Oakland California Youth Outreach

Intensive life coachingcyo provides intensive life coaching to young adults in Oakland who have been identified as individuals who are the most highly at risk of being involved in violence. Cyo case managers, referred to as life coaches, engage their clients in trusting relationships, supporting them in remaining alive, free from incarceration, and becoming successful. Individuals identified through Oakland's ceasefire strategy or other partners are assigned to one of cyo's professional life coaches. Life coaches develop detailed life plans with each of their clients, including goals for remaining safe and achieving successful outcomes in education, employment, housing, and, if needed, mental health and drug treatment services. Although the initial focus is for life coaches to establish strong relationships with their clients, when the client is ready, life coaches connect them to services, supports, and opportunities that help them achieve their life plan goals.intensive life coaches work with clients for 12-18 months. During the first three to four months, life coaches are in daily contact with their clients and connect with them in-person two-three times per week. Life coaches have no more than 12-16 clients on their caseload at a time to ensure the quality and intensity of the relationship. Life coaching clients are eligible to receive monthly incentive stipends for achieving certain milestones. Funding for this program comes from Oakland unite, a program of the city of Oakland's human services department, funded by voter-approved measure z.

Emergency relocation/shooting & homicide violence reductioncyo aims to reduce, intervene and respond to gun and retaliatory violence through 1) rapid Outreach and stabilization support for gunshot victims within an hour of receiving the referral by local hospitals; 2) individual safety assessments for victims of gun violence and Community safety assessments for incidents that may escalate into further violence. This innovative program works to stop the immediate threat of violence while quelling tensions and mediating conflicts. In partnership with Youth alive, cyo's violence reduction coordinators work with individuals and their families to provide temporary housing out of the area or support permanent relocation with family or friends in another region.

Healthy, wealthy & wisehealthy, wealthy & wise (hww) is a trauma-informed, culturally relevant, cognitive behavioral therapy program developed for high-risk, system-involved Youth and young adults. The focus of the program is to change the mentality that gives rise to harmful behaviors. Hww consists of a 14 to 16-week group session covering four areas:1) decision making, 2) identity and purpose, 3) overcoming trauma and pain, and 4) life skills and financial literacy. Each participant is also assigned a life coach to work with one-on-one through the process, providing the support and services described above. By combining trauma-informed cbt group sessions and one-on-one life coaching and emphasizing relationship building and decision making, hww is a transformative mentoring program.