The Old Colony YMCA (OCY) Plymouth Avenue Youth and Young Adult Residence is an 8 bed Congregate Care model within a home with two apartments. The first floor offers two bedrooms that can house two males in each. The second floor offers two bedrooms that can house two females in each. Each apartment floor offers a shared bathroom, kitchen, dining, and living space. The Plymouth Ave YYAR will serve youth between the ages of 16 and 20, who are involved with the Department of Children and Families through CRA, Care and Protection, or VPA custody.  The Plymouth Ave YYAR seeks to provide a 1:4 structured, supportive environment that offers youth being served case management, clinical sessions and assessments, daily living and independent living skills training, community recreation, psychiatric consultation, and day to day support as youth work towards independence in their future.

The Old Colony YMCA (OCY) Lincoln Avenue and Maple Street Youth and Young Adult Residences have a total of 12 beds operated at two separate locations (.4 miles apart). The Lincoln Avenue YYAR is mixed gender with a total of 7 beds. The home offers a triple with a bathroom to be shared among three of the youth/young adults, a double with an on-suite bathroom in the room, a single bedroom, and a studio apartment space with its own bathroom and kitchen. The Maple Street YYAR can accommodate a total of 5 male youth/young adults. The site offers two double bedrooms that share a bathroom and one additional single bedroom with an attached bathroom. The Plymouth Ave YYAR seeks to provide a 1:5 structured, supportive environment that offers youth being served case management, clinical sessions and assessments, daily living and independent living skills training, community recreation, psychiatric consultation, and day to day support as youth work towards independence in their future.

 

Plymouth Avenue

Director: Sharon Magan
508-678-8495

Lincoln Avenue and Maple Street

Director: Alex Feigel
508-678-8495 (Lincoln)
508-678-0162 (Maple)

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