Teen Peer Advocate Program offered at Asian Counseling and Referral Service
Teen Peer Advocate Program offered at Asian Counseling and Referral Service
Promotes peer advocacy through weekly educational support groups at high schools in Bellevue. Also holds a weekly leadership and advocacy group, and participants learn by giving peer outreach and education presentations. By developing youth leaders known as TPAP Advocates, ACRS is building a youth-driven community that accesses and utilizes AAPI cultural strengths and core values like interdependence and group harmony to prevent dating violence. TPAP Advocates receive 40 hours of training on oppression, gender roles, dating violence, sexual assault, rape prevention and healthy relationships. Through training and advocacy, they develop leadership skills and healthy cultural identities.
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Physical Address
3639 Martin Luther King Junior Way South, Seattle, WA 98144
Hours
M-F, program hours vary.
Voice
Application process
Call for information.
Fee
None.
Eligibility
Youth and young adults ages 13-21.
Languages
Cham
Cebuano
Laomong
Khmer
Samoan
Mon
Teochew
Hmong
Bhutanese
Shanghainese
Laotian
Mien
Russian
Polish
Hindi
Taiwanese
German
Nepali
Khmu
Czech
Ilocano
Tongan
Bicol
Burmese
French
Japanese
Cambodian
Agency info
Asian Counseling and Referral Service
Offers individual and family mental health treatment including outpatient counseling, intensive day treatment, co-occurring disorders treatment and a program for people with a gambling problem. Offers substance use disorder treatment and a batterer's program. Also provides programs for youth, including substance use disorder treatment, mental health counseling and a violence prevention program. Offers case management services to enable elderly and disabled adults to live as independently as possible in their homes. Operates a food pantry, a meal program, employment services, ESL classes, citizenship classes and a legal clinic. Assists clients in applying for naturalization as well as food benefits. Some programs focus on serving Asians and Pacific Islanders.