NORTHWOOD YOUTH EMPOWERMENT CENTER
Location: Pinewood Avenue and 37th to 43rd street
Phone: (561) 804-5000
Hours of Operation:
Monday - Saturday: 12:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Sunday 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Center Staff:
Campus Manager: Reed Daniel
Center Supervisor: Marvelous Washington
Program Coordinator: Michael Seville
The first Youth Empowerment Center in West Palm Beach is located at the Northwood Community Center, 723 39th St., located directly across Pinewood Avenue from the DeGeorges Boys and Girls Club. This facility incorporates teen-specific programs operated at both the Northwood Center, and the DeGeorges campus, which includes a multipurpose building for teen and youth activities, an interactive wet-playground, gymnasium, outdoor playground, basketball courts, open
fields and picnic pavilions.
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After School and Nights/Weekend Activities
This program will allow us to offer extended programs to teens by creating them with input from the YEC’s Teen Council to provide programs and activities the teens will participate in. In addition to formalized services with the Boys and Girls Club located across the street from the YEC, programs will be offered by city staff and may be contracted by other outside providers and scheduled on a weekly, sometimes daily basis as space and interest allow. The five choices for programs include, tutorial services, mentoring, reading clubs, social activities and field trips designed to build self esteem and guide youth into positive life choices for ages 12-18. Intramural athletic and other interactive programs will be scheduled for the night/weekend times targeting older teens to keep them off the streets at night.
Job Readiness & Youth Employment - Teen Temps
To prepare youth for success in the workplace, training classes in preparation for job readiness will be provided. Six 8-week modules on site and will include information on how to write a resume, interview well, dress-for-success, workplace etiquette and personal development. This program will provide services to 15 teens per module. In addition, two job fairs will be conducted in the one-year period.This program will work in tandem with Job Corps and Workforce Alliance which will be funded under the County’s MOUs for services occurring at all the Centers.
Technology Development and Computer Training
Offering enticing, must-have opportunities are ideal for incorporating real-world learning with useful skills for career development. Use of an audio/video production lab will encourage literacy development as well as computer skills enhancement. Learning the art of audio and video production will enable the teens to create programs to express themselves and share their experiences with others. Working with local media outlets will assist in producing the teens work and showcasing them and the YEC. Programs like this operated at other institutions have shown tremendous success in developing teens marketable skills and helping them land sustainable careers. Professionals in the field will work with small groups of teens to produce programs that will be shared with the community via local TV networks and our own West Palm Beach TV (WPBTV Channel 18). This 6-month program will serve 6-12 students per class.
Junior Achievement
Junior Achievement has several highly effective programs for middle and junior high school students that reinforce the value of education and teach students about the future economic benefits of staying in school. Students will be introduced to many economic concepts and useful facts about the working world. This program will offer business development skills to teens by partnering with businesses in their ongoing programs.
Diversionary Activities & Recreation
Our center will provide a supervised place for teenagers, ages 12 to 18 to come together in a safe, holistic environment designed to engage their talents, skills and be a place they perceive as fun. By having this facility to visit, teens will be discouraged from the loitering that takes place at malls and movie theaters. Game rooms, computer labs, outdoor activities, sports programs, tournaments, card games, board games, and arts/cultural development opportunities are some of the elements to be included in the teen center’s programming.
For information, call 804-4900 & we will be glad to help. 
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561.804.4900
1100 Southern Blvd