YAP changes systems: bringing a YAP program into a community provides judges, probation officers, caseworkers and others with an option that safely supports and preserves families and that promotes equity.
YAP also changes biographies: by walking alongside families from where they live, learn, work and play and providing them with tools to repair harms to others, rebuild from harms caused to them, and reconnect with supportive people, places and activities within their community, we position people to develop and live to their potential while reducing their risks and negative outcomes.
YAP works in more than 100 urban, suburban and rural communities across 29 states and Washington, DC. That is over 20,000 families annually who are strengthened and living better lives from within their homes and communities in lieu of costly and damaging out of home placements.