Andy LEWIS Writing Sample

ANDY LEWIS WRITING SAMPLE- CONFIDENTAL DOCUMENT Advocates for Youth Youth of Color Initiative Runaway and Homeless Adolescent HealthCare Project Runaway and Homeless Adolescent HealthCare Project _________________ a community-based 501(C)(3) organization delivering services to children and families in Central Brooklyn since 1998 submits the following proposal to Advocates for Youth, Youth of Color Initiative for consideration. ________ is requesting $______ to assist our Runaway and Homeless HealthCare Support Project, and to enhance our Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) program to provide special emphasis on adolescent girls who are homeless. Our mission is to empower individuals, promote self-sufficiency, and create a sense of community. We
The Prevention Support Center includes Youth Voice, which offers a ten-week training session to educate and counsel youth of color and LGBTQ teens, from the ages of 15 to 22 about HIV and AIDS awareness and prevention; the Peer Educators Program offers training to high school age men and women to become advocates among their peer groups to convince other young people to avoid the risk factors that contribute to HIV and AIDS; and Youth Outreach that utilizes the trained Peer Educators to conduct outreach efforts at schools, youth programs and other venues where young people gather. In 2005, the PSC was expanded to include teenage pregnancy prevention, using the same model that has proven successful for the HIV program. The strength of the program has been the use of peer counselors to dispense information, provide referrals and resources, and offer opportunities for these youth to come together to talk about their issues and concerns. “The logic behind peer education makes sense: if peers listen so much to one another, why not make the content of what they hear from each other as accurate and helpful as possible.”1 “Many youth who become sexually active do so without accurate
Our goal is to achieve a 75% reduction in atrisk activities of drug and alcohol abuse, violence and unsafe sexual practices. To decrease the incidence of subsequent unintended pregnancies and support teens in continuing their education, maintaining a stable home, and leading a productive life. Our goal is to achieve a reduction by 90% of subsequent teenage pregnancies. To work with pregnant and parenting teens to ensure that they receive the support and services they need to develop healthy babies and themselves. Our goal is to obtain 100% attainment of RHY girls to receive pre-natal and pregnancy services should they become or who are already homeless and