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YEP’s first program, which we started in 2004, is our Community Reintegration Program (CRP). YEP’s CRP was the first-of-its-kind program in Louisiana for juvenile offenders returning from detention facilities, and remains the only juvenile re-entry program in the ...
Named after the African Proverb “it takes a village to raise a child,” the Village Program, established in 2009, provides out-of-school youth ages 16-21 with GED preparation and wrap-around case management services ...
The Afterschool Enrichment program is YEP’s newest program that we started in October 2010. This program provides Central City youth (enrolled in grades 1 through 12) with tutoring support and other supportive services that ...
YEP operates an annual Summer Camp that provides approximately 100 Central City youth ages 7-15 with a fun, free, and engaging summer experience. During the 2-month summer camp, youth participate in a diverse arrange of field trips that include the Audubon Zoo; Children’s Museum; Aquarium; D-Day Museum; local sporting ...
YEP’s Community Based Mentoring (CBM) program, established in 2008, provides young male youth from Central City (ages 8-16) who are not court-involved, but who are at-risk for ...
Founded in 2006, NOPLAY is the Youth Empowerment Project’s educational program, providing GED and basic literacy instruction to out-of-school youth and young adults between the ages of 16-24 from the Greater New Orleans region ...
YEP’s newest program, the Trafigura Work & Learn (W&L) Center, is modeled after the highly successful Work & Learn Center operated...
The Youth Empowerment Project’s thoughts are with the family and friends of Ben Sullivan, a young man who inspired many with his commitment to social justice and the youth of New Orleans. We are honored and humbled that Ben’s family has chosen YEP to be the recipient of memorial donations from those who loved Ben and whose lives he touched. We will honor Ben’s legacy by utilizing memorial funds to provide vulnerable young people engaged in YEP’s programs with free, safe and engaging summer programming.
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