Throughout the year, the YOC's dedicated staff members teach life skills and help build self-confidence in the children in their care. Just because itís summer break doesnít mean that the learning stops. Each summer the YOC campus is humming with activities and enrichment opportunities for...
The Youth Opportunity Center recently completed the development of a multi-year strategic plan for the organization. The Board of Directors and Senior Management of the YOC has undertaken a period of review and planning with the goal of creating a strategic framework that will ensure...
Krista Hoevel, LMHC, CSAYC, LCAC, Youth Opportunity Center (YOC) director of counseling services for residential programs, was recently honored for her statewide role in the field of treating sexually maladaptive youth. Hoevel received the 2016 Bobby Jones Award for Excellence at the IN-AJSOP (Indiana Association...
The Henry County Community Foundation (HCCF) presented a check for $49,023.00 to the YOC on June 29, 2016 to expand services in New Castle, Ind. [caption id="attachment_9444" align="alignleft" width="200"] L to R: Jayanna Thompson, HCCF Program Director; David Dickerson, YOC, Director of Alternative Programs; Heather Ault,...
The secret to the YOC’s success is not just good programming and good people. According to Steve and Joan Anderson, there is more at the root of what makes the YOC a strong organization. The Andersons have been longtime supporters of the YOC and have...
Change is inevitable on the Youth Opportunity Center campus. The need for more specialized clinical services and intensive behavioral interventions has resulted in the YOC modifying three residential programs to more effectively meet the needs of our clients and placing agents. Director of Psychological Services Robyn...
What does it take to improve a nine-year-old girl’s delayed reading level from 2nd to 3rd grade in 21 days? Or engage a former substance user in history lessons? Or get a boy refusing school so interested he wants to go more than required? Ask Lindsay...
The Youth Opportunity Center (YOC) recently received the Green Initiative Award from the Ball State University Council on the Environment (COTE). The award recognizes the YOC’s commitment to environmental stewardship as demonstrated by the installation of 53 solar panels that generate more than 13 kilowatts of...
Hanna Slowick, PsyD, and Amber Groomes, MA, Youth Opportunity Center clinicians will speak on Understanding Human Trafficking: Commercially Sexually Exploited Children, Wed., June 8, 2016, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM at Cornerstone Center for the Arts, Muncie, Ind. The program is sponsored by the Indiana...
Youth Opportunity Center, Muncie, IN. – May 25, 2016 The Youth Opportunity Center (YOC) saw a tremendous turnout at their Conference on Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, which was held Wednesday, May 25th at the YOC. The purpose of the conference was to educate attendees about...