Seacoast Youth Services: Providing Support For Area Youth

In December of 2001, Vic Maloney knew he had a mission to fulfill.

He believed that all kids in the Seacoast area deserved the opportunity for a better life, to develop self-esteem, learn life and leadership skills, grow up healthy and drug free and become productive members of the community.

He has shown his unflagging commitment to this goal by creating Seacoast Youth Services, because, as he unassumingly states, "It was the right thing to do... for the kids, their families and the Seacoast community."

With the help of longtime friend, Dawn Emerick, Maloney put together the original mission of Seacoast Youth Services, a nonprofit organization serving as a juvenile diversion program, providing substance abuse related services to support Seacoast youth and their families.

Vic has served as executive director since its inception, while Emerick chairs the organization's board of directors.

Fostering support for Seacoast New Hampshire youth, Seacoast Youth Services — in cooperation with schools, courts, law enforcement, mental health, social service and community agencies — started by employing a highly-trained staff alongside licensed professional counselors and social workers, and quickly began changing kids' lives.

The services were available through school- and community-based programs and included assessment, prevention and education to support Seacoast New Hampshire youth and their families.

Today, Seacoast Youth Services has expanded its mission to support Seacoast youth with additional services and programs in the schools and community, including: a parent support group that meets weekly; Project Alert, an in-school based program for middle schoolers utilizing the social influence model of drug use prevention; the Student Assistance Program (SAP) in Winnacunnet High School with counseling by a licensed clinical social worker specializing in substance abuse; and the Seabrook Adventure Zone (SAZ) for Seabrook Middle School students designed to provide afterschool and summer programs to help kids improve their academic achievement.

Seacoast Youth Services has been recognized by the N.H. Department of Education and has received a 21st Century Learning Center Grant to help fund and support Seacoast youth.

Located at the former Dearborn Academy on Route 1 in Seabrook, Seacoast Youth Services has a 4,000-sqaure-foot facility complete with wireless computer lab and a full kitchen, and is designed for youths and their families to spend time together and build skills for a happier and brighter future.

I am proud to serve on the board of directors for this great organization and make a difference in the lives of Seacoast youth and their families.

If you want to invest in the future, invest in kids — they are the future. To make a donation to Seacoast Youth Services and to help support Seacoast youth, visit the Seacoast Youth Services home page.

Your contribution will be greatly appreciated!

John McCarthy

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