Old National Bank’s Champions for a Safe Community awarded the YOC $9,000 to keep its residents healthy. The grant will help the YOC replace a broken 20-year-old industrial-grade kitchen boiler. Amy Freeman, ONB vice president corporate relations (middle), presented the check to (left to right) Jeff...
Youth Opportunity Center, Muncie, Ind. – December 14, 2016 The Youth Opportunity Center is proud to announce the promotion of Ashley Williams to Director of Program Services. Her primary responsibility as Director of Program Services is to supervise the program services chain, including the Residential Director, TASC (Treatment...
On November 5th, Old National Bank’s Champions for a Safe Community presented “100 Men Who Cook” at the Horizon Convention Center, Muncie, Indiana. On the chef roster this year was the Youth Opportunity Center’s very own Jeff Helm, director of information technology and facilities administration. ...
The Youth Opportunity Center is a proud partner of the Delaware County Prevention Council (DCPC) and a sponsor of its Red Ribbon Community Breakfast, to be held Tuesday, October 25 at the Horizon Convention Center. The Red Ribbon Breakfast is the kickoff off for Red Ribbon...
The YOC Foundation celebrated the eleventh anniversary of the Shafer Giving Society and the legacy of the late Hamer and Phyllis Shafer at its annual donor recognition luncheon held October 6, 2016. Mr. Terry Walker, retired Muncie Power CEO & Chairman, and Chair of the Hamer...
The Youth Opportunity Center recently completed the development of a multi-year strategic plan for the organization. The Board of Directors and Senior Management of the YOC has undertaken a period of review and planning with the goal of creating a strategic framework that will ensure...
Krista Hoevel, LMHC, CSAYC, LCAC, Youth Opportunity Center (YOC) director of counseling services for residential programs, was recently honored for her statewide role in the field of treating sexually maladaptive youth. Hoevel received the 2016 Bobby Jones Award for Excellence at the IN-AJSOP (Indiana Association...
The Henry County Community Foundation (HCCF) presented a check for $49,023.00 to the YOC on June 29, 2016 to expand services in New Castle, Ind. [caption id="attachment_9444" align="alignleft" width="200"] L to R: Jayanna Thompson, HCCF Program Director; David Dickerson, YOC, Director of Alternative Programs; Heather Ault,...
The Youth Opportunity Center (YOC) recently received the Green Initiative Award from the Ball State University Council on the Environment (COTE). The award recognizes the YOC’s commitment to environmental stewardship as demonstrated by the installation of 53 solar panels that generate more than 13 kilowatts of...
Hanna Slowick, PsyD, and Amber Groomes, MA, Youth Opportunity Center clinicians will speak on Understanding Human Trafficking: Commercially Sexually Exploited Children, Wed., June 8, 2016, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM at Cornerstone Center for the Arts, Muncie, Ind. The program is sponsored by the Indiana...