Transition Opportunities and Programs for Success (TOPS) - Community Youth Center

TOPS targets high-risk Asian and Pacific Islander Transitional Aged Youth (age 16-24). Many of these youth are monolingual and newly immigrated, with a long history of truancy, gang affiliation, and potentially low-level criminal activity. TOPS connects these young adults with caring adults and peers, providing meaningful social, educational, employment, and financial opportunities, building individual strengths, making cultural awareness a priority, and encouraging life skills to ensure a productive future.

The program provides each participant with a personalized care plan, continuous services (mental health services, education, training, counseling, and recreation), and intense supervision to help them successfully transition into adulthood. CYC conducts qualitative and quantitative assessments to measure the results of these interventions.