HIGHTS
Community Services Non Profits
Why pick this one
HIGHTS serves Western North Carolina youth through restorative justice, counseling, WIOA workforce development, and PATH transition-to-adulthood support.
Best for
- Youth referred for restorative justice, mediation, or diversion from the juvenile justice system
- Young people needing job training, work experience, education support, or employment connections
- Youth needing counseling, recreational therapy, mentoring, or animal-assisted intervention
- Students suspended from school who need community-based crisis respite and reintegration planning
- Young adults age 18 and older transitioning toward independent adulthood through PATH
Look elsewhere if
- People seeking services unrelated to youth or young-adult development
- People outside HIGHTS' Western North Carolina service region
- People needing a clearly advertised 24/7 emergency response service
Specialties
- youth restorative justice and mediation
- Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) youth services
- Animal-Assisted Intervention
- PATH transition-to-adulthood support for individuals age 18 and older
- Inside Out crisis respite for suspended students
What makes them different
- Served over 900 youth program-wide between 2022 and 2023
- Operates across Jackson, Haywood, Macon, Swain, Graham, Clay, and Cherokee counties in Western North Carolina
- Partners with public schools, community colleges, Western Carolina University, juvenile justice agencies, and local employers
- Provides WIOA services connecting youth with diplomas, work experience, apprenticeships, and employment
- Inside Out combines community service, emotional-regulation training, virtual learning, tutoring, and behavioral-health monitoring for suspended students
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- PO Box 865, Sylva, NC 28723
- Website
- http://www.hights.org/
- marcus@hights.org
Services
- counseling
- recreational therapy
- mentoring
- education and workforce development
- community crisis respite
- crisis intervention
- community service projects
- job training
- transitional youth support