Who We Are

Prevention Partners for Youth Development (PPYD) is an Onondaga program that offers Youth Development training, consultation, technical assistance and evidence-based research to culturally and organizationally diverse groups and individuals that work with young people including:

• Community Based Organizations
• Families: Parents, Guardians and Youth
• Schools
• Government Organizations: County Departments (Mental Health, Aging & Youth, DSS, Probation, Parks, Libraries)

• Faith Communities
• Funders (United Way, Local Foundations, State & County Agencies)

 PPYD envisions a community that nurtures youth who are connected, caring, committed and competent.  This vision becomes a reality through the development of a local youth services system that practices collaboration, focuses on prevention, maximizes resources and strengthens the ability of organizations and communities to nurture and guide youth.

 

PPYD moves Onondaga County, New York closer to this vision through:

 

Advocacy for youth development

Sharing of research-based practices

Technical Assistance

Consultations

Training

Problem-solving

Joint planning

Community mobilization

 

Who Should Take Advantage of our Services and Programs

 

Any adult living with or working (indirectly or directly) with young people who would like to provide the best possible environments for the positive, safe and healthy development of youth such as:

 

• Youth Workers
• Program Supervisors and Administrators
• Employers of young people
• School staff: Administrators, Principals, Teachers, Support Staff
• Parents
• Relatives
• Friends
• Neighbors

Get Involved With PPYD

• Come to a Quarterly Professional Development Training
• Become a Trainer
• Visit the PPYD Resource Center
• Collaborate on a Project 
• Contact us for Consultation or Technical Assistance or to Customize a training for your Specific Needs