The Housing Advocacy Program is designed to assist youth and families who are experiencing housing insecurity or homelessness by locating and securing safe, affordable, and stable housing.

6-year-old unaccompanied Maria, a child from Honduras, was referred to NYAP’S La Jornada program after her “alleged” parents were determined to not be her biological parents but were actually perpetrators of abuse and abor exploitation. Maria reported that she was a victim of sexual abuse by relatives, forced labor, and neglect by caregivers in her home country. Keep reading to learn more about Maria’s story.

Behavioral Health programming at NYAP is tailored to meet the unmet needs of children, youth and families with the aim of helping them live respectfully and productively in the communities they call home.

By placing people and organizational values at the core of our initiatives, NYAP has fostered a transformative culture that embraces innovation and growth.

There is a tremendous need for foster parents for young people in the LGBTQ+ community. NYAP will help you every step of the way. Open your home and your heart to help a young person who needs your love and support.

The Growing through Discovery and Action program was created through the use of several evidenced-based components of mental health treatment, founded insight on youth’s neurological development, by professionals credentialed in counseling and teaching elementary education.

External researchers evaluated the effectiveness of the agency’s homegrown CANEI program, measuring the impact of the program on moral disengagement, a proven protective factor, and juvenile delinquency recidivism.

“Teenagers are often the forgotten or ‘scariest’ group of children to foster. However, it's this group of kids that you can have meaningful conversations with, that you can watch them grow, mature and flourish.”

National Youth Advocate Program provides free professional development for many types of organizations on a variety of topics that can be provided in-person or virtually.