Are you or your child interested in participating in group activities with other youth?
LCCAP offers so many fun and educational programs to support children and youth as they transition from childhood to adolescence to the teenage years.
Summer Food Service Program: Funded through reimbursements from the Pennsylvania Department of Education, a grant from the Mae Emma Hoyt Foundation, and various mini-grants, the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) was established to ensure that low-income children continue to receive nutritious meals when school is not in session. Free meals that meet Federal nutrition guidelines are provided to children ages 18 and under throughout the summer months. LCCAP utilizes the space and amenities of the Ben Franklin Early Learning Center to offer free breakfast, lunch, and educational programming and sponsors many additional sites throughout Lawrence County, including locations where the kids eat their lunch right on the LCCAP Outreach bus.
#iMATTER: Funded by Lawrence County Juvenile Probation Office, #iMATTER is an evening drop – in center, located at the Ben Franklin Early Learning Center, serving juvenile offenders of all risk levels, between ages 10 – 18. This program promotes abstinence from delinquent actions and negative behavior by addressing the following cluster of criminogenic factors in an effort to reduce detrimental community factors caused by juvenile delinquency: Peer Relations, Attitudes and Orientation, Education and Employment, Prior and Current Offenses, and Leisure and Recreational.
Life Skills Enhancement Program: Funded by Lawrence County Juvenile Probation Office, Life Skills Enhancement Program provides services to juvenile offenders age 10-18, providing services aimed at improving these youths’ quality of life while addressing community and victim issues that led to court jurisdiction. These services include: case management, mentoring, character development, soft skills/social skills development, educational attainment, civic engagement, and workforce activities to acquire job readiness skills.
PREP (Personal Responsibility Education Program): Funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, PREP promotes abstinence and safe sex to encourage healthy choices among at-risk youth ages 10-19, in an effort to reduce teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) within Lawrence County through positive, evidence-based programming. This is accomplished through the integration of the eight-week curricula Making Proud Choices! in conjunction with four additional adult preparation workshops focusing on healthy relationships, adolescent development, and healthy life skills. The program also utilizes select abstinence-based workshops from the Promoting Health Among Teens! (PHAT) Curriculum, coupled with guest facilitators from community partnerships and teen parents as peer mentors. Facilitated workshops are designed to increase the youth’s ability to foster a healthy transition from adolescence to adulthood.
