YOUTH SERVICES AGENCY
YSA is a non-profit with 27 years
of service to the youth of PA, and
more recently in MD and FL. YSA
serves the juvenile justice system,
school districts, and C & Y
systems. Some of our programs have
received recognition as “best practices”
and the company has managed a 20%
growth rate for a decade and 30%
for the last four years - while
also improving program quality.
The fact that there is strong demand
for our programs is evidence of
our value- high program quality
at reasonable cost.
YSA is known for its creativity
- we are a national leader in
several areas:
(1) In restorative justice,
we provide record levels of community
service and restitution (over
5 years $600,000 in cash payments
for victims and court fines).
YSA has also invested $2.5 million
(10% of our annual budget) in
unique community construction
projects.
(2) In education, we are
a leader in alternative education
with 11 alternative schools, truancy
intervention programs, and alternative
suspension programs.
(3) In vocational ed.,
our youth help to build YSA’s
trademark Adventure
Learning Centers - in an
age when the public fears youth
destroying schools, we involve
JJS youth in building these alternative
schools and community centers.
This is real youth empowerment
and leadership. We build these
on public land with 100% of funding
by YSA - an exceptional demonstration
of restorative justice principals,
that are visible to the whole
community. Two centers are in
Bucks, one being completed now
in Luzerne, and others are planned
in regions who heavily use our
programs.
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