Youth Advocate Programs

Youth Advocate Programs is a nationally recognized, nonprofit organization exclusively committed to the provision of community-based alternatives to out-of-home care through direct service, advocacy and policy change.

Our agency was founded in 1975 to provide direct services to youth returning from Camp Hill Prison in Pennsylvania. To this day, our primary focus is providing direct service to vulnerable and high-need youth and families. The Advocate model is the foundation of YAP’s actual intervention with youth and families. Advocates are paid, trained and weekly supervised caring adults recruited from the same communities as the youth and families we serve.