Makin’ It Happen offers a variety of Peer-to-Peer trainings for both staff and students. General trainings focused on medicine safety, harm reductions and warning signs of mental distress are available for both staff and students. Train the trainer trainings are available for upper High school level students to be trained to present to Middle School level students. Current topic areas are over the counter medical safety, Know the facts and how to react vaping session, and age-appropriate Harm Reduction 101.
9-12
Resiliency Essentials
Through our Resiliency Essentials we offer a variety of learning opportunities. Including: QPR (Question, Persuade and Refer) Suicide Prevention training, Mental Health First Aid, Mental Health First Aid for Youth, Teen Mental Health First and Harm Reduction 101 as well as sector specific Harm Reduction trainings (customized to need). These training opportunities are available to both schools and youth serving organizations.
ROCA – 222 Cedar Street
Thursday night program from 6-7:30 providing academic and enrichment opportunities and dinner.
ROCA – 140 Wilson Street
Thursday night program providing academic and enrichment opportunities and dinner.
All ages open from 6PM-7:30
Teen program (middle and high school students only) 7:30-8:30.
Family Strengthening and Preservation Services
Because sometimes families encounter multiple obstacles to their stability and wellness, Waypoint has an array of services to help families at-risk to heal, overcome challenges, build resilience and skills, and gain the tools and resources they need to provide safe, nurturing home environments for their children, and improve long-range family functioning and independence. For a complete list and description of this service array: https://waypointnh.org/programs/familypreservation.
Family Support
Because children don’t come with a “How to Raise Me” guidebook, Waypoint’s Family Resource Centers offer an array of family support services for families with children ages 0-21. Services are designed to help your family through any type of challenge, whether it’s first time parenting, making ends meet, parental substance misuse, housing or employment instability, child wellness, child behaviors, education, or emotional stressors. Services may be provided in the comfort of your family home, or anywhere else you feel comfortable in the community.
Homeless Youth and Young Adult Services
Waypoint is the only agency in NH that provides a comprehensive service array for young people who are experiencing homelessness. Street Outreach puts boots on the ground to canvas the streets of the community, and serves as a lifeline to at-risk youth wherever they may be– offering two essential things: the basic elements to survive and opportunities to change their course. The Runaway & Homeless Youth Program provides crisis intervention and prevention in schools and the community, and can help youth resolve family conflict. The Youth Resource Center is a safe space where youth can get access to basic needs such as food, clothes, showers, and laundry, as well as life-changing services such as mental health counseling, substance misuse treatment, education (help completing school, continuing onto higher ed), job skills training, and more. The Transitional Living Program provides housing and supportive services to youth experiencing/on brink of homelessness as they advance toward self-sufficiency and success. Rapid Rehousing provides short-term rental assistance and services to young people experiencing homelessness in order to obtain housing quickly, build a foundation for stability, and increase long-term self-sufficiency. Youth Shelter and Resource Centers: In 2022, Waypoint plans to open a Youth Resource (drop-in) Center in Rochester and Concord, and an overnight emergency shelter for youth experiencing homelessness in Manchester.
IMPACCT Academy
Inspiring the Mastery of Post-Secondary Achievement in College, Careers & Training
IGYB IN THE COMMUNITY
Adult and Student Ambassadors create a culture kindness through activities with children
Activities include inclusion activities helping connecting those who feel disconnected
IGYB IN SCHOOLS – HIGH SCHOOLS
Ambassadors help to improve school culture, promote diplomacy and student advocacy
Learn life skills to apply in all aspects of life as they prepare for their futures
Opportunity for older students to mentor younger students and for classmates to more effectively work together on common projects, school clubs, and sports teams while connecting to a more diverse group of people additional to those they have common interests with.
Peer-to-peer grief support groups
The Friends of Aine Center, located in Manchester, NH, provides FREE peer-to-peer support groups for grieving children, teens, and families. In New Hampshire, 1 in 12 children will experience the death of a parent or sibling before age 18. Childhood bereavement is a prevalent and critical public health issue that can have a profound impact on a child’s future wellbeing. Friends of Aine is the only non-profit organization in NH whose sole mission is to support grieving families.
Amoskeag Health School-Based Counseling Services
Onsite school-based behavioral health services
Best Buddies School Friendship Chapters
We promote inclusion by matching individuals with and without disabilities in one-to-one friendships based on age, gender, and shared interests.
Virtual Community Service Tutor
Program is an academic enrichment program that supports remote and in-class learning for students within the Manchester School District. The program provides an educational infrastructure to assist students, parents, and families with navigating the virtual/school learning platform, homework help, and subject matter support. The VCST program seeks to provide these academic services to ease the burden imposed on students, parents, and families due to COVID-19, racial disparity and distance learning. The program provides a platform in which high school and college students are able to obtain community service hour credits in exchange for providing tutoring services to other students in need. The need for this tutoring program conversations with parents, students, and community members, directly support students and families struggling with remote learning. academic support for families and students during this pandemic and period of remote learning. Many parents have expressed that they need support in the following areas: academic, virtual learning platform navigation, technical troubleshooting, and access to devices, internet services and family education around learning in America.
Summer Youth Program (SYEP)
MCRC in conjunction with the City of Manchester operated the Summer Youth Employment Program. A six week employment and training program that targeted 25 of Manchester’s at risk young adults, ages 15 – 24 years. The program combined 6 hours per week of instructor-led basic academics, team building exercises, leadership skills training and job readiness skills training with 18 hours per week of job skills training. A city beautification component provided the job readiness, work maturities and specific skills training. Projects were identified through the Parks & Recreation Department.
FIRST @Home
As a global robotics community that prepares young people for the future, FIRST ® is committed to continuing our efforts to give students the skills and confidence they need to change the world – today and tomorrow. FIRST @Home is your source to learn about opportunities for STEM skill development, FIRST supported activities, and unique events in the FIRST community