Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services

Mission: Youth Services for Oklahoma County is "Changing Young Lives. "We are a nonprofit community organization that advocates, educates, intervenes, and counsels youth and families to make a positive difference in their lives.

Programs: Therapeutic care - pivot strives to address the root cause of behaviors, circumstances and barriers that cause severe problems for the youth we serve. Our licensed therapists, youth advocates and specialists are trained to identify adverse childhood experiences that range from physical, emotional or sexual abuse to community violence, parental divorce or the incarceration of a parent or guardian. Each young person who comes to pivot has access to resources and services that address their physical, spiritual and mental health needs. Youth services for oklahoma county can also help with depression, poor nutrition, high risk behaviors, substance abuse, anxiety, unlawful actions and grief.

community intervention center (cic)is a 24-hour holding facility and discharge point for juveniles arrested in oklahoma county for misdemeanors, some felonies and status offenses, such as truancy and curfew violations. Cic is a collaboration with the city of oklahoma city, the oklahoma city police department, and the oklahoma office of juvenile affairs. The cic is a safe, youth-friendly facility providing a consequence to participants and resources for solutions to issues that led to the arrest for youth and families.

family junction emergency youth shelter meets housing and basic needs. There are many young people in our community who need a safe, secure place to stay as well as access to basic necessities like food, personal hygiene and clothing. Youth services for oklahoma county offers support and resources through its food pantry and clothing closets as well as short and long-term housing solutions. Whether in the child welfare system, living on their own without parental support, formerly juvenile justice involved, or runaways, we can provide safe, stable housing. The shelter also provides education and job assistance. Youth services for oklahoma county believes regardless of where children are from or the barriers they face, they are worthy of having success in education, finding a job and planning for a career in the field they choose. At youth services for oklahoma county part of each young person's experience includes the opportunity to graduate from high school, further their education, gain vital life skills and achieve job readiness.

other program services:supporting kids in independent living (skil) - assists young people living on their own without parental support, offering financial and emotional support to high school students in the oklahoma county area. The first time offender program provides prevention and intervention. Bad decisions, environmental factors, addiction, unidentified trauma, lack of supervision and undiagnosed mental health disorders can lead youth down the wrong path. By addressing basic needs such as housing stability, education, employment and therapeutic care, true prevention and intervention can happen. Through youth services for oklahoma county youth are equipped to dramatically change the trajectory of their lives, helping them transition from a life of fear and instability to that of hope and opportunity.