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About Us
T.E.A.M. Youth was founded in 2013 by three determined women who saw the need to help at-risk youth in Georgia. These women combined represent 20 years of passion, resilience and commitment to mentoring, counseling, fostering, protecting and advocating for today’s misled youth, but tomorrow’s leaders. Due to the amount of juvenile crimes, teenage pregnancies, declining graduation rates and behaviorally challenged youth in Georgia, T.E.A.M. Youth was formed as a solution to the problem.
Founders
Ayana R. Gilham, MA, LPC, NCC and Aggressive Replacement Therapy (ART)
Ayana is a licensed professional counselor and national certified counselor with over 12 years of experience providing mentoring and counseling in inpatient and outpatient facilities and community-based programs. She specializes in working with children, adolescents, transitional age youth, adults, families and groups. She has worked with individuals, families and groups affected by depression, mood disorders, learning disorders, trauma, behavior disorders, anxiety disorders, adjustment disorders, personality disorders, substance abuse issues and suicidal/self-injurious behaviors.
Ayana graduated from Argosy University with her Master of Arts in community counseling accompanied by a certification in marriage and family therapy.
Chervonne S. Arnold-Williams, MA, MS and Licensed Social Worker Technician
Chervonne is a licensed social worker technician with more than 15 years of experience dedicated to case management and social services for youth. She has been a professional advocate for youth since 2000. Two years later, she stepped into the role of program manager for the Juvenile Justice Department where she spent three years managing the case management programs in the metro area.
Chervonne has an MA in criminal justice and an MS in security administration from University of Detroit Mercy. Her career has been spent working in the public and non-profit arenas developing and managing programs for various at-risk populations including the homeless, ex-offenders, substance abuse and youth.
Joann Joseph, BA
Joann has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from S.U.N.Y College at Cortland and over 20 years of experience working in foster care in New York and Georgia. She has developed an extensive line of support and an abundance of resources that assist her in supporting foster families, their extended families, ongoing training and education, and the implementation of state and federal guidelines.
Her natural talents and services have been utilized in several private agencies, as well as DeKalb County DFCS. She has internalized various situations and incidents that have induced her passion for the health, safety and welfare of all children in need. She has dedicated her career towards providing the utmost support for children in the system, ensuring they are in advantageous care with minimal disruption to the ongoing development of life skills and nurturing they need to become productive citizens.
She has completed certifications in:
- IMPACT (train-the-trainer)
- Nurturing Parent (train-the-trainer)
- Trauma Informed Care (train-the-trainer)
- Better Brain for Babies (train-the-trainer)
- Therapeutic Aggression Control Techniques (TACT2) (train-the-trainer)
- Life Coaching
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Contact T.E.A.M. Youth for more information on our various programs aimed at empowering at-risk children.
Team Youth Inc.
2475 Overlook Avenue Lithonia GA 30058
Hours: Monday through Sunday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM