CYADP MISSION STATEMENT

The Coalition for Youth/Adult Diversion Program's mission is to merge accountability and second chances to divert disadvantaged youths and young adults from the traditional criminal justice system. Focused on accountability, hard work, mentorship, and community level support, the organization's programming creates clear paths for its enrollees to take ownership of past choices and embrace a future ripe with hope, personal growth, and community contributions. CYADP's work will enhance community safety, resilience, and diversity.

 

YOUTH/ADULTS AGES 17-25

CYADP PURPOSE

• Coalition For Youth/Adult Diversion Programs, Inc. is a non-stock and non- profit corporation and must be operated exclusively for educational and charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as it now exists or may be amended.

• Coalition For Youth/Adult Diversion Programs provides intervention and mentoring to at-risk youths and adults in order to develop solutions to divert at-risk youths and adults from recidivism.

• The specific objectives and purpose of this organization include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

  1. Work to identify the root cause(s) of what needs to be addressed to divert youths and adults from recidivism;

  2. Develop strategies, modalities, and programs that can be transferable and tangible within the growing needs of the communities affected by recidivism.

  3. Develop forms of communication and intervention that can be transferable and tangible to help drive higher employment engagement, social engagement, and youth leadership development within the growing needs of the communities affected by recidivism.

CURRENTLY,

the Coalition supports the Young Adult Court, and the pre-charging Diversion Program along with a mentoring component delivered by Better Days Mentoring to individuals ages 17 - 25. This mentoring program aims to address the known disproportionate impact that the criminal justice system has on people of color and people who come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The goal of these programs is to address root causes of the behaviors that bring young people into the criminal justice system, and to provide them with the resources and the tools to achieve successful outcomes within the system, but also well beyond.