YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Mentoring - At Risk Youth; Ages 7 to 17; Group and individual sessions 2 hours a week; Dynamic presentations to motivate; Exposure to positive role models; Organized activities, Evidence-based ARISE curriculum; Geared to increase protective factors and resilience.
Youth Epitomizing Success (YES) Job readiness w/OJT; Life-skills; Independent living training for youth in the DYFS sytsem ages 14 - 21.Evidence-based ARISE curriculum; Geared to increase protective factors and
resilience.
Youth Enrichment - Ages 7 to 17; Providing focused instruction to children of all age groups for behavioral enhancement using music arts, dance, creative writing, sports instruction and gardening instruction throughout the course of the program. In-house and external instructors with a ratio of one employee to 5 to 7 youth; depending on age.... A teen college/trade-school prep, enterprenuerer training, anti-violence and anger management training are also available.
Youth Epitomizing Success (YES) Job readiness w/OJT; Life-skills; Independent living training for youth in the DYFS sytsem ages 14 - 21.Evidence-based ARISE curriculum; Geared to increase protective factors and
resilience.
Youth Enrichment - Ages 7 to 17; Providing focused instruction to children of all age groups for behavioral enhancement using music arts, dance, creative writing, sports instruction and gardening instruction throughout the course of the program. In-house and external instructors with a ratio of one employee to 5 to 7 youth; depending on age.... A teen college/trade-school prep, enterprenuerer training, anti-violence and anger management training are also available.
STRENGTHENING FAMILIES
CIC believes in the importance of family - the nucleus of our community. CIC has programming and uses its network of collaborative partners to connect families to needed resources while assisting families to navigate the complex systems to gain the level of support necessary.
CIC provides evidence-based training in Family Strengthening, Parenting, Financial Literacy, Anger Management, Upward Mobility, Employment Readiness, and
Computer Literacy plus more…. We have a men's support group, a women's support group as well as a parent advisory board that meets monthly. We focus on building resilience, and protective and promotive factors to reduce risks and to create optimal outcomes for children, youth and families. We seek to create parents and individuals as decision makers and leaders who value the institution of family. In Linden, NJ CIC operates a Linden Family Success Center program.
CIC provides evidence-based training in Family Strengthening, Parenting, Financial Literacy, Anger Management, Upward Mobility, Employment Readiness, and
Computer Literacy plus more…. We have a men's support group, a women's support group as well as a parent advisory board that meets monthly. We focus on building resilience, and protective and promotive factors to reduce risks and to create optimal outcomes for children, youth and families. We seek to create parents and individuals as decision makers and leaders who value the institution of family. In Linden, NJ CIC operates a Linden Family Success Center program.
The CIC Commumity Garden
The CIC Linden Family Success Center program, in partnership with Elizabeth Works Come Grow With Us and United Way, has a twenty (20) bed community gardening project located on the grounds of 1st Baptist Church, Linden where the families of the church also assists with this effort. Tomatoes, eggplants, string beans and melons are a few of the crops that are successfully grown. The youth made stuffed eggplant parmigiani- most never having eaten this veggie before - however it resulted in their requesting second helpings.
Delicious Stuffed Eggpant Parmigiani made from the garden....