REACH Ashland Youth Center - Approved
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REACH is a community center serving young adults. REACH offers a variety for programs and supportive services. Including but not limited to career development, literacy support, childcare, mental health support, recreational activities and tutoring.
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Alejandra Plata Zuniga
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09-23-2016
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11-10-2023
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How To Contact
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General Contact
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16335 E. 14th Street
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San Leandro
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CA
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More Information
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05-09-2022
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12-30-2024
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free
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REACH Ashland Youth Center
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94578
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Helpful Links
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Detailed Information
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RECREATION
- Recreation program includes drumming, dancing, boxing, martial arts, kickball, soccer, dodgeball, volleyball, and other outdoor activities.
- The Lift Fitness Center, for all youth, includes fitness and weight training, circuit training, endurance, speed, nutrition, and more.
EDUCATION
- Opportunity Academy (ACOE) school allows youth ages 16 to 24 to earn their high school diploma.
- Literacy Programming includes tutoring and library services.
- Study Hall and Homework Help includes core subject support and homework help for students in grades 6-12. These drop-in services are offered in the Eden Room as a space for students to work independently on homework and provides the opportunity for students to use laptops for homework/assigned projects. Study hall is staffed by AC Library staff and volunteers, as well as high school and college student tutors. Program is offered during the school year.
- ARTS
- Visual Arts Studio: Introducing visual arts self-expression while building artistic skills. Youth work both individually and collaboratively on projects in our Creativity Experience, a way to explore your imagination while learning techniques used by professional artists. Explore different media, like drawing, painting, sculpture, and printmaking.
- Media Center: Developing design and technical skills necessary to make real your artistic vision. Students have access to Adobe’s Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere video editing, After Effects) as well as Propellerhead’s Reason 6.5 (Music Production). Work both individually and collaboratively on projects. Explore digital compositing, digital painting, digital photography, digital illustration, graphic design, digital music, video production, music production, and independent digital arts projects.
- CAREER
- Personal and professional development training.
- Fellowship award for youth between the ages of 18 to 24.
- Career action planning.
- Job fairs to choose a career.
HEALTH
- Medical and Health Ed services include sports physicals, regular physicals, TB testing, treatment of illness, Immunizations, Vision referrals, Asthma Management, Nutrition & Fitness Consultation, First Aid, Acne treatment, Confidential STI Screening/Prevention Counseling & Treatment, Pregnancy Testing/Options Counseling, Birth Control, Condoms.
- Dental Services: Mondays-Fridays 2:00pm – 6:00 pm
- Oral screenings, Dental Cleaning, Dental Sealants, Fillings, Extractions (non-surgical only). Dental Hygiene Demonstration & Counseling, Referrals for Orthodonture/Braces, Wisdom Tooth Extraction (non-surgical only).
- Counseling: Mondays-Friday 2:00pm – 6:00 pm
- Individual and group counseling, Basic Needs Assistance, Referral for Drug & Alcohol Treatment, Relationship Counseling, Family Counseling. General Wellness.
- Health & Wellness services: Mentorship/education/career pathway for youth exploring careers in the field.
Program Info and Areas of Focus
Arts and Creativity programming is offered to youth, ages 11 – 24 in a variety of art forms in the visual arts studio and the digital media lab. Services are provided during the youth center’s operating hours and peak hours of service (12 – 6 p.m. during the summer and 4 – 8 p.m. during the school year). Class offerings change throughout the year. Please refer to the class schedule for information on our current class offerings.
Visual Arts Classes in the Visual Arts Studio focus on: Painting, Drawing, Collage, Sculpture, Mixed-media, Bookmaking, Paper Arts and Sewing. Other art forms will be introduced in the future. Visual Arts studio classes give students an introduction to visual arts skills, materials and self-expression through art while building artistic skills. Students work both individually and collaboratively on projects.
Digital Arts Classes in the Media Center focus on: Digital Compositing, Digital Painting, Digital Photography, Digital Illustration, Graphic Design, Digital Music, Video Production and Independent Digital Arts Projects. Arts Programming in Sound Production will be introduced in the future. Digital Arts studio classes will give students the opportunity to develop necessary design and technical skills just like professional artists. Students will have the opportunity to work with Adobe’s Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere video editing, After Effects) as well as Propellerhead’s Reason 6.5 (Music Production) and Flash. Students work both individually and collaboratively on projects.
Contact Info:
Alameda County Office of Education
Arts and Creativity Program Coordinators |
Media Arts Instructors:Joaquin Newman
Email: jnewman@acoe.org
Phone: (510) 481-4531Jerarde Gutierrez
Email: jgutierrez@acoe.org
Phone: (510) 481-4531CAREER DEVELOPMENTHEALTH AND WELLNESS
Reach Wellness Team
REACH has a collaborative multi-agency Wellness team that supports the integration of health & wellness, social justice, and youth leadership into all of our programs and services. Through our healing, capacity, and action framework, youth counselors participate in programming, build relationships, encourage skill building, and provide healthy mentorship with young people individually or in groups. Wellness team members also provide wellness consultation to programs and partners and participate in our response and disciplinary interventions at REACH to bring a restorative, generative, and youth-focused lens to ensure young people are learning and growing from every challenge and success.
Fuente Wellness Center
Inside REACH, there is the Fuente Wellness Center, operated by La Clínica de la Raza, which provides primary medical services, individual and community health education services, dental services and behavioral health services through an integrated services model to youth ages 11-24. Health & Wellness services will include a mentorship/education/career pathway for youth exploring careers in the field. All programs and services will be offered at no cost to youth.
Medical & Health Ed Appointments
Mondays-Fridays 2:00pm-6:00pm
Medical and Health Ed services include but are not limited to: sports physicals, regular physicals, TB testing, treatment of illness, Immunizations, Vision referrals, Asthma Management, Nutrition & Fitness Consultation, First Aid, Acne treatment, Confidential STI Screening/Prevention Counseling & Treatment, Pregnancy Testing/Options Counseling, Birth Control, Condoms.Library
The Alameda County Library is a proud partner at REACH Ashland Youth Center. Our mission is to bring access to information that promotes enjoyment and learning to our young members, as well as to encourage literacy within our neighborhoods. We operate a library collection of 2,000+ books and magazines, provide reference services and host a variety of programs. These programs have included book clubs, author visits, and arts and craft workshops. We look forward to bringing new creative programs; until then, sign up for a library card and continue checking back for updated calendars!
THE FILM CLUB: A movie theater inside REACH: Every month, we screen engaging and stimulating FREE movies on the third Friday of the month, from 4:00 – 6:00 pm in the ASHLAND ROOM, located on the 1ST FLOOR . There is free popcorn and an interesting discussion afterward. Previous movies have included Fruitvale Station, Freedom Writers, Super Size Me, The Book Thief, Soul Surfer, and Selma. This program is open to all community members; you do not have to be a member of REACH to attend the Film Club.
POETRY WRITING CLASS: Each Summer the Library sponsors a 9 week class to teach youth the basic tools of the poet. We read poetry by well-known poets like Tupac Shakur, Queen Latifah, Langston Hughes, and Francisco X. Alarcón. We also look at writing by lesser known teen poets from a diversity of backgrounds, including several local poets who live and write in California. Class attendees study the tools of metaphor and simile as we draw from our own life experiences to practice the art of writing effective poetry. We also hold Open Mics at REACH to practice expressing our poetry in an oral format.
The NEST – Child Development Center
The NEST is a child development center that serves babies of REACH members at no cost. The service provider is Kidango.
Kidango, Inc.
hello@kidango.org
(855) 757-KIDS
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Eligibility Information
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- CA
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- Alameda County
- Contra Costa County
- Santa Clara County
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- Middle School
- Adult
- High Schooler
- All Age Groups
- Elementary School
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- English
- Spanish
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Files
Application Form NEST Application.pdf 04-12-2017 Referral Form REACH-Referral-Form.pdf 04-12-2017 Misc Attachment REACH Parent Consent Form.pdf 04-12-2017 Misc Attachment REACH Medical History.pdf 04-12-2017 Misc Attachment REACH_MEMBERSHIP_FORM_English.pdf 05-09-2022
