Youth Link Southern Indiana
1740 Williamsburg Drive, Suite G
Jeffersonville, Indiana 47130
Business Phone: 812-280-0028
Website: www.youthlinksi.org
Contact Person: Lauren Wagoner, Marketing and Development Manager
Contact Email: lwagoner@youthlinksi.org
Please use 300 words or less to describe your agency and your impact in the community.
Youth Link Southern Indiana is a local youth-serving organization that provides academic support, mental health services, and basic needs resources. Youth Link Southern Indiana partners with all four school districts in Clark County and New Albany High School in Floyd County, providing support to 19 schools and 4,500 students through their vital programming. The organization’s focus is Linking Youth to Pathways of Success by removing barriers for students. Youth Link Southern Indiana was formerly known as Community in Schools in Clark County.
Youth Link provides a variety of programming through their school day services. Resource Coordinators provide 1-on-1 and small group tutoring, distribute Bare Necessities items, and oversee the 321 Read Program. The Bare Necessities program provides coats, shoes, hygiene products, and other basic needs to students. The 321 Read program matches a community volunteer with a struggling reader for a 1-on-1 weekly session. Youth Link Southern Indiana also partners with Centerstone Mental Health to provide licensed, clinical therapists to students in need at no cost.
Youth Link Southern Indiana provides programming outside of the school day. The 21st Century Community Learning Center sites offer after school academic and behavioral interventions for referred students grades 1-12. In addition to homework assistance and tutoring, students participate in a variety of enrichment activities. The Extended Day Learning Program (EDL) provides engaging and enriching before and after school care for elementary students in a nurturing environment.
Agency Mission Statement or Description:
Linking Youth to Pathways of Success
Year established: 2002
Counties/regions serviced: Clark and Floyd County
Focus areas: Education, Academic Support, Enriched Activities, Bare Necessities Supply Closets, Mental Health Services, Literacy Mentor Program
Impact in community: We remove barriers for students to reach their full potential.
Volunteer Opportunities: 321 Read matches a community volunteer with a struggling reader for a one-on-one weekly session of reading to and with the student. Each week, the student is given a new book of their own to take home and add to their home library. Once the student is matched with a “reading friend,” we make sure they have a volunteer to read with them for a full three years, from first through third grade, the most critical years for reading mastery.
How 1si members can help your organization:
- Volunteer for 321 Read Program (just 30 minutes a week at the school of your choice)
- Donate essential clothing and hygiene items to the Bare Necessities Supply Closets
- Donate directly to Youth Link Southern
- A gift of $25 per month provides:
- 40 new books for our 321 Read Students
- 10 personal items for low-income youth
- 1-month student scholarship for our after-school programs
- 20 hours for 1 student – in-school tutoring or academic support
- 1 year of school-based therapy – Access for one student for an academic year
- A gift of $25 per month provides:
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