YDA Opens New Location in Greenlawn

Youth Directions and Alternatives – or “YDA” as its commonly known – recently celebrated the grand opening of its second site in Greenlawn.

Located in Greenlawn Village at 8 Gates Street, the YDA now aims to serve an even larger number of children in the community with its new facility.

Leg. William Spencer was on hand for the Feb. 25 ribbon-cutting ceremony..

“It was a pleasure to support the YDA on this exciting day as they start a new chapter in their mission to empower our youth and teach our children to channel their passions and talents to reach their goals,” Spencer said.

The YDA is a private, non-profit organization that is dedicated to serving the youth in the Northport, Harborfields, and Elwood School Districts.

Through working closely with schools, churches, libraries, police, and other organizations, the YDA offers children a variety of academic, recreational, counseling, and advocacy services at little to no cost. With emphasis on youth development, the organization aims to enable children to learn essential life-planning skills.

Services available through the YDA include substance abuse counseling, crisis intervention, GED tutoring, vocational counseling, job development and placement, drop out prevention, creative expressions workshops, youth court, community service programs, after school homework help, health awareness workshops, high school basketball nights, movie nights, field trips, and much more.

To learn more about the YDA, visit ydaonline.org/index.cfm or call 631.261.7901.

Image: YDA ribbon-cutting

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