The Arbor on Main

Youth Resource Center

 a division of Redwood Children’s Services

is a youth designed, centrally located, resource center where young people ages 15 to 24, can access free services and support to help prepare them to meet the challenges of adolescence and independence.

Through our community partnership and collaboration, The Arbor is able to bring together the experience and expertise of local youth serving organizations and schools to provide youth with the most optimal support. The Arbor interactively works with youth to find personal strengths and abilities so they may explore and invest in their individual knowledge and skills. The overall goal of the Arbor is to provide youth with a greater degree of opportunities which will create more opportunities, relationships, and enriching experiences.

 

303 North Main St.

On the corner of Smith & Main in Ukiah, California

“Our Mission is to establish and maintain a youth-led, interagency resource center in Ukiah for youth ages 15 to 24.”

  

The Arbor's primary purpose is to act as a hub that:

  • Centralizes resources specific to transition age youth, 15-24;
  • Provides a supportive learning environment;
  • Maximizes youth potential through a coordinated series of activities designed to empower and support youth to become independent, successful adults.

 

Projects and Programs:

  • Community connections;
  • Career planning
  • Education information including college & technical training;
  • Workforce preparation and practice;
  • Employment resources;
  • Life-skills;
  • Mentoring: peer, adult, & business;
  • Well-being: holistic & conventional;
  • Entrepreneurial;
  • Personal development;
  • Referral and assistance to resources;

 

Computer Programs & Software Available:

  • Resume Writing
  • High School Success
  • SAT Preparation & Practice
  • Typing Master
  • Typing Tutor
  • Math & High School Advantage
  • GED Preparation & Practice

 

Our Partners:

  • Youth Board of Directors
  • Nuestra Casa Family Resource Center
  • Mendocino County Youth Project
  • Mendocino Private Industry Council
  • Mendocino County Health & Human Service’s Agency’s:
    •  Children’s System of Care
    • Adult & Older Adult System of Care
    • Community Health Services
  • Rural Community Housing Development Corporation
  • Workforce Investment Board
  • Chamber of Commerce
  • Consolidated Tribal Health Project
  • Ukiah Valley Cultural & Recreational Center
  • Ukiah High School
  • Mendocino College
  • Mendocino County Office of Education
  • Redwood Coast Housing Development
  • Savings Bank of Mendocino County
  • Mendo-Lake Credit Union
  • Redwood Children's Services
  • S.H. Cowell Foundation
  • T.R. Eriksen Foundation
  • The Community Foundation of Mendocino County

 

Youth Board of Directors

Ellen Sassenrath
Adela Mora
Patrick Webb
Damian Pickron
Sandra Arellano
Shawn Ward

 

What you will find:

  • Centrally located
  • Multiple workrooms
  • Information & Assistance
  • Computers & Software
  • Books & Magazines
  • Friendly Staff...and more!

 

 HOURS OF OPERATION:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9AM - 5:30PM

Tuesday, Thursday 10AM - 5:30PM

 

For More Information,

Please Contact Stephanie Paige

(707) 468-5536

PaigeS@rcs4kids.org

 

 

The RuralMurals Project©

The RuralMurals © Project is funded by the Mendocino County Health and Human Services Agency, Public Helath Branch, Alcohol and Other Drug Programs (AODP) through a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The RuralMurals © Project enhances internal assets that enable youth to make good decisions about their health and future. The goal is to create a social marketing campaign and message to promote health and drug and alcohol free lifestyles

 

Art = Life: Keep it Clean and Sober

This is what our group felt about our mural and design

Branches reach the heavens,
Blend with light of life,
Giving life to seed of souls
Making them whole,
Roots reaching deep into the earth
Giving birth
To what life's worth. -----Victory

The Oak Tree... A grounded force,
the older it gets the wiser it may be,
coming from such a small seed which inspires hope, dreams and potential life.

This is an image of hope and potential signified by the seedling laid in the earth.
The silhouetted tree protectively shields young life,
understood both as the grounding nature of past generations,
and the shadow of future potential.

A young seed,
something so fragile that can grow into something so wise, and strong.
The process can be seen as the innocent seed maturing into the adult,
much like the process many young adults are going through.

The image of the seedling represents the potential that every one is born with.
While the silhouetted tree represents a grounded solid being,
together they represent the circle of thriving life.

The Muralist: Tobin Keller Assistant Muralist: Carter Grissom
The Artists: Lawrence Lazzaro, Cassandra Govern, Colton Thompson,
Ashley, Brittany, Cassy, and Lizzy
Special Thanks to: Tawny Bailey, Alese Jenkins and Nicole Bologna