The Community Partnership Program -- a youth development program that uses adventure-based workshops to build positive behavior and attitudes. This program supports community schools in their effort to create and maintain a peaceful, positive learning atmosphere by providing workshops that help students build self-awareness and develop positive behavior patterns, attitudes and communication abilities that translate to greater success in school, relationships and other pursuits. While all students can benefit from the workshops, they are ideally beneficial to youth who are demonstrating behavioral problems in the classroom, at home and/or with their peers. The program is also a resource for parents, teachers and professionals because it helps them develop abilities in conflict resolution and crisis intervention, and provides them with the insight and skills needed to understand and effectively engage youth who consistently display inappropriate and problematic behavior.

WorkVentures -- is a popular program that uses the same adventure-based approaches as the Community Partnership Program but tailors them to meet the grown-up, professional needs of Rochester-area businesses and organizations who are seeking to strengthen success principles such as teamwork, communication and leadership in the workplace. Villa staff work with businesses to develop workshops based on their goals and objectives.

The Juvenile Justice Reporting Center — addresses the unique after-school needs of PINS youth (Person in Need of Supervision) and their families. The Reporting Center aims to positively change the lives of boys and girls age 14 to 17 by taking them out of their home environments during after-school hours and providing an intensive combination of academic, behavioral, social, recreational, vocational and community support over a three-month span. The Center serves about 60 young people a year who are court-referred due to escalating behavior problems at school, home or in their neighborhoods that put them at high risk of out-of-home placement or incarceration. The majority of youth are referred due to school disciplinary problems or truancy, often stemming from learning delays. The goal is to help youth toward achievable educational and/or vocational goals, resolve anger/frustration issues and make safe and responsible choices as they cope with the reality of their daily lives.

The Monroe County Juvenile Drug Court Partnership — is an effort to help teens in the Drug Court program develop accountability and decision-making, and promote long-term sobriety and cessation of problem behaviors. The Villa is one of the Drug Court’s key partnering agencies and works with 40 youth a year, age 13 to 17. Using group interaction, exercises, games, role-playing and challenging outdoor activities, the Villa works to help youth build self-awareness and develop positive behaviors and attitudes. The Juvenile Drug Court enables youthful offenders with histories of drug activity to avoid detention or placement in a far-away treatment facility, but requires them to participate in a rigorous, holistic treatment program to elicit positive, permanent lifestyle changes.

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