AYA

Alternative Youth Activities, Inc.

Programs

Bridging the gaps between Stabilization, Education, and Employment.

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Education

AYA’s Education Department provides a holistic learning environment to empower Youth to reach their full potential, oftentimes overlapping Youth with our other departments to better support them. We strive to create a safe and nurturing space for students to develop their unique talents, cultivate their passions, and explore a variety of academic and non-traditional pathways through the following programs:

  • Hard and Durable Skills Development
  • High School / Credit Recovery Program
  • GED Drop Sites (Both Coos & Curry County)
  • Solar Generation Pre-apprenticeship Program
  • Adulting Classes and Financial Literacy
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Housing

AYA’s Housing Department provides services to both homeless and unstably housed Youth and their families. All programs require an intake form and follow up meeting with one of our CSAs, and more than often require a background check. We can provide short-term, medium-term, and long-term housing assistance through the following programs and services:

  • Emergency and Transitional Shelters
    • Pallet Shelters
    • Recapture House
    • Bessie House
  • Supportive and Permanent Housing
    • ILP Program
    • Host Home Program
    • Rental Assistance
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Workforce

AYA’s Workforce Department can assist low-income youth between the ages of 16-24 with mentoring, skill development, assisted job search, and job placement. We work with both in school youth (ISY) and out of school youth (OSY). Youth who enter into this department can look forward to the following programs:

  • Industry Tours and Community Activities
  • Internship and Volunteer Opportunities
  • Paid Work Experience (WEX Agreement)
  • Paid On The Job Training (OJT Agreement)
  • Micro Credentialing (Food Handlers, First Aid, NCRC, OSHA, etc.)
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Support Services

AYA strives to provide multiple forms of assistance and support to build up our community and help tackle issues arising around generational poverty and other related impacts to our region. Most of these programs are inter-departmental with a lot of help from our Support Team and Development Crew.

  • Community Events / Collaboration
  • Food Share Program
  • Community Clean Up / Beautification
  • Whiskey Run Bike Trail Maintenance
  • Development of Monolithic Dome Housing