Resources

RJP Reintegration Circles Program

Restorative Justice Partners, Inc., a non-profit agency in Marina providing restorative justice services to Monterey County, is offering a Reintegration Circles program for recently incarcerated, newly released individuals to support their successful re-entry and reintegration into our community. The Reintegration Circle process has two broad aims: 

Strengthening Families Program: a nationally recognized program for parents and youth ages 10-14 years.

Help your youth avoid problems with drugs and alchohol and strengthen family communication.  Parents and youth learn skills together while having fun. Strengthening Families Program is a nationally recognized program for parents and youth ages 10-14 years. Email sfp.salinas@gmail.com, call (831)753-3888 or check our web site Partners4peace.org for more details.

Childhood Matters Radio Show for Parents and Providers

Childhood Matters is a live one-hour weekly call-in radio show on 98.1 KISS-FM in the San Francisco Bay Area, 105.1 KOCN-FM in Monterey and Santa Cruz, and KBBF 89.1-FM in the North Bay, and 1480 KGOE-AM in Eureka. The show is presented by Interactive Parenting Media. 

Community Partnership for Youth on Helping Children Learn to Read

While many know CPY for their prevention programs against gangs, drugs and violence, it is also just as dedicated to improving the reading skills of its students. Reading every day is a key component of the mentor-tutor program. In California alone, over 33 percent of children will not finish high school due to illiteracy.

KickStart helps those recently released from incarceration find employment

The KickStart program is designed to assist individuals who have been recently released from incarceration with job search and employment-related services. A partnership with a Re-entry Employment Specialist may help you to succeed in accomplishing your goals.

How to Help Your Teenager Find a Job

Youth Employment Program

Monterey County's Youth Employment Program is designed to provide help toward the attainment of a high school education and development of work skills leading to employment. Teamwork and leadership growth alongside educational and employment achievement are goals youth participants are encouraged to apply toward success. Services include mentoring, education, workshop activities and work experience.

How to Find a Good After School Program

The United Way of Monterey County is a great one-stop resource for information about after school programs and lots of other services. Their main website is at www.unitedwaymcca.org. Here's an excerpt from their Successful Kids, Strong Families page:

How to Raise Emotionally Healthy Children

Babies, toddlers, children, teenagers, parents and grandparents all have the same emotional needs. Meeting these needs in childhood provides the foundation for success in school, work, relationships, marriage and life in general. Failure to meet the emotional needs of our children is one of the most serious and under-recognized problems facing our country.

How to Tell if Your Child is Involved in a Gang

Here's a really helpful guide from 2nd Chance Youth Services:

Gangs leave signs of their presence. Your child may adopt some of those signs as either someone who wants to be a gang member, already a gang member or is imitating gang behavior and dress. Your child may be: