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Youth & Family Services
Neighborhood House Youth & Family Services is a leading area provider of educational support and afterschool programming, serving students at schools in Southwest and North Portland. Working with youth (ages 6-18), their families, local schools and community groups, we deliver an innovative and effective array of services that help struggling students succeed in school and life.
Services:
Youth & Family services include:
SUN Community School Programs offer a wide array of educational, enrichment and social services. SUN (Schools Uniting Neighborhoods) Programs create full-service community centers that strengthen youth and families and increase their connection to school. SUN Community School extended day activities include:
- Homework help, tutoring, academic classes
- Art, sports and other enrichment
- Safe, supportive places before and after school
- Classes for adults (parent education)
- Cultural and community events
- Access to social services/basic needs such as food boxes, energy assistance, and counseling.
Neighborhood House operates SUN Programs at the following schools:
Clarendon-Portsmouth K-8 School
George Middle School
Jackson Middle School
Markham Elementary School
Peninsula K-8 School
Robert Gray Middle School
Roosevelt High School
Additional Youth & Family programs are:
- Mentoring: North x Southwest and Lunch Buddies programs
- Case management support for at-risk teens at Wilson and Roosevelt HS
- Grauer Back-to-School Project
- Summer Lunch & Activities Program
Getting Involved:
There are many opportunities to volunteer with our Youth & Family Services Program. You can volunteer to teach an afterschool class, be a mentor or help out in homework club. Please send an email to youth (at) nhweb.org if you are interested in volunteering!
Mentoring Program
Our overall purpose is to assist young people in reaching their full potential through one-to-one relationships with positive role models. To this end, we offer two different mentoring program options:
North x Southwest is a community-based mentoring program serving young people ages 7 through 14 who attend selected schools in SW and North Portland. Youth are individually matched with carefully screened adult volunteers, usually of the same gender. Volunteer mentors get together with their matched young person for at least 8 to 12 hours per month for a minimum of one year. The volunteer shares low or no cost activities with the youth while offering friendship, support and guidance. The program coordinator supervises and supports each mentoring relationship, maintaining regular contact with the mentor and the youth's family.
Lunch Buddies matches elementary aged students, one-to-one, with caring volunteers (16 years of age and older) for weekly visits during the child's lunch and recess period at Markham Elementary and Clarendon-Portsmouth K-8 schools. The volunteer talks, listens and shares activities with the student on the playground, in the library or in a designated classroom. The goal is to provide friendship, support and encouragement toward enhancing the child's self-esteem, social skills and overall school performance.
For more information about these programs, or to receive an application packet, please contact John Grueschow, Mentoring & SUN CS Specialist at 503-869-8623 or jgrueschow@nhweb.org.
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