The Urban Review Ep. 9
Check out the Partnership for a Drug Free Detroit Series on Youtube!
The Urban Review Ep. 8
The Urban Review Ep. 7
National Prevention Week
National Prevention Week is May 13-19, 2018 and National Prevention Day is February 5th! Check below for some information on prevention.
College Student Resource Kit Managing Your Pain With Opiods NPW Calendar
The Urban Review Ep. 6
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The Urban Review Ep. 1
The Center for Urban Youth and Family Development is diving into show business! Below is the premiere episode of our new TV show The Urban Review!
Grant Announcement: Young Adult Parenting Classes
CUYFD would like to announce that we've received funding from the DWMHA to conduct a series of Teen Parenting classes using the Power Source Parenting curriculum. The Power Source Parenting course is an evidence based program designed to help youth become better parents by teaching various techniques to handle the stresses of raising a child. These workshops will be hosted for young adults 16 and over in our community, who have children, expect children, raise children, or may want to become parents in the future. The skills taught in this course can be applied to all areas of life. We would like to thank the DWMHA for helping us provide this service to our community.
Suicide Prevention Grant Announcement!
The Center for Urban Youth and Family Development (CUYFD) is proud to announce that we have been award a grant from the Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority (DWMHA) to begin Suicide Prevention work! Starting this spring CUYFD will begin doing suicide prevention workshops in both local high schools, and with our Summer Youth Employment Program participants to increase awareness about suicide in our community and to prevent further instances of suicide attempts. Additionally, CUYFD will be offering free Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) trainings for anyone interested in becoming a Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper. We would like to thank the DWMHA for presenting us with this opportunity and we look forward to doing this important work in our community.
If you are interested in QPR or LIfelines suicide prevention training please feel free to contact us by email at cuyfddetroit@gmail.com or phone (313)340-3101
Detroit Pistons vs. Philadelphia 76ers
Special Thanks to Detroit Pistons Player Kentavious Caldwell-Pope who generously donated tickets to sit in his section for tonights Piston's game. CUYFD along with NCADD, MYOI and the STEPS Agency was able to host over 20 youth at tonights game. They enjoyed a ride on the Pistons tour bus, free hot dogs and chips, and great seats to the game.
Annual Thanksgiving Basket Give Away!
It's that time of year again! Today we did our annual Thanksgiving give away! Thank you to Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Nu Omega chapter for making this possible. Happy holidays!
The Ins and Outs of Foster Care
MI Healthy Mind spoke with Marsialle Arbuckle, Executive Director of The Center For Urban Youth & Family Development. Mr. Arbuckle shared his story of triumph and love after having been abandoned along with his two young brothers by his heroin-addicted parents, and who were ultimately saved by the foster care system. Joining us: Jennifer DeVivo, LMSW, ACSW Executive Director of Fostering Futures who gives her insight and expertise on the goals of the foster care system, and Anthony Pollicella of The Pollicella Insurance Agency who discusses the improvements and changes in healthcare, and in particular, mental health parity.
8th Annual Prostate Cancer Survivors Golf Outing
This years Prostate Cancer Survivors Golf Outing was our biggest yet! We had nearly 100 golfers and raised approx. $5000! Thank you to all of our sponsors and all of the golfers who came out and competed. We look forward to seeing you next year!
Brief 2015 Wrap up!
Click here to check out our 2015 Annual Report! A few highlights from 2015:
- 2015 Summer Youth Employment Program: Teaching foster youth life skills, workforce development, and drug abuse prevention techniques. Additionally we'll be taking them on college tours, cultural engagements, and community service projects.
- 2015 Young Adult Parenting Classes: Using Power Source Parenting by Bethany Casarjian PHD as our guide we will be facilitating parenting workshops for young parents and parents-to-be throughout the Detroit area.
- 7th Annual Prostate Cancers Survivor Golf Outing: its that time of year again! Our 2015 outing promises to be the best yet and you're invited! With 18 holes of golf, lunch at the turn, a skins pot, banquet dinner, raffle/door prizes, and more this event will have something for everyone! Click here for more details!
- 2nd Annual Community Street Festival: In collaboration with the Coalition on Healthy Youth and Families (CHYF) and the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) Youth Programs, and the Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority (DWMHA) we will be hosting a community street festival in the parking lot of the NCADD building. Last year we had free food and games, rides, Zumba classes, a basketball tournament, and Coco from Mason and Coco in the morning as our MC!
- Check out our facebook page for more up to date info on CUYFD events!!
Inaugural Evening of Thoughtfulness and Thanks Benefit Dinner
December 9th marked the date of The Center for Urban Youth and Family Development's inaugural Evening of Thoughtfulness and Thanks Benefit Dinner. This event served two purposes: to raise money, and to recognize the people who have worked with us over the years to enable CUYFD to do the work throughout the community that it does. We were honored to have local businessman, philanthropist, CUYFD supporter and donor Mr. Walter Douglas serve as our Keynote speaker. Mr. Douglas has been a CUYFD supporter throughout our organizations history, and we were proud to present him with the Character Award. Additionally, as a treat to our guests we were honored to have, Mrs. Carolyn Clifford from Channel 7 WXYZ Detroit, as our award presenter for the night. Mrs Clifford was an outstanding host, and her presence was the cherry on top of a wonderful evening. All together we handed out 7 awards as follows:
Character award
Walter Douglas
Scholarship award
Jamillah and Theodore Caldwell
Perseverance
Rev. Lamar Tabb
Uplift
Rev. Kate Thorenson
Friendship
Darnell Jackson
Truth
Christian Adams
Love
Barbara Arbuckle
Thank you to all that came, and if you didn't make it this year we look forward to seeing you there next year! More pictures can be found on our facebook page.