GRYD (Gang Reduction Youth Development)
Bresee is one of the subcontractor agencies from the Mayor's GRYD office that provides prevention GRYD services in the Olympic Zone Area. That covers Beverly Blvd to the North, Washington Blvd to the South, Normandie Avenue to the West, and Hoover St. to the East. Approximately 91 youths and their families will receive prevention services in a fiscal year. Our target population is neighborhood youth ages 10-15 who live in the Olympic zone and are at high risk for joining gangs. The GRYD program aims to increase protective factors while reducing risk factors and promote thriving among at-promise, opportunity, gang-involved, and system-involved young people by providing individual counseling, strengths-based family counseling, and high-quality youth development activities.
GRYD's programs include:
- Youth Excursions and Camps
- Provide GRYD youth recreational excursions, including rock climbing, maze rooms, bowling, kayaking, beach clean-ups, trips to Channel Island, and camps across California and Arizona.
- Summer Night Lights (SNL)
- Provide youth development activities, food, and workshops for youth and family members at Normandie Park and Lafayette Park to keep local parks open and safe during summer.
- Community Events
- Host community members with our annual Dia de Los Muertos celebration. Honor mothers, fathers, and graduates during our annual Mother's and Father’s Day and 8th-grade celebrations.
For youth to be eligible for GRYD Prevention services, referrals to the program must meet the following criteria:
- Youth must be between ages 10 and 15 years old; and
- Exhibit 2 or more of the following risk factors:
- 1. Antisocial Tendencies
- 2. Weak Parental Supervision
- 3. Critical Life Events
- 4. Impulsive Risk Taking
- 5. Guilt Neutralization
- 6. Negative Peer Influence
- 7. Peer Delinquency
- 8. Family Gang Influence
- 9. Self-Reported Delinquency.
- Online referral: https://www.lagryd.org/referrals.html
Monarch Project
The Monarch Project is Bresee’s new launch program to serve recently arrived, unaccompanied minors. The program’s target population is serving 50 undocumented and recently arrived 9-12 graders from local LAUSD and Charter schools throughout the school year to build relationships and community through high-quality youth development activities. Hence, they feel socially connected and avoid gang involvement.
To further connect these young people with social-emotional learning workshops, immigration legal and social service assistance, and ultimately provide a pathway to post-secondary education via trade school, employment, college, and career access.
Camping Trips/ Leadership Experience. Partnership with YCA.
