Youth Services

We serve AAPI youth with three great programs.

Responsible Leadership and Action for Youth (Re-LAY) Program:

An intensive mentorship and after-school program that provides mentoring, tutoring,
life skills and tobacco prevention for a diverse group of middle school youth. ReLAY is
co-located at Merrill Middle School in Denver.

Asian Youth Mentorship Program (AYMP):

A culturally competent, community-based prevention program providing one-on-one mentoring services for at-risk youth. AYMP provides volunteer mentoring and group activities to engage and support youth in the AAPI community. The goal of the program is to reduce juvenile delinquency while improving students’ academic achievement.

Youth Strengthening Youth Program (YSYP):

An innovative leadership and peercounseling program for AAPI high school students, who attend summer camps and take part in community service projects, ongoing support meetings and other activities.

Latest Info About the Re-LAY Program

• Youth Programs had successful end of year for 2009/2010! June 22, 2010

  Re-LAY Program has successfully ended the 2009/2010 school year with a graduation ceremony on May 26th where parents, mentors, teachers and APDC staff had participated to celebrate the 19 kids that have worked hard throughout the school year.  As...

Latest Info About the AYMP Programs

• AYMP Dim Sum Brunch on May 15th! April 7, 2011

• AYMP is looking for new mentors! July 26, 2010

  Asian Youth Mentorship Program (AYMP) has just launched a new cycle for 2010/2011 as of July 1st! We are in the process of recruiting more mentors, especially male mentors for the boys in the program and we are always looking for new additions to our ...

• Youth Programs had successful end of year for 2009/2010! June 22, 2010

  Re-LAY Program has successfully ended the 2009/2010 school year with a graduation ceremony on May 26th where parents, mentors, teachers and APDC staff had participated to celebrate the 19 kids that have worked hard throughout the school year.  As...

Latest Info About the YSYP Programs

• YSYP 2011 Action Plan March 3, 2011

  MARCH 2011: Letters to all the high school for selective interviews of students 1.      Interviewing Student 2.      Interviewing YSYP Senior Mentors APRIL 2011:   Preparing for Summer Retreat 1.      First Monthly Leadersh...

• Please welcome our new YSYP Program Coordinator! March 3, 2011

  Julia Vang has over five years of experience working with youth programs in Minnesota.  She has served two terms as board member at Hmong International Academy School for their Youth Programs, a Minneapolis Public School and at Community School of Exc...

• Youth Programs had successful end of year for 2009/2010! June 22, 2010

  Re-LAY Program has successfully ended the 2009/2010 school year with a graduation ceremony on May 26th where parents, mentors, teachers and APDC staff had participated to celebrate the 19 kids that have worked hard throughout the school year.  As...