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11 Jul The Secret to the YOC’s Success

Posted at 10:00h in Annual Reports

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...

06 Jul One Size Fits None: Introducing TEAM & STARS

Posted at 10:15h in Annual Reports

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...

24 Jun What It Takes to Bridge the Education Gap

Posted at 14:30h in Annual Reports

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...

16 Jun YOC Receives Green Initiative Award from BSU Council on the Environment

Posted at 15:52h in General

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...

02 Jun YOC Clinicians to Keynote IYI Worker Cafe: Understanding Human Trafficking

Posted at 12:34h in General

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...

24 May YOC Conference on Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

Posted at 11:41h in General

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...

26 Apr Dr. Eubank to speak on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

Posted at 10:26h in General

Dr. Robyn N. Eubank, PsyD, HSSP, Director of Psychological Services, will participate in a panel conversation on Sex Trafficking: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children at the Delaware County Prevent Child Abuse luncheon, April 29, 2016. She will be joined by Judge Kimberly Dowling, Delaware County...

19 Apr YOC’s Krista Hoevel to Speak on Underage Drinking

Posted at 16:43h in General

Krista Hoevel, LMHC, CSAYC, LCAC, Director of Counseling Services for Cottage Programs, will participate in a panel conversation, Think Before You Drink: One Drink Makes All the Difference, Wednesday, April 20, 6:00 - 8:00 PM, at Cornerstone Center for the Arts, Muncie, Ind. “April is a...

11 Apr YOC Child Abuse Prevention Month

Posted at 11:53h in General

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. By participating you are joining thousands of other communities and organizations across our nation who are putting children first and are working to promote the prevention of child abuse and neglect. The YOC and the Prevent Child Abuse...

22 Mar Effects of Heroin Abuse Among Youth: March 29th Program