Mentoring
youth for
tomorrow

LSY has partnered with the Arkansas Department of Human Services (ADHS) to provide healthy meals and snacks for youth in our community since 2007. Mentorship and feeding children are at the heart of LSY. Our feeding program is unique because we host classes with a certified chef and teach parents and students how to prepare nutritious meals at home. Healthy eating habits are one of the core foundational life skills we teach at Life Skills for Youth®. Teaching youth and parents about nutrition means a healthy family and a brighter tomorrow. Our Community Feeding Program has served 1,700 families and 3,800  students since 2007.

Parent Academy teaches a parent how to implement good parenting skills and instill strong values for their child or children. This program provides the parent with an opportunity to engage one on one with other parents who can share real life parenting experiences. The classes are executed through group sessions, workshops, and hands on training with the parent specialists. These parent-teachers guide a parent in a step by step training process. The first step in our Parent Academy is that a parent gets to understand themselves better through a Question and Answer session with the parent-teacher. Parent Academy specializes in “Patience and Preparedness” for your child or children. The program teaches the parent to set goals and expectations for themselves and their family. The last phase of Parent Academy is preparing a structured plan that works for you, which also ensures a positive environment to raise a child. This program offers a positive choice to a better life situation for you and your family.

LSY After-School Academy is designed to provide youth with a safe environment that supports healthy growth and development in areas that influence student success and lifelong learning. During the After-School and Summer Academies, LSY offers individual tutoring, homework help, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) focused curriculum to increase academic performance of our students. In addition to academics, LSY is dedicated to preparing students for the real world. Each program incorporates workshops on leadership, life skills development, healthy lifestyle, physical fitness, ATM (anger, time, and money management), and much more. 

Hours for After-School Academy are Monday through Friday 2 PM-7 PM

LSY Summer Academy is a ten (10) week summer experience designed for youth to engage in team building and leadership activities. During the Summer Academy, LSY incorporates an intense time of fun through physical health and wellness activities, as well as academic preparation for the upcoming school year. Each day, youth participate in morning classes that focus on increasing math and literacy skills. During the afternoons, youth move into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) activities and Spanish classes alternating with scheduled field-trips that support academic discovery and exploration. Breakfast, lunch, and snack are served each day of the Summer Academy.

Hours for Summer Academy are Monday through Friday 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM

This program teaches youth how to manage their Anger, Time, and Money Management. The first step of this program teaches the youth how to control their anger. This is executed through group sessions, one on one sessions,  motivational speakers and workshops  specifically geared at adolescents.  Time management teaches our youth about setting timelines for daily activities such as: determining what they will wear for the next day the night before or how to set aside time for homework on a game night, etc.  The last phase deals with ways to acquire and achieve monetary rewards on a long term basis and how to manage and maintain those rewards.  Information, techniques and ideas from professionals, entrepreneurs and businesses are shared with the youth on moneymaking choices.