YouthSource Partners

Division: Community Services Division

Chinook Building
401 Fifth Ave., Suite 510
Seattle, WA 98104

Linda Peterson, Director
e-mail us
Phone: 206-263-9105
Fax: 206-296-0156
TTY: 711 Relay Service

Department: Community and Human Services
Jackie MacLean, Director

YouthSource brings together a team of partners all committed to providing high quality services and opportunities for youth to learn, work and lead.

King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention's Alternatives to Secure Detention - In partnership with Alternatives to Secure Detention and Seattle Public Schools, YouthSource offers a Day and Evening Report Center to provide a positive and effective alternative to lock-up intervention.

Literacy* AmeriCorps - Provides three full-time tutors to our classroom and offers community building and service learning activities for our youth.

Renton Technical College - Renton Technical College provides one full-time GED instructor that facilitates basic skills assessments and curriculum. Renton Technical College also assists with GED testing fees.

Seattle Public Schoos - Interagency Academy - Interagency Seattle Public Schools provides a full time Basic Education teacher and a part time Special Education Counselor as well as vocational and educational support services.

Employment

Job Corps - Serves 16-24 year olds by providing education, job training, and support services in a residential campus program. A full-time Job Corps job developer is located at YouthSource and is the bridge to the WorkSource Renton's Employer Services Team (WEST).

WorkSource Renton - Provides comprehensive employment services in a One-Stop Center. Partners with YouthSource to link youth with appropriate services in employment and training.

Leadership/Barrier Reduction

King County Superior Court - Through a partnership with the King County Superior Court, YouthSource case managers work with young persons involved in the criminal justice system to successfully complete court obligations. This is done through education, training and community service. As a result, youth become ready to enter the workplace and post-secondary education unfettered by legal issues.

Ruth Dykeman Children's Center - Provides one full-time counselor who is dually certified in mental health and drug and alcohol counseling, offering a complete menu of counseling services including assessments, referrals, support groups, crisis intervention, one-on-one therapy, and staff training. Funding is provided by King County's Department of Community and Human Services, Mental Health, Chemical Abuse and Dependency Services Division.

YouthSource Funders

YouthSource would like to thank the progressive partners that contribute to the core funding structure that makes YouthSource so successful in reaching young people who are trying to make a change.