About Us
What We Do
In our core program, Holistic Diversion, we work with at risk youth, ages 14 to 25, who are involved with or on track to being involved with the legal system and pair them with an arts or trades-based business in their community for 1 year. We provide four pillars of service to each youth to meet our mission statement.
- Business Apprenticeship
- Court & Case Oversight
- Family Support
- Education
The pillars of service will ensure accountability of delinquent and/or criminal behavior but provide youth an alternative way of engaging the world around them. We provide space and pair a youth with real life experiences and classroom training geared at creating a means to self-sustainability that they might not have thought possible before. It embeds a youth in their community with other caring adults donating their time and energy to seeing a youth’s future change. The youth and their family will go through this year-long process with providers who will get to know and understand their unique needs, while assisting in reducing the stress and repetitiveness of engaging with multiple providers. This wrap around approach builds confidence in the youth while reshaping how communities can support each other. It is a service that complements and builds upon other services currently in place with a heightened emphasis on a youth’s future and positive possibilities.
Community Needs
House-Raising works with communities to identify additional opportunities of service a community might need or be interested in to address concerns with at-risk youth ages 10 – 25. We are an agency with the ability to meet the needs of the community and provide services that partner with, compliment and strengthen our core program – Holistic Diversion.
Our Approach
Our Mission
To rebuild a supportive foundation for systems-involved youth by engaging community members in providing mentorship.
Through the creation of partnerships with the justice system, community businesses and community service providers with youth and their families we will intervene in a youth’s criminal and delinquent behavior, and set them on a path for success.
Our Vision
To redefine and reestablish the meaning of community support through accountability and opportunity.
We want to provide accountability for actions but also provide a space of opportunity for change and growth for at risk youth while empowering families to expand their skillsets in supporting their child.