Youth Programs

Teaching youth to create success over and over again
with service, education and support.

Youth Programs

YTC offers a year round scholarship program for selected middle-school youth in Travis and Hays Counties, Texas. Applicants are referred through teachers, counselors, Communities in Schools, and visiting teachers-those who are close enough to assess and identify youth who need additional support resources.

These youth referrals are selected according to:

Levels of interest in creativity
Need for healthy adult relationships
Need for increased focus and motivation
Need for mentorship support
Vulnerability for falling through the cracks of the social system

YTC does not accept youth who have addictions, are in the Juvenile Justice system or physically aggressive. We want youth BEFORE they fall off the edge or need specialty care.

The program consists of a 5-day residential summer camp with follow-up mentoring, and two refresher retreats (during winter and spring breaks).

Youth Taking Charge Camp offers

Fun - Creative Arts like music, rhythms, songwriting, martial arts
Adventure - Team activities, healthy spontaneity, & environmental awareness
Experience - Hands-on learning in an event-based smoothie operation

YTC defines mentoring as a dedicated relationship where mentor and mentee co-create success over and over again.

Youth gain:

Core life skills
Healthy communication and relationship skills
Problem-solving and conflict resolution skills
Healthy elf-image and self-expression with personal development tools
Action plan with one-to-one mentor and group support
Evaluative measures to chart progress

Imagine a young person who experiences life as creative and filled with emotional and behavioral options. For each youth who gains experience with healthy choices, a different world is created.

The YTC program provides opportunities for each participant to gain healthy self-esteem, expanded self-esteem, increased self-discipline and a compelling self-image. Self-image is more than a concept. The consequences of youth living impoverished lives directly affects our community. And the consequences of youth living enriched lives prepares the way for a safer and healthier community.

Other YTC-sponsored Programs & Projects:

YAPI - Young Artist Performance Incubator - Wimberley (Hays County) (http://www.brendafreed.com/yapi/index.htm)

YAPI is the first Thursday of the month (September - June) at the Idlewild Gourmet Deli & Pizzeria - Wimberley, TX (Junction of Hwy 12 & 32)

Experience the creativity of youth who perfom in a non-competitive, nurturing environment. This is a chance for the public to encourage and support the talent often untapped in many youth.

Youth Projects

Community Service Projects
Austin - Spring Market Days at ALC campus Wimberley/San Marcos/Dripping Springs - to be developed Service - Learning Projects
Austin - The Alternative Learning Center on-campus Greenhouse Wimberley, Dripping Springs and San Marcos - to be develope