Waymakers
PROGRAMS
Waymakers Youth Shelter-Huntington Beach Youth Shelter
Waymakers Youth Shelter is a 12 bed, short-term crisis intervention program for runaway, homeless and at-risk children ages 11-17. The Shelter is open 24/7 every day of the year. Services include: emergency shelter, meals, showers, hygiene products, individual, group and family counseling, prevention education and life skills development activities.
80% of youth children receiving services from Waymakers Youth Shelter will reduce at-risk behaviors, including running away, law enforcement contact, truancy, substance use, gang involvement and severe family conflict. Youth participating in the program will increase their involvement in pro-social activities, will increase their school attendance, increase positive peer relationships and increase family communication.
Waymakers Youth & Community Programs
Waymakers helps vulnerable youth build safer, brighter futures through programs that prevent justice system involvement, reduce gang participation, and protect youth from exploitation. The Juvenile Diversion Program offers a voluntary alternative to the juvenile justice system, connecting youth and families with counseling, support services, and resources. The GRIP Program partners with law enforcement, schools, probation, and community organizations to deliver evidence-based gang prevention and intervention services.
Waymakers empowers youth and families to build safer, healthier, and more hopeful futures through a continuum of prevention, intervention, and leadership development services. Through the Juvenile Diversion Program, youth who are at risk of entering the juvenile justice system receive counseling, family support, and personalized interventions that help them make positive choices and avoid deeper system involvement. Through GRIP, youth at risk of gang involvement are connected to caring adults, supportive services, and opportunities that reduce risk factors, strengthen protective factors, and create pathways to long-term success.
Project PATH
Project PATH works to educate communities on ways to lead healthier and safer lives. PATH's educators share expertise on topics involving the impact of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs and intimate partner violence through presentations, technical assistance, and media campaigns. PATH works closely with a diverse network of community partners including businesses, schools, colleges, healthcare sites, faith groups, local government, and community based organizations.
Health Educators will engage community members and leaders to apply alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention strategies throughout Orange County.
Waymakers Victim Assistance Programs
Waymakers Victim Assistance Programs provides a full array of services to victims and witnesses of crime in order to mitigate the devastation often left in the aftermath of criminal activity. Waymakers provides support services and emergency assistance to individuals impacted by all types of crime with specialized services for victims of child abuse, domestic violence, elder abuse, gang violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, and surviving family members of homicide victims. Waymakers dedication to quality and innovation have led to Orange County’s reputation for providing one of the most comprehensive programs of victim assistance in the State of California.
The impact of a criminal incident which induces a traumatic response can be pervasive and destructive to individual lives, families, and communities. Such trauma has been correlated to physical and mental illness; learning disabilities; addictions; deviant or aggressive behavior; polarization of belief systems; racial, ethnic and religious intolerance and violence in individuals, in schools and communities. The services provided through this program normalize community members’ sense of vulnerability, fear, loss of trust, and anger while helping to mitigate the negative impact crime has on our community. Victims and witnesses receive the emergency assistance and long term mental health services they need in order to address normal stress reactions, stabilize living situations, and decrease the likelihood of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This also leads to greater cooperation with law enforcement which can ensure a safer community.
Waymakers Tustin Youth Shelter/Children's Specialized Services
Waymakers Tustin Youth Shelters/Children’s Specialized Services operate as 6-bed short-term crisis intervention homes for Orange County children ages 12-17. The Program provides a “safe and supportive respite” and immediate services to homeless, runaway, and at-risk children experiencing significant familial conflict, and at-risk of hospitalization or out-of-home placement. Services focus on immediate stabilization, safety, and therapeutic support, with the primary goals of helping each child regain stability and working toward successful family reunification.
For children completing the program, 80% will reunify with their family members, returning to their homes, schools and communities. 80% of program participants will be diverted from hospitalization, institutionalization, incarceration and/or out-of-home placement.
CONTACT
Waymakers
440 Exchange
Suite 250
Irvine, CA 92602
Ronnetta Johnson
Phone: 949-250-0488