"It's imperitive we change the narrative!"
Youth Services
School Based Wellness Centers are part of the HHS Positive Youth Development Programs effort to expand and enhance basic social emotional and school health support services within designated high school. We are contracted with Identity Inc. to provide culturally based healing, positive youth development services, family strengthening, behavioral and somatic health services, and social services to all students and their families. We serve the following schools:
Gaithersburg, JFK, Seneca Valley & Northwood High School as of 2024.
2000+
Students & Athletes
10+ MCPS
Schools
95% report positively impacted
Theraputic Recreation/Leisure
Contracted with Montgomery County Department of Health & Human Services for Theraputic Recreation: Providing recreational/therapeutic programs. Programs include the following: Youth Safe Space Recreation and Leisure days, Basketball Clinics, High School Football 7v7 tournament & Educational Field trips, High School Football Camp, Youth football spring physical fitness and skill developmental workout sessions. We also offer a SAMP which stands for Student Athlete Mentoring Program to train HS student athletes to coach/train youth and conduct mentoring well being check in's on non practice days!
After school mentoring
Contracted with MCPS Out of School Time to provide an after school mentoring group for male identifying students with a coach to support and improve: Attendance, Academics, School Connectivity and Peer to Peer relationships. Called Boys2Men we provide fun, safe and enrichment opportunities and provide a positive adult to support thier social & emotional well being
Out of School Time- Sports
Contracted with Montgomery County Collaboration Council 480 Club strive for the goal to inspire youth to realize their full potential by offering safe, high quality, and accessible out-of-school time programs. We offer free soccer training and recreational league opportunity for Middle School & Elementary Program for boys or girls and free basketball OST clinics or camp passes in partnership with YouReachITeach Academy!