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Youth Opportunity Program (YOP)

• Leo Downes,
  Director
  
  New York State Psychiatric Institute
  722 West 168th Street
  2nd Floor, Room 232
  New York, NY 10032
  
  Tel: 212-543-5185
  Fax: 212-543-6061
  
  Hours: Monday through Friday:
  9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  
  Since its inception in 1967, the Youth Opportunity Program (YOP) at the New York State Psychiatric Institute has sought to provide at risk high school students in the Washington Heights area with the vocational, academic and personal guidance necessary to ensure individual growth and development. The program demonstrates that the health and health services field is a viable area for future employment while exposing students to a highly intellectual environment. Through guest lectures, YOP has brought issues of legislation as well as education to the attention of its students.