Dear Changemaker,


With your support, young people who might otherwise be in correctional, residential care, and psychiatric facilities, and others facing complex challenges are turning their lives around. 


Our 50th Anniversary YAP® Making Change Happen events in November were a celebration of our participants' outcomes. Special thanks to our title and presenting event sponsors, Alera Group, Baker Tilly, Fulton Bank, GM Financial, and McConkey Insurance and Benefits. More than 400 of you gathered with us in Philadelphia for our 50th Anniversary YAP® Making Change Happen Summit and Awards Gala and in Harrisburg for our 5k Walk/Run fundraiser and Food Truck Brunch. These events highlighted the progress of young people and families we serve and honored YAP® founder Tom Jeffers and other changemakers whose work reinforces the effectiveness of our individual and family services approach. 


With your generosity, young people and families will continue to make positive change fueled by their Advocates, mental health professionals, and other caring YAP® employees. Your support is empowering individuals and families to improve their wellbeing and making neighborhoods safer. 

Gary Ivory

Youth Advocate Programs™, Inc. (YAP®) President and CEO










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Judge Glenda Hatchett Headlined 50th Anniversary YAP® Making Change Happen Awards Gala

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Philadelphia, Pa. – Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc., celebrated five decades of community-empowered positive change for young people and families facing life’s most complex challenges. The nation’s premier provider of community-based alternatives to youth incarceration and residential care, the nonprofit hosted its YAP® Making Change Happen Awards Gala Nov. 6, in Philadelphia. 


The event featured Judge Glenda Hatchett, star of two-time Emmy-nominated “Judge Hatchett” and “The Verdict with Judge Hatchett,” and a former Chief Judge of the Fulton County Juvenile Court in Georgia. 

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Youth Justice, Child Welfare, Behavioral Health, and Violence Prevention Experts Shared Best Practices

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Philadelphia, Pa. – Youth Advocate Programs (YAP®), Inc., participants shared stories of community-supported positive change as part of the 50th Anniversary YAP® Making Change Happen Summit on Thursday, Nov. 6 in Philadelphia as part of the nonprofit’s golden anniversary. The half-day Summit convened philanthropic and government funders, program participants, families, leading experts, practitioners, researchers, and policy makers in child welfare, behavioral health, community safety, education, and youth justice.

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