report

were collected in best efforts to provide accurate

information in ethical means. Information may be

subject to error. YFS 2015 Annual Report

Stephanie K. Clark Kenneth Clarke Nathan Crew

Shebra Evans Erik McClain

Steve Murphy

Ravi Nayak

Barbara Ott

Vanessa Pinto

Crystal Ruiz

Andrew Russell

Stuart Schwager

Aimee Stern

Theresa Testoni

ZACHARY MILLER (CHAIR)

JANET CHIU

DANNY DALTON

HAIG ELLIAN

TOM HOOPENGARDNER

FRAN ROTHSTEIN

GAYNELLE EVANS

Want to help bring the Y

to more people?

Ways to get involved

Volunteer

Donate

Mentor

Advocate

Fundraise

Visit us at www.ymcadc.org/yfs to see how you can get involved!

YFS 2015 Annual Report