Teens
Addiction Center
Teenage Substance Abuse Prevention: Young people are more likely to experiment with drugs and alcohol than adults, and these habits could follow them into adulthood.
Be Present
Be Present provides easy-to-use resources that can help youth cope better with life’s stressors — day-to-day or in a crisis — and then take the steps to share with and support others. The idea is to maintain your own mental wellness, and also to help you feel prepared to step in and make a difference when you see friends and peers who are struggling. Also included is information about positive (prevention) programs — and even places you can go for help when things seem too big to handle.
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ParentLink Program
Teenage pregnancy and early parenting continues to be a problem in the Miami Valley, and Catholic Social Services is doing something about it. CSS offers intensive education and case management programs geared towards at-risk youth and young parents. Click here to learn more.
Teen Parents Learn
This new program launched in Montgomery County in July 2017, and is a collaboration among Catholic Social Services, Lifestages Centers for Women, the Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation, LifeSkills High School, and the Montgomery County Educational Service Center. The program is designed to provide pregnant and parenting teens (with children from birth to age 5) with case management and the support they need to remain in high school during pregnancy, return to school after the birth of their baby, and graduate from high school while parenting. Each client’s individual needs will be addressed to help them manage their responsibilities, strengthen their parenting abilities, and focus on their own educational success. Program services are offered at no cost to the participants. For more information about Teen Parents Learn, or to make a referral to the program, call (937) 299-5465.
Daybreak
Safe Shelter
Daybreak operates the region’s only emergency shelter, open 24/7, for youth ages 10 to 20. Daybreak provides shelter, food, clothing, counseling, safety, and stability to more than 300 youth each year.
Housing
Daybreak’s housing program is the region’s only program designed to move homeless youth ages 18 to 24 out of homelessness, poverty, under-education, and crisis and into housing, financial independence, educational achievement, and self-sufficiency.
Outreach
Daybreak’s street outreach program serves youth ages 18 to 24 who are couch-hopping, living on the street, or staying in an adult shelter. Daybreak provides these youth with food, a place to shower and do laundry, hygiene items, and case management while helping them find a safe place to live.
Employment
Daybreak's employment program helps Daybreak youth develop the skills necessary to get and keep jobs. In addition, youth have the opportunity to participate in Supported Employment, Individual Placement and Support programming to find the best match for their employment preferences. Lindy's Bakery, Daybreak's gourmet dog treat bakery and transitional job program, provides Daybreak youth with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience in a supportive environment.
Daybreak operates the region’s only emergency shelter, open 24/7, for youth ages 10 to 20. Daybreak provides shelter, food, clothing, counseling, safety, and stability to more than 300 youth each year.
Housing
Daybreak’s housing program is the region’s only program designed to move homeless youth ages 18 to 24 out of homelessness, poverty, under-education, and crisis and into housing, financial independence, educational achievement, and self-sufficiency.
Outreach
Daybreak’s street outreach program serves youth ages 18 to 24 who are couch-hopping, living on the street, or staying in an adult shelter. Daybreak provides these youth with food, a place to shower and do laundry, hygiene items, and case management while helping them find a safe place to live.
Employment
Daybreak's employment program helps Daybreak youth develop the skills necessary to get and keep jobs. In addition, youth have the opportunity to participate in Supported Employment, Individual Placement and Support programming to find the best match for their employment preferences. Lindy's Bakery, Daybreak's gourmet dog treat bakery and transitional job program, provides Daybreak youth with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience in a supportive environment.
