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JusticeWorks Community Updates
Our Saving Angel: Olivia Bobyak, Family Resource Specialist
(Shared with our Director of Lehigh County, Kristen Irizarry) Pam* is the mother of a four-year-old son, Stephen.* Stephen* has some physical and intellectual disabilities, including Down’s Syndrome with global development delay, Atrial Septal Defect, and Alopecia, requiring constant care and numerous medical appointments. Also, Pam* was struggling with addiction, and life was becoming unmanageable. Pam* stated: When I first met Olivia in early April, I was actively using heroin and abusing OxyContin and Xanax. I was two years behind on all of my son's medical appointments and his medical...
Spotlight: JWYC Independent Living Program
I’ve been hearing some impressive feedback about our JusticeWorks Independent Living Program (IL) and wanted to find out what all the buzz is about! Therefore, I interviewed a few of our IL staff members on what makes the JusticeWorks IL Program unique. Let’s begin with what IL is. The IL program is designed to help transitional age youth (14-21), who have been in out-of-home care and are involved in the child welfare or the Juvenile Justice system. These children have had a disruption in their upbringing. Our staff understand the delicate balance between holding youth accountable for...
Juneteenth- Freedom Day!
An email sent to staff by our Founder, Dan Heit: Good afternoon everyone, As I hope you know, tomorrow marks the Juneteenth holiday, which commemorates the final State (Texas) to receive word and acknowledge the Emancipation Proclamation, abolishing slavery and freeing all slaves. It is a bittersweet irony that it took two and a half years , and the conclusion of the Civil War for that important step for ‘freedom and liberty for all’ to become the law of the entire nation. Just as it is tragically bittersweet, that 157 years after the Emancipation Proclamation our country has not...
JWYC Independent Living Program Does it Again!
A former Butler County Youth, Rosalee Sepella, who participated in the JWYC’s Independent Living Program, has shared her gratitude for our award-winning program. Congratulations are in order, as Rosalee is now a JWYC employee! We are proud of her accomplishments and welcome her to the JWYC family. Thank you to Steven Snow, Butler County Program Director, and to our Butler County Independent Living Program team for the continuous success of the program. From Rosalee: I am happy to announce that while I aged out of the Independent Living program on October 29th, I accepted a position...
A Student Shines at JWYC Compass Academy!
JWYC received a letter from a student praising Compass Academy – Lycoming, and the goals that she achieved as a student: Stacey* writes: "My name is Stacey* and I am 17 years old. I am a part of the foster care system. I live a very complicated life. True, most people my age have different complications, but due to me being in the system, I feel that it is harder for me to connect, and be accepted by other people. The place that I noticed this the most was in a school setting. Other teens would see me differently and would not treat me the same, all because of my home life. I felt...
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