Northern Oklahoma Youth Services
Provides Help to Local Families of Northern Oklahoma

For the past 30 years, Northern Oklahoma Youth Services has been providing help to the families of Northern Oklahoma. NOYS executive director, Vearl Caid, said. "If a child or its family needs any kind of help, chances are NOYS has a program available. If we don't, we certainly know where to send them in the community to receive the care they need."

Northern Oklahoma Youth Services consists of 14 different programs designed to assist youth and their families.

The 14 programs are:

• Youth Shelter — Temporary emergency living quarters for children age 10 to 17.
• Counseling — Counseling is available to any child under the age of 18 and their family.
• Parent Assistance Center — Helps parents develop communication skills, learn positive discipline and other crucial parenting practices.
• Court Appointed Special Advocates — Community volunteers are recruited and trained to speak in legal proceedings on behalf of children who are victims of abuse or neglect.
• Safe and Stable Families — Mentoring and tutoring of children primarily referred by child welfare.
• Circle of Care — A joint effort with Edwin Fair Community Mental Health Center offering mentoring and tutoring to area children.
• Workforce Investment Act — Assists young people in obtaining the skills necessary to gain employment.
• Parent Resource — Training for new or expectant parents.
• Community At Rick Services — Assessment, counseling, mentoring and tutoring of children referred by the court system.
• First Time Offender Program — Educational group for children who have committed a minor offense. Their parents are also included in this training that focuses on issues like decision making, anger management and peer pressure.
• Substance Abuse — Prevention and outpatient treatment for substance abuse.
• Adventure Based Therapeutic Activities — Helps build life skills, teamwork, self-esteem and communication through various experiential activities.
• Prevent-entrainment — Prevention and life skill messages taught through puppetry, ventriloquism, and magic.
• Help Young People Excel — An abstinence before marriage curriculum designed to help young people understand the consequences of sexual activity.

For more information about any of these programs contact Northern Oklahoma Youth Services at 415 W. Grand, or call (580) 762-8341.

 | City Calendar | Community Calendar | School Calendar | Sports Calendar | Tourism Calendar |
All Calendars