CAST

 C.A.S.T. (Community and Schools Together) is a joint intervention project of the Huntington Youth Bureau and Tri CYA.  C.A.S.T. is designed to help at-risk youth make positive choices  through educating and empowering youth and their families. C.A.S.T. is an outgrowth of the Town of Huntington Supervisor's Gang Prevention Task Force composed of law  enforcement, schools, elected officials, The Huntington Youth Bureau, Tri CYA local community youth agencies and mental health agencies and community  members. The purpose of  C.A.S.T.  is to provide intensive outreach and  case management to at-risk youth in grades 5 through 9 and their  families in the Town of Huntington. The C.A.S.T. workers are available evenings and after school as  well as during school hours to provide support to these youth and their  families in the form of counseling, connection to area resources and  follow-ups with home and school. C.A.S.T. services are provided free of charge to youth and their families.  The goals of C.A.S.T. are to provide youth in the program with positive alternatives including: 

• Referrals to more positive alternative programs.
• Assistance in utilizing resources and services in the community
• Advocacy Services
• Improved school attendance.
• Tools to increase grades.
• Tools to improve social skills.
• Training to act as mentors/buddies to newer participants.
• Increased Leadership skills.