| What
is YEP! |
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October 2004, Turning Point spearheaded a collaborative
effort that has produced the Youth Empowerment Program
(YEP!). YEP! is a comprehensive after-school program
that pulls together the best of youth services providers
meeting the mental, emotional, spiritual and physical
needs of children and youth in grades 4-12.
Since the inception of YEP!, Miriam & Melvin
Blair have played key roles in the development and
implementation of the diversified components of
the program. Through a transitional agreement
with Turning Point management developed in December
2006, Melvin & Miriam Blair incorporated the
Youth Empowerment Program as an autonomous youth
ministry and assumed full responsibility for the
YEP! program. |
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| How
Does It Work! |
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young people experience hope and encouragement
through the programs and activities developed
by YEP!, they will be equipped to become the
leaders who will rebuild, restore and renew
the parts of our city that have been devastated
by broken families, violence, drug and alcohol
addiction, prostitution, gang activity, pornography
and high school drop-out rates. |
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| YEP!
has embarked upon a mission to bring together
the best and most innovative youth service
providers whose passion is to bring about
life transformation in urban youth. We have
the physical and professional resources to
recruit, host and sustain a large network
of youth-oriented organizations that truly
transform the lives of young people in ways
that no one organization can do alone. |
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| YEP!
concentrates on that segment of the youth
population living primarilly in North Omaha
in zip codes 68104 and 68111. These youth
are considered at-risk because of the socio-economic
conditions of this community and the criminal/gang
activity among youth in the area. YEP! participants
are invited to age-specific activities built
around a variety of sports and fine arts.
These two broad categories (Program
Concept) ensure that each participant
will find an activity which interests them
and challenges them to excellence. These
gateway activities are complemented by other
support services (Weekly
Schedule of Activities) that complete
the empowerment process such as tutoring,
mentoring, family counseling, life and parenting
training, trade and technology training,
health and wellness skills and career development.
These services include a hot meal every
day and are all offered at no coat to participants
in a relational format based on each youth's
initial gateway interests and abilities. |
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| For
more information contact: |
| Miriam
& Melvin Blair |
| Phone:
(402) 457-7846 |
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Email: yepomaha@yahoo.com
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