Educational Outreach

Staff members for Educational Outreach are incorporated into the school setting to provide individual and crisis counseling, support services, group counseling tutoring and family intervention to support the existing school staff and administrators.  This critical program links the youth members back with their primary domains, by creating the link between the schools and their community, their families and their peers. This program links our school-based services with our Intervention Program staff members, where they can receive community counseling and support services, outside of the school environment.

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        With the overall goal of reducing the absenteeism rate among our high-risk youth population, Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos has been focusing its resources in to establish strong relationships with youth who are enrolled in schools through our one-on-one counseling sessions, group counseling sessions, cultural and recreational activities involving our young people.  Through the bonding and ties created within BU Outreach Specialists, relationships become part of a long-term development process.  The trust building, counseling and supportive network provided through Barrios Unidos allows our staff to become one of the critical resources for our youth to access while attending school.