What is the Reichert House?
The Reichert House Youth Academy is a program designed to give young men the opportunity to learn about themselves and their community via education. The cornerstone of the Reichert House program centers around three elements: respect, restraint and responsibility. The program helps youth develop, achieve and maintain a lifestyle free from substance abuse and crime. The Reichert House provides youth with the opportunity and support to build positive lives so they can move in to contributing roles in society.
Our Mission
Opened in 1987, the Reichert House serves adolescent males who are enrolled in middle and secondary schools, grades six through 12. The key components of the program are cultivating friendships and maintaining lifestyle free of substance abuse, violence and incarceration. The Reichert House is a not-for-profit organization that support the needs of youth who participate in the program. The mission of the academy is to maintain a facility that offers programs where youth can learn about themselves and learn how to develop and achieve goals that will make them exemplary citizens of tomorrow.
Our Goal
The Reichert House empowers program participants to set and achieve individual goals by providing educational opportunities, life skills, vocational training, and structured support services, designed to assist these young men in succeeding in life. The youth in this program will learn to set and achieve goals, compete fairly, cope with victory and defeat, and resolve disputes peacefully. They will acquire life skills, the ability to communicate effectively, make sound decisions and solve problems. They will receive academic assistance, endeavor to be crime and drug free, and be prepared to be model citizens.
Our Challenge
Across the country, the experience of growing up has changed quite dramatically. Our youth are being faced with a vast number of challenges in today’s society. In order to ensure our young men become contributing members of society, there must be a collaborative effort between three pivotal institutions. The Reichert House uses a collaborative effort designed to meet some of the needs of our youth. The triangular partnership is comprised of the family, the school, and community-based organizations. With a positive goal-oriented program, which is designed to work with the youth of today, our young men will become community leaders of the future.
The passage through early adolescence should result in positive outcomes. Unfortunately, for an increasing number of young adults, that is not the experience. Fundamental changes in family structures have strained the ability of parents and relatives to provide the requisite care and guidance young adults need to tackle everyday challenges. Schools are overwhelmed by the demand to prepare students for a highly skilled and fiercely competitive global market.
