Positive Youth Impact

Nevada Partners aims to build a community network that supports all local youth in making healthy choices; succeeding in school; reconnecting to education and work, if they are at risk or out of school; and building education and career paths that lead to lifelong success.

Over the past year, Positive Youth Impact provided case management, supportive services, and training to more than 500 local youth. Our programming focuses on dropout prevention, leadership and resiliency training, service learning, life skills training, and career exploration.

Our programming includes:

Batteries Included: This program, in partnership with the City of Las Vegas and the Clark County School District, focuses on leadership and character development, health and wellness, career exploration, and work readiness. The program culminates in the "Employability Olympics," which showcases the skills of program graduates and connects them with local employers who have summer job opportunities.

Boys II Men: This program helps young men develop a deeper self-awareness, build character, and enhance leadership skills through mentoring and community service opportunities.

Desert Rose One Stop at Desert Rose Adult High School: NPI provides case management and wrap-around services to out-of-school youth with multiple barriers to help them gain self-sufficiency. We offer instruction on attaining a high school diploma or GED, vocational classes, positive parenting workshops, proficiency exam tutoring, and community service opportunities.

Future Culinary Leaders: This program helps prepare high school youth for a career in the hospitality industry. Working at the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas, they gain experience both in the front of the house-busing tables, serving food, and hosting- and in the back of the house, getting an introduction to restaurant cooking.

Girls Circle: This weekly support group gives young women ages 13 to 21 an opportunity to discuss relevant issues in their lives and to gain social support in a small group setting. They also gain exposure to outside activities such as camping trips and college tours.

Special Youth Populations Programming: In collaboration with the Department of Juvenile Justice Services, this program provides intensive case management services, community service projects, work experiences, a 12-week leadership and character development course, and supportive services to help adjudicated youth and adolescents at risk for out-of-home placement.

Additional Services: Because NPI believes that a mastery of basic academic skills is essential for work readiness and job success, we offer tutoring in reading and math and help participants prepare to pass the state exam required for obtaining a high school diploma. We also offer proficiency exam tutoring, SAT/ACT preparation, and pre-GED assessment.