Scholarship and Vocational Training Programs
Youth Village Resources and the Charter School Campus Administrators at The Youth Village and Medlock Youth Treatment Center have created a College and Continuing Education Scholarship Program that is customized to the needs of the young men coming out of these two facilities.
View a letter from one of our young men requesting tuition help »
We also work with the young men who do not want to finish High School but want to get a GED. We will provide resources for them to study and take their GED test. In many cases due to lack of family funds, we will pay for the test itself.
View a letter from one of our young men requesting GED help »
The Vocational Training Scholarship Program assists in funding job training and skill development leading to employment for youth while at Medlock and Youth Village as well as Vocational Training Certification for young men who have left either facility. We want to develop our onsite vocational training programs to take advantage of new partnerships with industries that represent additional employment growth opportunities, and seek partnerships with industries that appeal to the young men.
A great resource is Mapping Your Future. They are a national collaborative, public-service, nonprofit organization providing career, college, financial aid, and financial literacy services for students, families, and schools. http://mappingyourfuture.org/
By law, Dallas County is not allowed to contact former Youth Village or Medlock residents once they have been released from the facility or their probation. Many of these young men are 13, 14, 15 years of age and still have a few years of school in front of them. Through the establishment of Youth Village Resources, it is now possible to stay in touch post-release with the young men who participate in our programs during their residency. We have two key objectives in maintaining contact with them. One is to provide vocational training funds/help and scholarship funds/help. The other is to allow us to measure and improve the effectiveness of our programs in changing the lives of these young men.
