Program areas at Latin American Youth Center
Layc Maryland multicultural Youth centers (layc-mmyc): layc-mmyc is the organizational division that serves montgomery and prince george's counties in Maryland. Programs include after-school and school-based academic enrichment and mentoring programs as well as employment training and ged preparation programs and family reunification support services.
Community wellness: prevention and intervention programs including sti, hiv, and pregnancy testing are offered in our dc site. Our dc site also offers parenting classes to young parents. Layc's long-standing cooperation with area schools allows us to place staff in partner schools to provide pregnancy/sti education. Many health and wellness programs offer a peer education and leadership component that enables Youth to teach what they have learned and to organize community events.
Housing: bilingual and culturally sensitive residential services with the goal of reducing homelessness. Programs include independent apartments and family-based placements specializing in young people who are pregnant or parenting, identify as lgbtq, are recent immigrants, or are currently in or exiting foster care.
Education & workforce investment and social enterprise: education and workforce programs including after-school and school-based academic enrichment, wrap-around services within schools, and mentoring programs as well as employment training, computer skills certification and ged preparation programs.
Promotores & others: layc's promotor pathway is a long-term client management intervention model for disconnected and disengaged Youth facing multiple obstacles that prevent them from accessing resources and achieving educational, employment, and healthy living goals. Promotores support Youth through "small wins and provide crisis intervention in order to remove obstacles and engage Youth in a broad set of programs and services in the community.
Social services: bilingual and culturally sensitive clinical support services with the goal of improving mental health. Programs include mental health and substance abuse therapy.