Programs Provided Include

Assists youth in increasing their ability to follow a daily schedule, apply daily organizational skills, learn planning strategies, and use problem-solving skills. Discussions include topics such as how to plan, develop strategies for being on time to class, use accommodations to assist with organizational skills and identify action steps for problem-solving.

Assists youth in understanding the process by which they can set realistic goals, learn how to get organized and set priorities, and learn to be self-efficient.

Assists youth in becoming familiar with the basics of acquiring adequate housing, simple home maintenance, and bill payment. Youth also become familiar with how to seek living accommodations, complete housing applications, acquire utility services, investigate moving options, acquire furnishings, and role-play an interview with potential landlords; youth learn the fundamentals of meal planning and preparation, food/kitchen safety, menu planning, grocery shopping, and cost comparison. Youth complete the process of planning and purchasing foods with the result being the preparation of a nutritionally balanced meal which they share with their classmates.

Assists youth in learning basic money management skills to include coin and bill identification, calculating totals and change, and counting coins and bills; to assist clients in acquiring more advanced money management skills so they can better manage their personal finances and bill payment. Youths learn about managing checking and savings accounts. They learn to better understand credit and interest, the advantages of budgeting, bill payment, and record keeping, and how to be a smart shopper.

Assists youth in increasing their basic social skills through dynamic group activities that foster team building. Activities encourage social interactions and build self-confidence while developing effective communication, decision-making, and conflict-resolution skills.

Participants will gain knowledge of writing a resume to prepare them for a job search, minimum wage, will gain knowledge of the Texas Workforce Commission, and fill out a job application, learn workplace productivity, and mock interviews. “Dressing for Success”, first impressions can make or break an interview so dressing appropriately is key. Participants will gain knowledge of what to wear for an interview by dressing the part.

Participants will gain knowledge of independent living, financial self-sufficiency, how to open a bank account, and money management. Social Media Etiquette: • Participants will gain knowledge of social media etiquette, and the proper use of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and E-mail. College Preparation/Career – Participants will gain the knowledge and importance of choosing a career and attending college, other trades, career certifications, and or the Arm Forces.

Assists youth in understanding the process by which they can set realistic goals, learn how to get organized and set priorities, and learn to be self-efficient.

Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) with adult preparation programming opportunities for Adolescent Development through centralized mentoring support services targeting underserved youth in Houston and Alief Independent School Districts in Houston, Harris County who are identified as being at high risk for teen pregnancies. AOR will provide school and community-based mentoring programs for 300 high-risk youth with the greatest need that: (1) assist these youth in receiving support and guidance from a mentor; (2) improve interpersonal relationships between the youth and their peers, teachers, parents, other adults, and family members; (4) reduce the dropout rate of such children; and (5) reduce the incidence of teen pregnancies and teen births.

Keepin’ it REAL is a multicultural, school-based substance use prevention program for students 12-14 years old. Keepin’ it REAL uses a 10-lesson curriculum taught by trained classroom teachers in 45-minute sessions over 10 weeks, with booster sessions delivered in the following school year. The curriculum is designed to help students assess the risks associated with substance abuse, enhance decision-making and resistance strategies, improve antidrug normative beliefs and attitudes, and reduce substance use. The narrative and performance-based curriculum draws from communication competence theory and a culturally grounded resiliency model to incorporate traditional ethnic values and practices that protect against substance use. The curriculum places special emphasis on resistance strategies represented in the acronym REAL: Refuse offers to use substances, explain why you do not want to use substances, avoid situations in which substances are used, and Leave situations in which substances are used.

Becoming a Responsible Teen (BART) is a community-based program primarily for African American teens aged 14-18. This eight-session program was designed as an HIV/AIDS prevention program and includes information on pregnancy prevention as well. Group discussion and role-playing activities seek to build participants’ communication and decision-making skills regarding sexual behavior, HIV/STD, and pregnancy prevention. Abstinence education is also integrated into the program and is discussed as the best way to prevent pregnancy and HIV infection.

MENTOR’s mission is to fuel the quality and quantity of mentoring relationships for America’s young people and to close the mentoring gap. MENTOR carries out this work in collaboration with our Mentoring Partnership Network and more than 5,000 mentoring programs in all 50 states. We engage with the private, public, and nonprofit sectors to ensure that our youngest citizens have the support they need through mentoring relationships to succeed at home, school, and, ultimately, work.

AOR serves as a “Provider Organization” of Triple P Pilot, we have 5 accredited Triple P Providers in (level 2) and (level 4) parent training. Triple P is an evidence-based parent support program that is designed to give parents the skills that they need to raise confident, healthy children and build stronger family relationships. Triple P uses a public health model and offers different types of parent support of increasing intensity such as a media campaign (level 1), seminars (level 2), individual consultations (level 3), and group classes (level 4) to meet the varying needs of families across a community. The public health approach and Triple P target all parents, not just high-risk families, because family dysfunction, poor parenting practices, and social, emotional, and behavioral problems impact families of all races, ethnicities, and incomes.

Angels of Refuge’s goal is to provide mental wellness tools and awareness to teens and the community. Goal M.I.N.D. will help identify triggers, barriers, and traumas to improve one’s inner peace and help navigate through life events while discovering new goals to improve your emotional, physical, spiritual, and mental wellbeing

Dream where, Monarch Academy, Star of Hope, Catholic Charities, Ambassadors for Christ , HDSAP (DFC Anti-Drug Coalition), National Mentoring Partnerships, Alief School District, Prep, Houston Can Academy, Safe Haven Community Services and Children at Risk.