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- During the 12-month period of October 2008 through September 2009, our mobile HIV testing team administered a total of 967 HIV tests, post test counseling and HIV screening for youth at highest risk of infection.
- So far in 2009, 69 young people have been offered emergency respite at our Family Preservation Program following a conflict at home. This important program is unique in DC and is designed to prevent entry of young people into the foster care system.
- During the past 6 months (ending in September 2009), our outreach team contacted 2,298 severely disconnected youth on the streets of the District.
- So far in 2009, 1,802 youth in unstable living situations have been engage in ongoing counseling services in their homes and at our offices designed to improve social and communication skills, prevent conflict, promote academic progress and teach responsible sexual decision-making.
- Approximately 90 percent of the nearly 250 homeless youth leaving our short-term, emergency shelter were connected to stable living situations.
- So far in 2009, 18 homeless teenagers have been admitted to our service-enriched transitional housing program and all have been re-enrolled in school.
- All young people in SBY’s independent living facilities have maintained their attendance in school during their time at our programs.
- SBY’s After-School Program offers young people tutoring, civic engagement and peer leadership opportunities, career and educational planning every weekday during late afternoons and early evenings. This past summer saw an average attendance of 30 youth.
- During 2008, one hundred percent of the teenagers and young adults who were homeless when they entered our three transitional and independent living programs left to enter stable living situations, many with their families.
- From April through December 2007, our HOPE Pregnancy Prevention Team reached 238 youth through a variety of “best practice” individual and group counseling approaches. And roughly 95% were engaged in other SBY youth development activities. There were no pregnancies among this group.
- Among our older set of young women and men graduating from our independent living facilities in 2008, 61 percent secured permanent living arrangements buoyed by steady employment.
- 88 percent of older teens who exited our Transitional Living Program in 2008 were fully employed and had achieved their initial and ongoing goals.