Striving to Empower, Nurture, and Transform Opportunity Youth to become individuals with essential life skills that are necessary to make a valuable contribution in their communities.
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Mission
We β Empower, Nurture and Transform (ENT) Youth Services β are a non-profit organization that aims to help young people who are disconnected from society. ENT is dedicated to reconnecting these βopportunity youthβ by improving their Health & Wellness and Mental/Behavioral Health through structured mentorship.
We believe that every teen deserves a chance to do well in life. We want to give the disconnected youth and troubled teens this chance in our communities by providing them with nurturing services.
Our services aim to instill a set of positive values, emotions, and objectives into the lives of the opportunity youth, including:
Childhood innocence and love for others
Act of caring and Compassion
Family Environment and feeling of inclusion
Equal Opportunity for all
A purpose driven life
A Religious foundation
Importance of role models
Community activism
Active Support base
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ENTYS has opportunities for making a difference, no matter who you are!
Core Workshops
The ENTYS Core Curriculum is Centered around Key Areas:
Mental Health
Behavioral Health
Physical Health
Mentorship
New workshops are upcoming, so click the link below to get information on the next one!
Youth Partners
Youth Partners are individuals who are between the ages of 13-21 who want to make an impact with Opportunity youth by:
Organizing Community Events
Speaking at our Core Workshops
Podcasting
Being a Peer mentor to an Opportunity Youth
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Parent Partner
Parent Partners support other Parents/Guardians with Opportunity Youth in enriching themselves and Youths via:
Parent-only support groups
Volunteering and Speaking at Core Workshops
Podcasting
Mentoring youth and adults
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A Great Success: Summer Summit 2023
The ENTYS Summer Summit was a huge success! Over 20 Opportunity Youth were enriched over 2 days at the YMCA Anthony Bowen. This retreat distilled our core modules of Behavioral Health, Physical Health & Wellness, Mental Health, Mentorship, and Parental Supports into short didactics, combined with sporting activities, including swimming, rock climbing, and weight lifting.
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Solutions & Services
ENT Youth Services takes a hands-on, community based, and family inclusive approach to mentorship.
ENT Youth Services (ENTYS) aims to provide solutions to many of the challenges facing our teens. These challenges include:
Conflicts with law enforcement
Behavioral health problems such as ADHD
Absence of parent(s)
Truancy,
Incarcerated parents
LGBTQ youth
Gang members
Victims of abuse/sex trafficking
Exposure to illegal activities
Drug use, especially marijuana and opioids
ENTYS has a diverse team of leaders and professionals with vast experience in health care, law enforcement and policy, They work together and are dedicated to Empowering, Nurturing and Transforming our disconnected youth.
Partners and Collaborators
ENT has been happy to work with incredible individual and corporate partners!
News
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Today, the ENT Parent Partners are once again tackling the serious topic of human trafficking with part 2 of this discussion. We are again joined by Dr. Shana Gage, a board-certified pediatric psychiatrist, who is guiding our parents through this discussion and answering questions from the larger Washington DC Community on how to navigate this troubling reality.
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