ARISE Resource Directory
ARISE life skills lessons and staff training are utilized across the United States and beyond! We have provided below a list of people and organizations that utilize ARISE Life Skills Curriculum and Staff Training. Please feel free to contact people in your area to get their feedback on how best to use ARISE. Also be sure to check out the Testimonials page to read more accolades about ARISE, and see the bottom of this page to view other informational websites recommended by ARISE.
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Daily City, CA
Girls Justice Initiative
Contact: Gena Castro
Email: info@yjinstitute.org
Staff teaches ARISE Curricula (Anger Management, Domestic & Sexual Abuse, Violence & Conflict, Networking, Jobs and Money).
Pittsburgh, CA
Mama’s House Community Outreach
Contact: Roberta Currier
Phone: (925) 565-6919
Master Trainer – Teaches ARISE Curricula (Work In Progress Series, Four Wheel Drive Series, Basic Health Series, Dropping Out of School.
Sacramento, CA
Salvation Army
Contact: Laura Van Ness
Phone: (916) 452-9388
Email: laura-vanness@uswsalvationarmy.org
Washington, DC
Ana’s Gold Children’s Theatre
Phone: (202) 638-3800
Associates for Renewal of Education
Contact: Danya Minor
Phone: (202) 483-9424
Breaking the Chain
Contact: Dr. Deborah Jackson-Myers
Phone: (202) 373-1823
Correctional Treatment Facility
Contact: Dr. Essie Knuckle
Phone: (202) 547-7822
Covenant House
Contact: William Pitts
Phone: (202) 610-9600
Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services
Contact: Nate Williams
Phone: (202) 576-9018
Fihankra Place, Inc.
Contact: Patricia Merritt
Phone: (202) 678-1104
Free Advice
Contact: Shana Latham
Phone: (202) 491-3106
Harambee House for Youth
Contact: Cynthia Munson
Phone: (202) 889-9773
Latin American Youth Center
Phone: (202) 319-2225
Metro Kids Connection
Contact: Theresa Mullen
Phone: (202) 678-2400
Metropolitan Prevention Institute
Contact: Rev. Orlando Bego
Phone: (202) 256-8056
Miracle Hands/Youth Inc.
Contact: Earl Robinson
Phone: (202) 456-5080
Northwest Church Family Network
Contact: Vanesta Poiter
Phone: (202) 347-5660
Peaceoholics
Contact: Jauhar Abraham
Phone: (202) 562-1971
Positive Nature
Contact: Brian Bailey
Phone: (202) 646-0560
Quantum Opportunity Program
Contact: Reginald Gant
Phone: (202) 398-2929
Roosevelt Senior High School
Contact: Tina Miledge
Phone: (202) 541-6449
Roving Leaders Urban Services
Contact: Tiffany Singletary
Phone: (202) 997-4727
Tri-Com Training Institute
Contact: Radford Wyder
Phone: (202) 265-0945
Trinidad Concerned Citizens for Reform
Contact: Catrise Simpson
Phone: (202) 641-2277
United Planning Organization
Phone: (202) 238-4600
Young Ladies of Tomorrow
Contact: Helen Wade
Phone: (202) 332-7121
Y.O.U.R. Community
Contact: Joyce Maydun
Phone: (202) 291-3034
Note: ARISE is being utilized throughout the state of Florida in Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (FL DJJ) facilities. For a list of FL DJJ facilities using ARISE, please see our Juvenile Justice page.
Miami, FL
Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation
Contact: William Irvine, Director of Deering Estates
Phone (305) 235-1668
Email: irvine@miamidade.gov
Uses the ARISE Life Skills Curriculum at the parks and recreation centers for elementary and middle school students.
Miami, FL
South Florida After-School All-Stars
Contact: Richard McKinley
Phone (305) 576-4026
ARISE designed 2,500 student workbooks and 35 instructors manuals for the South-Florida All-Stars program through the ARISE custom books program. Members of the South Florida All Stars staff have also attended Life Skills Instructor trainings and our Master Life Skills (Train the Trainer) Workshop.
West Palm Beach, FL
Arts Counseling Agency
Contact: Terry Trobaugh, Counselor
Phone: (561) 434-4410
Atlanta, GA
Metro Atlanta Psychological
Contact: Dr. June Cooley, Psychologist
Phone: (770) 417-2733
Email: june98@aol.com
Atlanta, GA
Virtue Inc – Al Marshall/Director
Phone (404) 432-3362
Email: Al.marshall@era.com
Middleton, ID
Middleton High School
Contact: Chris Balskette, Assistant Principal
Phone (240) 456-5080
Staff teaches ARISE Curricula (Violence & Conflict).
Chicago Heights, IL
Aunt Martha’s Youth Center
Contact: Melinda Sherer, Program Coordinator
Email: msherer@auntmarthas.org
Staff teaches ARISE Life Skills Curricula (Homosapiens Series, Fatherhood, Rules of the Road, Sprouts Series, Brain Food Series, Domestic Abuse, Work In Progress Series, Four Wheel Drive Series, Basic Health Series).
Joliet, IL
River Valley Detention Center
Contact: Bruce Graham, Program Coordinator
Phone: (815) 730-7070
Email: bgraham@willcountyillinois.com
ARISE trained 29 Juvenile Officers as ARISE Life-Skill Instructors who conduct interactive ARISE Life-Skills Groups with approximately 400 youth in their charge at River Valley Detention Center. Lessons are taught every day.
Gary, IN
Highly Flavored Ministry, Inc.
Contact: TyAisha and Tevin Gardner
Phone: (219) 938-3318
Master Trainers – Teaches ARISE materials and trains their mentors as Life Skill Instructors as part of their youth mentoring project.
Play Ty and Tevin’s video testimonial about the ARISE Master Training (8.96 MB).
Louisville, KY
There’s A Leader in Me
Contact: Andre Barnes, Independent Consultant
Phone: (502) 643-3419
Email: revandre@bellsouth.net
Master Trainer – Teaches ARISE Curricula (Work In Progress Series, Four Wheel Drive Series, Basic Health Series, Dropping Out of School).
Play Andre’s video testimonial about the ARISE Master Training (11.7 MB).
Harvey, LA
Jefferson Parish Marine Institute
Contact: Adrea Heath-Director of Treatment
Phone: (504) 328-1211
Staff teaches ARISE Curricula (Work In Progress Series, Four Wheel Drive Series, Basic Health Series and Dropping Out of School).
Raceland, LA
Bayou Lafourche Marine Institute
Contact: Claudia Cleveland
Phone: (985) 537-1553
Teaches ARISE every day, purchased Work In Progress Series, Four Wheel Drive Series, Basic Health Series.
Acokeek, MD
King Pleasant Holdings
Contact: Shirley King, Director
Phone: (240) 348-1279
Email: sking@kpholdingsllc.com
MICHIGAN
Detroit, MI
Eunice Peek, Independent Consultant for Schools
Email: epeek@ebusinessstrategyweb.com
Minneapolis, MN
Search Institute
Contact: Patricia Sappanen, Ed.D.
Phone: 1-800-888-7828
Email: pats@search-institute.org
Savage, MN
Power of Relationships
Contact: Jim Keenan
Phone: (612) 221-2441
Email: jkeenan@powerofrelationships.com
Shelby, NC
Tanyi Respite Habilitation
Contact: Alvin Hopper
Phone: (704) 487-1417
Devil’s Lake, ND
Salvation Army
Contact: Helen Winstryg
Phone: (701) 662-6069
Fort Totten, ND
Spirit Lake Tribe
Contact: Jolene Corsshite, Director
Email: jolene1@stellarnet.com
Staff teaches ARISE Curricula (Anger Management, Self Esteem, Networking Jobs & Money, Dropping Out of School).
Columbus, Ohio
Gaddis Foundation for Kids
Contact: Alethea Gaddis
Phone: (614) 390-8837
Email: agaddis@gaddis4kids.org
OKLAHOMA
Norman, OK
City of Norman
Contact: Jayme Rowe
Phone: (405) 217-7700
Email:jayme.rowe@norman.ok.gov
TENNESSEE
Blountville, TN
Sullivan County District Schools
Contact: Cheryl Wydell
ARISE has trained staff from the elementary, middle, and high schools of Sullivan County District Schools to use ARISE Life-Skills Curriculum.
Arlington, TX
Contact: Kate Kellan
Title: Counselor for Youth of Tomorrow
Phone: (703) 396-7076
Dallas, TX
Generation to Generation
Contact: Dr. Betty Anderson
Phone: (214) 375-5557
Master Trainer-Teaches ARISE Curricula Anger Management, Self Esteem and Violence and Conflict
Houston, TX
Holthouse Foundation
Contact: Sara Selber
Email: sselber@prepared4life.org
The Holthouse Foundation has incorporated ARISE life-skills materials into their after school program Prepared 4 Life.
Harrisonburg, VA
Gemeinschaft Home
Contact: Jennie Amison
Telephone: (540) 434-1690
Master Trainer – Teaches ARISE Curricula (Fatherhood, Anger Management, Networking, Jobs & Money, Substance Abuse & Guns, Violence and Conflict, Self Esteem).
Kent, WA
Resource Center
Contact: Brian Rockwell
Phone: (253) 856-5038
Email: brockwell@ci.kent.wa.us
Dunbar, WV
Braley & Thompson, Inc.
Contact: Barbara Recknagel, Consultant
Email: barbrecknagel@aol.com
ARISE Curricula in Spanish taught in Columbia (Self Esteem, Fatherhood, Basic Health Series, Sprouts Series).
Green Bay, WI
Forward Services
Contact: Cheryl Neuens, WYA Team Leader
Phone: (715) 528-4251
Queensland, Australia
Glendyne Educational Training Center
Contact: Dale Hansen
Devonshire, Bermuda
The Educational Centre
Contact: Lucinda Worrell-Stowe
Email: lucinda@arisefoundation.org
Master Trainer – Teaches ARISE 3 times a day.
Recommended Websites
Here are some websites ARISE recommends for more information on health, ARISE partners, and facilities where troubled youth can receive help.
- Florida Department of Juvenile Justice – Find out more information on the Florida DJJ Facilities currently serviced by ARISE.
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