Huntington Youth Bureau Youth Development Research Institute

Huntington drug & alcohol/opiod granta state licensed outpatient chemical dependency treatment and prevention provider. Huntington drug & alcohol provides individual, group and family counseling to individuals who are abusing substances and those who are at risk of becoming dependent on drugs and their families. The mission of Huntington drug & alcohol is to provide comprehensive education and treatment services to Youth and adults.

Programmatic contract management costs represent allocated contract management costs to manage and monitor all of the Institute's programs as well as any other Institute system funded programs. Monitoring includes, but is not limited to, site visits to observe programs, review of monthly report data, case tracing data in both hardcopy and electronic data processing formats, preparation of statistical reports for annual evaluations, and writing programs in various database codes to accomplish and facilitate all of the above.

Project excelprovides Youth ages 12-21 with comprehensive programs and services in the areas of art, life skills, cultural enrichment, education and employment. Programs offered include; ged and sat preparation, job counseling, Development and placement, entrepreneurship, college and career preparation, and expressive art programs for Youth.

Huntington Youth courtthe goal of Youth court is to prevent delinquent behavior through positive peer influence, strengthen self-esteem, instill motivation for self improvement and create a greater sense of community involvement among Youth.

Sanctuary assists Youth between the ages of 12-21 who run away or at risk of running away from home. Sanctuary's professional staff members provide individual and family counseling, crisis intervention, independent living skills Development, parenting workshops and referral to short-term emergency housing. Weekly anger management and parent support groups are provided.

This program runs in collaboration with the south Huntington school district, the town of Huntington Youth Bureau, suffolk county p.a.l, park shore science camp academy, Huntington manor fire department, the order of the eastern stars, the masonic lodge, the ministers alliance, tri-cya, dreams and lead inc., bridge of hope, reach-cya, and the Huntington branch naacp. The program provides educational and recreational activities for youths ages 12 to 18. The activities are run five evenings a week and range from basketball and golf to creative writing and photography and robotics.

The scholarship program was created when the Huntington community Development agency entered into a contract of sale to purchase a building that had a requirement that the Huntington community Development agency must deposit an amount up to $2,500 of the monthly rental income from the building into a scholarship fund to provide scholarships for qualified town of Huntington residents in need of financial assistance for college. For a period of fifteen years, beginning december 29, 2006 and ending december 29, 2021. The Huntington community Development agency entered into an agreement with the organization for the administration of the scholarship fund. The scholarship committee determines how many, the amounts, and the recipients of the annual scholarships.