Champions for Teens
Championing the resilience of students experiencing housing instability and/or homelessness
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Who we are
Our Mission
We build the resilience of students experiencing housing instability and/or homelessness by equipping educational entities to activate caring adult advocates in their community.
Online Training
Consultation
Program Implementation
"You Are Like Family To Me"
One student said to their Champion after a 16-week C4T program implementation
The tools to engage your community, school and students to build resilient youth.
For Schools
For Schools, we have the tools to safely engage your community. We provide school agencies, administrators, teachers and staff with the training and framework to activate caring adults in their community to support homeless youth in reaching their goals and ultimately increasing their resilience.
For Advocates
For Advocates, we provide the initial training before you meet your student that will equip you with the confidence and skills to provide a supportive relationship from the beginning, to advocate for your student, to guide and support the student as they create and act upon their own goals, and to provide social support and capital.group of students walking on sidewalk For Students.
For Students
you will have a supportive person on your “team”. You will create your own plan for your life along with a supportive adult who will be there to advocate for you, talk with you about your strengths and hopes for your future, and basically be a cheerleader for you and your life goals!
Our Menu of Services
Comprehensive Program Framework
Trainings and Ongoing Consultations
Provide Curriculum Materials
Recruitment and Screening Tools
Meet Our Team
Our team consists of dedicated professionals who are passionate about providing support and resources to teens. We are committed to helping teens reach their potential by offering programs, services, and resources that help them develop meaningful skills and experiences. With a combined 40 years of experience in education, Christina and Tonya are passionate about helping all students reach their potential. Their experience spans supporting vulnerable populations in schools settings, mental health, and communities. We strive to create a safe and inclusive environment that allows teens to explore their interests, develop their strengths, and reach their personal, educational, college and/or career goals.
Christina and Tonya are particularly passionate about developing the social capital of youth experiencing housing instability and/or homelessness, because they believe that relationships are life changing and life giving.
Christina Helfrick,
DSW, LSW
Tonya Eberhart,
PhD
Champion Training
Provide 10 hours of online self-paced training to Champions to cover: homelessness, poverty, empathy, mental health, trauma, educational systems, the Champion model, and the Growth Guide. We provide monthly support meetings for Champions.
Group Consultation
We provide monthly group support for Champions
Community Support
We foster intentional connections and partnerships.
Growth Guide
It is an ecological approach to student-centered planning that assists students to make a plan for their future.
Program Materials
We provide editable templates, brochures, flyers, program documentation, and frameworks
Blog Post
What they say about us
“You don't realize that spending a modest amount of time with an adolescent can have such a positive and dramatic effect on their lives”
— C4T Advocate
Get started with Champions for Teens today
Champions for Teens is an innovative program that provides the materials and supports you need to create a lasting and sustainable program of support for your students. AND we are here to support you, the school liaison, to put all the components in place to not only have a positive impact on your students lives this year, but in the years to come!
