What is the Youth Services Center?

Youth Services Centers (YSC) were created as part of the Kentucky Education Reform Act and are located in selected middle and high schools. Centers are designed to enhance students’ abilities to succeed in school by helping to eliminate barriers that interfere with learning. YSCs are links to families, schools, and communities.

Who operates the Youth Services Center?

The D.O.S.S. (Doing Our School Service) Youth Services Center has a full-time coordinator and a part-time clerk. The YSC is governed by an Advisory Council that consists of parents, school staff, community representatives, and students. The council meets every month to discuss issues important to the Doss community and to provide focus for the D.O.S.S. YSC.

Who may use the Center?

The YSC is available to all students who attend Doss and to their parents, guardians, and families.

What services are provided?

• Referrals to health services and/or social services
• Family crisis assistance and mental-health counseling services
• Counseling services and/or referrals for drug and alcohol abuse
• Collaboration with Doss’s Louisville Education and Employment Partnership career planner to provide employment counseling, training, and placement for students
• Summer and part-time job development for students
• Educational enrichment and mentoring programs that enhance student self-esteem and provide leadership opportunities
• Resource library
• Links to home, school, families, and needed services
• Peer Mediation/Conflict Resolution Program

Center Hours

Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the school year and selected weeks during the summer.

Evening hours are available by appointment by calling 485-7120.

(The center is located on the first floor of the school in Room 122.)