VOL. XXXVI · EST. 1989 · NYC

PROGRAMS / 02 · Family and Youth Services

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Family and Youth Services.

Comunilife’s innovative after-school suicide-prevention program for adolescents is the only program of its kind in the country. Established in 2008, Life Is Precious gives at-risk teens a place to be themselves — culturally responsive, with people who understand.

Comunilife continues to respond the emerging needs of the community and is expanding Family and Youth Services beyond Life is Precious to include additional services for youth aging out of foster care, and more programs to address youth with risk factors associated with suicidal ideation and attempt.

 

750+Adolescents through the program
8Sites across NYC and New York State

§ 01The Program

Life is Precious is an after-school program for that improves the quality of daily life of our most vulnerable adolescents. The program addresses the risk factors associated with suicidal ideation and attempt.

We offer activities that allow teenagers to thrive by finding their unique voice and flourishing — providing them with the tools to visualize and achieve their goals. Through Life is Precious, teens learn to advocate for themselves and their peers through civic participation.

§ 02A Day at Life is Precious™

3:30 PM
Arrival & check-in
Snack, mood check-in, and informal one-on-one time with the team. Counselors notice early what a screening tool might miss.
4:00 PM
Academic support
Tutoring across high-school subjects — math, science, English, history — with mentors who remember the work themselves and adjust pace to each teen.
5:00 PM
Expressive arts therapy
Music, dance, visual art — therapist-led sessions where what’s hard to say in words can be drawn, choreographed, or sung.
6:00 PM
Health & wellness
Group conversation, mindfulness, and skill-building around the risk factors Family and Youth Services are designed to address — supported by clinicians, not lectures.
Weekly
Family services
Sessions with parents and siblings — because we don’t ask any teen to heal alone. The team works with the whole family on communication, advocacy, and resources.

Life Is Precious Locations

SPRC Best Practices Registry
Featured on the Today Show
NYS Psychiatric Institute / Columbia evaluated

If your child or someone in your family is struggling, you are not alone.

Together, we
make it possible. 

Please, contact us for more information.

CONTACT US
212.219.1618
familyandyouth@comunilife.org
Administrative office · 462 7th Ave, 3rd Fl · NY 10018