New York National Guard Youth Program

The Youth Program is designed to implement support and training to New York State military youths. The program offers trainings to various community based organizations. To include community schools, to explore the unique issues specifically related to Military youth.

Implementation of skills training in leadership, mentoring, and resource coordination, will ensure that the program and the services provided reflect the unique needs of all military children.

Download the Guard En of Youth Newsletter - Winter 2012 Edition!

Why is the program necessary?

The youth and child program is one of the best support networks offered by the military. It addresses the needs of our military youth including deployment issues, the offering of safe activities, a place to meet, talk, and have fun with youth who understand each others issues. With the program, kids who would otherwise never meet because of location, can develop friendships and bonds with other military youth. Issues such as an increase in responsibility, shortage of money, and separation anxiety are addressed by peer members under supervision of caring adult leaders.

Mission Statement

Our mission is to prepare our diverse population for success in a dynamic global society, by providing leadership, resources, services, and education, and to insure that the structures, programs and services of the child and youth program reflect the unique needs of all military youth.

Community Group programs
These youth and community-group programs are part of DMNA's support to New York communities.

Community Coalitions
Designed to address problems of alcohol and other drugs in our communities.

Drug Awareness Training
Programs that use New York National Guard personnel to facilitate community coalitions to counteract the illegal use of drugs.

Family Support Group Briefings
Designed to provide a broad based awareness and anti-drug network among Guard Families through local programs.

NY National Guard Counterdrug Task Force
www.counterdrug.com
Phone: (518) 786-3478
Email: dannielle.flanigan@ang.af.mil

NY STATE YOUTH COORDINATORS

Colleen Casey
Family Programs Office
330 Old Niskayuna Rd
Latham, NY 12110
Office: (518) 786-4614
Email: colleen.e.casey@us.army.mil

National Guard Youth
www.guardfamilyyouth.org

Operation Military Kids:
315-788-8450 x269 or visit:
www.operationmilitarykids.org

Military One Source:
1-800-342-9647 or visit:
www.MilitaryOneSource.com
User ID: military
Password: one source

Scholarships For military youth:
www.militaryscholar.org

Military Child Education Coalition:
www.militarychild.org

National Military Family Association:
www.nmfa.org

Big Brother & Big Sister of NYC:
www.bigsnyc.org
212-686-2042 ext 269

Keri J. O’Neil
Family Programs Office
330 Old Niskayuna Rd
Latham, NY 12110
Office: (518) 786-4904
Email: keri.j.oneil.ctr@us.army.mil

U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps Mahan Division

Our Military Kids
Provides grants to children of deployed National Guard and
Reserve service members.
www.ourmilitarykids.org

Operation Military Child Care:
1-800-424-2246 or visit:
www.naccrra.org/MilitaryPrograms

The Military Child In transition and Deployment:
www.militarystudent.org

Military Teens On the Move:
http://apps.mhf.dod.mil/pls/psgprod/f?p=MYOM:HOME:1021724244843912

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