The new Resiliency Restored program will begin as a three-year pilot. The club will hire two licensed, professional counselors and a clinical director who will serve an estimated 800 kids this year.
Deshona Jernigan, a coach at the Boys and Girls Club of San Antonio, speaks to kids at the Calderon Clubhouse on Monday evening.While the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Antonio has long provided after-school and summer services for vulnerable youth, one area of care has been missing.
“Our overarching goal is for kids to graduate high school on time, with a clear and concise plan for their future — whether that be higher education, whether that be a trade [or] some type of certificate, but we want them to be really excited about what their future holds for them,” said Ada Saenz, CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Antonio.
Instead of staff having to find affordable and accessible therapists for kids externally, which is extremely difficult, Saenz said, they will “have it right here at their fingertips.”activities are already provided transportation to six clubhouses and 19 on-campus after-school sites across San Antonio. They can be referred to the in-house therapists by club staff, school administration, parents — or even by the children themselves.
“Through that relationship that they build, a lot of times [kids] feel safe to divulge things that are going on in their life,” she said. Most staff don’t have the training to deal with mild or serious mental illnesses — but by this summer, they will have a colleague who does.
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