As executive director, I established and operated a drop-in center for Albuquerque's most needy, troubled, undeserved, and difficult to work with homeless and at-risk street youth and young adults. Due to lack of resources, the drop-in center, which had been open for 8 years (until 2005) was closed. I still provide most of the services that were provided through the center to this unique youth population. Youth in Transition's mission is "Building a Foundation for a Brighter Future For Homeless and At-risk Youth and Youth Adults". Presently, YIT (if resources are available) provides case-management, crisis-intervention, outreach, advocacy, transportation,referrals, a mailing address, food, jail/prison reintegration, tutoring, help with school and/or job placement, and other needed services as the need(s) arises. The population served were and still remains one that cannot or will not access other services for a wide variety of reasons. Other duties, past and past, include supervision and scheduling of employees and volunteers, networking, grant-writing, and the creation of and maintenance of manuals, forms, and other important materials.As the director of the drop-in center, we were serving an average of 50-60 young people per day (and their children) between the ages of 12 and 24 (most of our clientelle was and is between the ages of 15 and 24)..

Case-manager for Albuquerque's homeless youth and young adults; those who primarily have fallen through the cracks of every other agency and/or service; those who cannot or will not respond to other, more traditional options due to the severity of their problems and behaviors; work primarily with young people who have problems with addictions, who work as sex workers, who are mentally ill, who are involved in the criminal justice system, those who are gang-affiliated etc.; not a "quick-fix" population but rewarding and when done with respect, patience, and a great deal of genuine compassion, this population very often flourishes despite all odds.

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Responsible for the recruitment of subjects for two federally funded research projects. I recruited and screened clients for research/treatment projects.

As coordinator of the Juvenile Detention Center outreach program , I performed the duties of a case-manager, while providing advocacy, referrals, and performed reintegration planning and follow-up upon release. I was also responsible for the recruitment and coordination of volunteers and arranging weekly educational/informative speakers, entertainment, and donations of various items for the in-house detention center program. I was also the facilitator for the Pounders' support group, serving the parents/family of incarcerated youth. My outreach efforts focused primarily on gang-intervention and drug education. I was also instrumental in educating the public about programs, crime, drugs, and gang-intervention. I also assisted in compiling and maintaining pertinent information and making appropriate referrals. I also developed and maintained a speakers resource list for use in various programs and for important and weekly events.

As Coordinator of this non-profit, at-risk youth program, I performed case-management duties, referrals, and reintegration from incarceration planning and follow-up services.