The following programs are currently in development:
Incarceration
Jaradoa piloted our Play On! program at BronxConnect, a community-based alternative-to-incarceration program for 12-18 year-olds who have been convicted of felonies. BronxConnect has achieved a 57% success rate in preventing youth from returning to the system.
“Our youth are some of the toughest youth to work with and it thrilled me to see the young people engaging in the activites, to the point where they could move from what looks like boredom, attitude, fear into releasing their own brilliance, creativity and intelligence.”
- Ruben Austria, BronxConnect
Thanks to our success at BronxConnect, Jaradoa will soon be bringing Play On! to detention centers and prisons.
Veterans
Jaradoa Theater is partnering with Citizens for Veterans' Potential to run our Play On! program with recently returned veterans and their children to provide an activity to reconnect, bond and explore together. We will also do Play On! with Marine veterans, focusing on communication, presentation and interview skills.
