OUR Programming PLAN

Abstinence

Community Resources

Financial Literacy

We teach sessions that focus on abstaining from sex until marriage , and equip residents with methods to prevent STD's

Financial Literacy

Community Resources

Financial Literacy

We provide residents with banking knowledge such as how to open a bank account, balancing a checkbook, and building a savings.

Community Resources

Residents are given information on various community resources and how to use them. Residents participate in community service through selected agencies to help contribute to the success of the community.

Job-Ready Skills

Healthy Relationships

Community Resources

We prepare residents for employment. Resume writing, job searching tips, building self-confidence, and how to prepare for job-interviews are some of the skills provided.

Independent Living

Healthy Relationships

Hands on activities are held to educate and provide the experience needed for residents to lear how to transition into adulthood and independence.

Healthy Relationships

Sessions are held to help residents identify healthy and dangerous patterns in relations and how to make better relational decisions.

current programming & group sessions

Love U2: Relationship Smarts Plus

Relationships Smart Plus is a research-based curriculum that uses hands-on activities to build skills and knowledge necessary for making wise relationship choices

Love Notes

Love notes in an interactive 15 lesson curriculum that teaches on understanding self-knowledge, personal aspirations, sexual values, healthy relationships, pacing and planning, the effects of parental relationships on children, compelling reasons to avoid unplanned pregnancy and more.

Dare to be King

Dare to be King is a gang and violence prevention curriculum gives residents information o the relationship between the behavior they exhibit and the consequences that follow . Anger management, conflict management, and issues that may arise in the community also taught in these sessions.

Keep It Real

Keep It Real sessions take place periodically throughout each month where Next Chapter staff facilitate discussions that allow residents the opportunity to dialogue amongst each other on current local and global events and happenings.

P.A.P.A. (Parenting And Paternity Awareness)

P.A.P.A. is an interactive curriculum that is used to help support and strengthen Next Chapter's "Independent Living" program and "Healthy Relationships" groups. With the goal of equipping residents with additional life-skills as they transition into adulthood, residents gain an understanding on what parenting means, the qualities that healthy relationships entail, laws on paternity, parental rights, child support, and more.

Let' Talk : Runaway Prevention Curriculum

Let's Talk is an evidence-based, interactive, 14-Module curriculum intended to build life skills, increase knowledge about runaway resources and prevention, and educate about alternatives to running away. This program encourages youth to access and seek help fro trusted community members.

Independent Living

Next Chapter will provide Independent Living Groups to residents ages 15-18 years old. The program Director and Executive Director will lead these sessions providing the residents with one-on-one and groups sessions that will enhance the residents ability to make an informed transition focusing on the "Core Four:" Self Awareness, Acceptance, Achievement , and Self-Advocacy.

ADDITIONAL ON-GOING PROGRAMS

We have a vast array of programming that equips our residents with life skills that will allow for a healthy lifestyle and promising future if applied. The following are some of the additional, on-going programs we use to enhance our resident's individual plan of action towards personal successes: Health and Well Being, Reproductive Health, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Drug and Alcohol Education, Boys 2 Men Mentoring Program, Computer (Technology) Program, Zero to 100 Fitness, NCLC Book Club.

WHAT WE OFFER OUR RESIDENTS

LEVEL SYSTEM

Traveling Trophy

Our Level System is designed to provide residents with monetary allowances based on their attitudes and behaviors on a weekly basis.

Traveling Trophy

Each month, a resident is selected to receive the Traveling Trophy, along with a $50 incentive for displaying proper behavior, chore completion, and displaying positive leadership among the residents.

EDUCATION

Traveling Trophy

Next Chapter Annual Trips

NCLC offers onsite or offsite community parties to tutor residents. We also have a Report Card Incentive Program, providing monetary rewards for each grade level above the grade "D."

Next Chapter Annual Trips

Birth Family Continued Contact

Next Chapter Annual Trips

Each year the residents take an out-of-town trip during spring break or summer vacation to experience cities local colleges, museums, zoos, and learning local histories.

Birth Family Continued Contact

Next Chapter will assist residents in maintaining a positive relationship with their families, and that reunification and regular contact with their family members is a n integral part of their recovery.

Family members are encouraged to maintain contact with the residents through phone calls, written letters and (supervised) visits.

Crisis Intervention

Birth Family Continued Contact

During times of crisis, our resident's safety is very important. Next Chapter relies on accessible support of several key organizations to provide assistance in these trying times including The Children Crisis Mobile Team (CCMT).