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  2. Category:Youth organizations based in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    N. National Capital Area Council. National Honor Society. National Junior Honor Society.

  3. Youth empowerment - Wikipedia

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    Youth empowerment is a process where children and young people are encouraged to take charge of their lives. They do this by addressing their situation and then take action in order to improve their access to resources and transform their consciousness through their beliefs, values, and attitudes. [1]

  4. YWCA USA - Wikipedia

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    In Service for the Girls of the World, Poster, 1919. YWCA USA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. It is one of the oldest and largest multicultural organization which promotes the solutions to enhance the lives of women, girls, and families.

  5. Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents - Wikipedia

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    In 2001, the facility was renamed the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents following a vote by the State Board of the Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services. In 2004, plans were made to demolish the original DeJarnette complex, and to replace it with a shopping mall and parking lot ...

  6. YWCA - Wikipedia

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    YWCA. The Young Women's Christian Association ( YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries. The World office is currently based in Geneva, Switzerland, and the nonprofit is headquartered in Washington, DC. The YWCA is independent of the YMCA ...

  7. Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental ...

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    The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services ( DBHDS) is a state agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The department operates Virginia's public mental health, intellectual disability, and substance abuse services system through a system of forty locally and regionally run community services boards (CSBs) and twelve ...

  8. Memorial Foundation for Children - Wikipedia

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    Memorial Foundation for Children. The Memorial Foundation for Children (Former names include Female Humane Association (1807–1921) Memorial Home for Girls (1921–1946) and the Memorial Foundation (1946–1962)) is a charitable organization in Richmond, Virginia that has been operating since 1807. It was one of Virginia's first charitable ...

  9. Operation HOPE, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Operation HOPE, Inc., is an American non-profit organization providing financial literacy empowerment and economic education to youth and adults. The mission of this organization is providing everybody with enterprise work and the programs carried out by Operation HOPE, Inc. Andrew Young is the global spokesman of the organization and John Hope Bryant is the chairman.