About Youth Advocate Programs – Chemung County – Elmira
Youth Advocate Programs (YAP)–Chemung County is a community based behavioral and mental health care program for children, adolescents, and families in Elmira, New York. They offer intervention services, outpatient care, and aftercare support, including specialized services for youth involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems and those with co-occurring addiction and mental illness.
Youth Advocate Programs (YAP) is a 12 step focused, community based mental health and addiction recovery program for youth and families in Elmira, New York offering intervention services, dual diagnosis care, outpatient programming, and aftercare support. Specialized services for youth involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems are available.
Outpatient services at Youth Advocate Programs (YAP) are delivered by staff living in or near the communities they serve. Crisis intervention services and outpatient care are available 24/7 as needed. Clients receive mental, medical, and behavioral health assessments, individualized care plans, and comprehensive case management. They also engage in intensive individual, group, and family counseling drawing on a range of proven modalities, including CBT, DBT, RBT, and motivational interviewing.
YAP’s ancillary services promote long term recovery through a robust continuum of care aligned with the evolving needs of clients and their families. They emphasize recovery focused life skills training, including classes in self care, wellness, coping, communication, problem solving, and relapse prevention. Clients receive academic support, vocational training for adolescents, and medical, mental health, and social service referrals.
Youth Advocate Programs (YAP)–Chemung County accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and self pay.
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