Youth
Programs
At JFCS, we are
committed to improving the community in which we live,
and this begins with our children. Programs target
children at risk of harming themselves through substance
abuse and violence as well as those who have been
victims of trauma, neglect or abuse.
Please see below for
detailed information on the following topics:
For more information on
programs targeted to youth, please contact 520-886-5111.
Violence Prevention
Tucson Coalition on
Girls & Violence
This is a community intervention program for girls and
young women between the ages of 8 and 21 with histories
of sexual and/or physical abuse in Pima County, Arizona,
who are victims and/or perpetrators of violence.
If you seek additional
information, please visit the Prevent Violence Links
listed below:
End Abuse:
www.endabuse.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/dvp.htm
National Child Traumatic Stress Network:
www.NCTSN.org
For additional
information on the prevention of violence, please visit
the follow web sites or call 520-886-5111 x 427 for
assistance locally.
Substance Abuse
Embracing Challenges
Creating Opportunities (ECCO)
ECCO provides individual, group and family therapy for
youth ages 13-18 who have issues with substance use and
abuse. ECCO increases youths’ capacity to identify and
manage the sign of risk that will lead to substance use,
and teaches them the skills that will prevent further
use.
For additional
information on the prevention of violence, please visit
the follow web sites or call 520-795-0300 x 227 for
assistance locally.
Teen Mothers
The Teen Parent Mentor Program serves pregnant and
parenting teens, ages 12-21 who are at risk of increased
poverty and depression. Stable adult mentors provide
emotional support as well as skills building and healthy
role modeling. Through this intergenerational contact,
new teen mothers learn how to cope with parenting and
gain the self-confidence to continue to thrive.
If you are interested in
becoming a mentor for a teen mother, please contact
520-886-5111 x 427.
Adolescent Trauma
Child & Adolescent
Traumatic Stress Services Center (CATSS)
CATSS is a trauma-related treatment and counseling
service for children and adolescents and their families,
targeting depression; anxiety; externalizing &
sexualized behaviors; and feelings of shame & mistrust,
as well as improvements in parenting/primary caregiver
practices & skills.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network:
www.NCTSN.org
El Dorado (CATSS)
office:
1200 N. El Dorado Place, Suite A-100
Tucson, Arizona 85715
520-886-5111
Fax: 520-886-5120
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