Youth Experiencing Success in School (YESS)

 

 

 Kelli Bettenhausen
 Program Director

  815-774-1602
  kbettenhausen@jths.org

 

YESS empowers students to succeed in school and life by helping them address the life issues that can significantly diminish their educational progress and dramatically increase the chances they will drop out of high school. 

Community Partners:

AFTER SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES                        DRUG & ALCOHOL ABUSE           
Faith Based Outreach Council                             Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center      
Joliet Park District                                                 Education Service Network                        
United Way of Will County                                   Will County Health Department                  
Greater Joliet Area YMCA                                   Behavioral Health Programs - Addictions
 
 EMOTIONAL SUPPORT                                       JUVENILE JUSTICE     
Joliet Area Community Hospice                           Aunt Martha’s Youth Services       
Will County Health Department                            Will County Juvenile Probation Department  
Behavioral Health Programs Mental Health         Will County State’s Attorney’s Office   
                                                                            Joliet Police Department

TEEN PREGNANCY                                              VIOLENCE                      
Child Care Resource & Referral                           B.E.S.T. – Building Esteem Support Team
Will County Health Department                             815-72ANGER or 722-6437
Healthy Families Illinois                                         Guardian Angel Community Services             
 

Want to help make a difference in your community? Check out these two organizations!
Youth Service America - Youth Changing the World
Global Youth Service Day - April 20-20, 2012. Contact 815.774.1602 for more information!