Helps youth and families navigate the school and court systems, coordinates and connects them to needed services such as educational support, housing, mental health and substance use disorder treatment, employment, and positive youth development activities.  
Case Managers also provide outreach and advocacy, as well as culturally and linguistically appropriate support services.  
They create linkages for youth and families, maintain regular contact with youth, and monitor youth progress towards reaching individual service goals.

Youth Case Management offered at Southwest Youth & Family Services

Provides case management services for families of at-risk youth. Connects them to needed services such as educational support, housing, mental health and substance use disorder treatment and employment.

Programs that offer a variety of activities for youth who are at risk for behavior which is likely to involve them in the juvenile justice system with the objective of assisting them to improve self-esteem, to become aware of alternative ways of dealing with feelings and leisure time, and to take responsibility for the consequences of their actions. Included may be counseling, rap and discussion groups, tutoring, companionship programs, alternative peer group experiences and supervised recreational activities.

Juvenile Delinquency Prevention

Programs that develop educational strategies and practices, including special instructional methods and materials, learning activities and diagnostic and assessment procedures which  encourage children and adolescents to maintain an acceptable grade point average, avoid excessive absenteeism or disruptive behaviors which put them at risk for suspension or expulsion and remain in school through completion their elementary and secondary education. Included are school-based dropout prevention and academic intervention programs which lead to improved performance in the areas of academic achievement, attendance, and discipline; and community based programs, often staffed by representatives from a variety of organizations including the school, the police, the probation department, family counseling agencies and delinquency diversion agencies, which monitor and/or investigate a young person's school attendance and jointly develop and implement interventions which encourage the young person to remain in school or to return to school if already a dropout.

Dropout Prevention

Programs that develop plans for the evaluation, treatment and/or care of individuals who, because of age, illness, disability or other difficulties, need assistance in planning and arranging for services; which assess the individual's needs; coordinate the delivery of needed services; ensure that services are obtained in accordance with the case plan; and follow up and monitor progress to ensure that services are having a beneficial impact on the individual. Case management is a collaborative process characterized by communication, advocacy and resource management to promote high quality, cost-effective interventions and outcomes.

Case/Care Management

Community-based programs that provide comprehensive social services for individuals younger than age 18 who have committed a minor offense and are directed to participate in a diversion program as an alternative to arrest, prosecution or, in some cases, sentencing for the offense. Most juvenile diversion programs do an assessment of the individual's needs and provide and/or coordinate the delivery of the necessary services which may include individual, group or family counseling, substance abuse counseling, supervised recreational activities, vocational guidance, tutorial services and supplemental referrals for other needs.

Juvenile Diversion

Provides 1:1 case management to youth at risk of involvement/involved in the King County juvenile justice system. The program partners with several public school districts and King County's re-engagement programs to keep youth in school or engaged in an alternative high school setting and graduate.

Youth Advocacy offered by Neighborhood House at Tukwila

Provides case management to youth at risk of involvement/involved in the King County juvenile justice program.

Public schools that offer the basic elementary or secondary curriculum plus creative electives in an informal instructional setting which features an approach to teaching and learning which emphasizes the students' right to make decisions and that views the teacher as a facilitator of learning rather than as a transmitter of knowledge.  Other characteristics may include cross-age teaching, independent study, individualized rates of progression, open plan schools and unstructured time and curriculum.

Alternative Schools

Empowers participants to aspire to the highest quality of life by helping develop life skills, providing support and connecting clients to direct services.  
Assists participants and motivates them to become self-sufficient through direct access to education, employment, readiness, treatment, mental health care and housing stability options.

CURB at Communities Uniting Rainier Beach offered by POCAAN

Promotes self-sufficiency in young adults ages 18-30 through direct access to education, employment, readiness, treatment, mental health care and housing options. 
Must reside in Southeast Seattle area.

Programs that offer training which focuses on the knowledge and skills an individual may need to live independently or make a successful transition to independent living. Participants may include runaway youth who are living on their own, youth who because of age can no longer be maintained in foster care, new widows, victims of domestic abuse, people who have previously been homeless, and others who have lived in an environment in which decision making and responsibilities of daily living have been handled by another as well as people currently living independently who want to be more effective. Training may address job search and retention, money management, insurance, taxes, rental agreements, vehicle purchase, nutrition, home management, health care, legal emancipation for teens and other similar topics.

Life Skills Education

Programs that encourage students, usually in middle school or high school, to consider higher education and to gain the skills necessary to be successful in the college, university or other postsecondary program of their choice. Services may include guidance from staff and mentors, academic preparation, SAT test preparation, college/university admissions and financial aid workshops, and visits to local colleges and universities.

Higher Education Awareness/Support Programs

Programs that maintain listings of available employment opportunities and assign a staff member to help people who are searching for a position to choose and obtain the most suitable option.

Job Search/Placement

Programs that attempt to reduce the incidence of violent acts committed by youth on the streets, in the schools or in other settings through a variety of educational interventions which may focus on children of various ages, parents, people who work with families, the schools, health care providers, law enforcement officials and/or the community at large. The program may provide information about model/promising prevention and intervention programs and crisis response strategies; descriptions of the risk factors associated with youth violence; research including statistics on violence committed by and against children and teens; outreach; and/or presentations that may be tailored for a variety of audiences.

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Youth Case Management offered at Southwest Youth & Family Services

Youth Advocacy offered by Neighborhood House at Tukwila

CURB at Communities Uniting Rainier Beach offered by POCAAN