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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.

Physical Address

3639 Martin Luther King Junior Way South, Seattle, WA 98144

Hours

M-F, program hours vary.

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.