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ASPIRE (After School Program: Intervention and Resiliency Education) is an intensive outpatient program for adolescents, ages 13–17, with primary mental health disorders and possible co-occurring substance abuse challenges.
Address:
One Hoag Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92658-6100

Phone: 949-764-6066
Fax: 949-764-6088

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ASPIRE (After School Program: Intervention and Resiliency Education) is an intensive outpatient program for adolescents, ages 13-17, with primary mental health disorders and possible co-occurring substance abuse challenges.
Need to Contact Us?
Hoag Teen Outpatient Mental Health Program
(949) 557-0670

ASPIRE promotes emotional wellness using a holistic approach built on education, training and active participation from teens and their families. The program provides a structured, supportive environment that will teach and train healthy behaviors and show teens how to effectively regulate emotion, manage distress, and engage in healthy interpersonal relationships.

Adolescence is a time of profound growth and change. While our brain is still developing, challenges in school, family, and our social relationships can result in significant emotional distress leading to difficulties in normal daily function. When feeling overwhelmed, and lacking effective tools to manage and overcome life stressors, one is more likely to engage in unhealthy and maladaptive behaviors that hinder growth and can be harmful.

In 2010, 30 percent of students in the Newport-Mesa school district reported drug abuse, 50 percent reported alcohol abuse, and the numbers have continued to rise. Suicide rates have doubled since 2010. In 2017, one of seven people in this age group experienced a major depressive episode according to a recent study. If you are a parent of a teen in Orange County today, you likely have your own story-direct or indirect-to underscore this unfortunate reality.

The Hoag Solution

Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute has launched a programmatic answer to this glaring community need. ASPIRE (After School Program: Intervention and Resiliency Education) is an intensive outpatient program for adolescents, ages 13-17, with primary mental health disorders and possible co-occurring substance abuse challenges. The program guides teens and their families through an eight-week curriculum of skills-based training in stress management, resiliency, interpersonal communication, mental health and substance abuse education. The ASPIRE program at Hoag is now accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) for teens to receive high school credits. Learn more about the ASPIRE program.

Teen Mental Health Concerns Addressed

Just like physical health, the sooner a mental health or emotional concern is identified and addressed, the better the outcome. Concerns may include:

Depression

Anxiety

ADHD

Mood dysregulation

Oppositional defiance

Self-injurious behaviors

Grief and loss

Trauma

OCD

Other symptoms relating to a mental health issue

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Teen Mental Health | ASPIRE Program at Hoag Newport Beach

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ASPIRE (After School Program: Intervention and Resiliency Education) is an intensive outpatient program for adolescents, ages 13-17, with primary mental health disorders and possible co-occurring substance abuse challenges. Need to Contact Us? Hoag Teen Outpatient Mental Health Program (949) 557-0670 ASPIRE promotes emotional wellness using a holistic approach built on education, training and active participation from teens and their families.

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The NMFRC is a family friendly community based collaborative with the capacity to provide on-site access to comprehensive prevention and treatment services. NMFRC provides social, educational, health and supportive services for all families including birth, blended, kinship, adoptive, and foster families for residents of Costa Mesa.

Address: 307 Placentia Ave., Suite 203, Newport Beach, CA 92663.
Phone Number: 949-764-8100

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Costa Mesa Family Resource Center | Melinda Hoag Smith Center

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Costa Mesa Family Resource Center. Based in Orange County, Hoag offers a broad range of medical services and care to patients throughout the area.

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CIELO believes these are the keys to helping people from all walks of life obtain economic self-sufficiency. Through CIELO programs offered in English and Spanish at various locations throughout our community, they take an individualized and transformational approach to helping each person they meet develop a unique path towards achieving their goals.

MELINDA HOAG SMITH CENTER FOR HEALTHY LIVING
307 Placentia Ave., Suite 203
Newport Beach, CA 92663

Office — (714) 756-2006

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SERVICES

Well Child Exams

Immunizations

Tuberculosis Screening

Developmental Screening

Resource Information and Referral

Health Education

Insurance Application Assistance

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Well Child Exams

Immunizations

Tuberculosis Screening

Developmental Screening

Resource Information and Referral

Health Education

Insurance Application Assistance

2045 Meyer Place, Unit C
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
949-515-6725 Phone
949-515-6726 Fax
Please call for an appointment

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Well Child Exams Immunizations Tuberculosis Screening Developmental Screening Resource Information and Referral Health Education Insurance Application Assistance 2045 Meyer Place, Unit C Costa Mesa, CA 92627 949-515-6725 Phone 949-515-6726 Fax Please call for an appointment

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MOMS Orange County is the region’s largest nonprofit dedicated solely to newborn and pregnancy health.

Languages: English, Vietnamese, and Spanish
Address: 1128 W. Santa Ana Boulevard
Santa Ana, CA 92703
Telephone: 714.972.2610
Toll Free: 800.787.5858
Fax: 714.972.9925

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No-cost Pregnancy and Infant Health Education in Orange County

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A bright destiny for newborns and families starts with a healthy pregnancy. Orange County's nonprofit dedicated solely to pregnancy and newborn health.

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Help Me Grow connects children and their families to
developmental services to enhance the development, behavior and learning of children birth through eight years.

Help Me Grow is located at:
1120 W. La Veta Ave.
Suite 450
Orange, CA 92868

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Help Me Grow connects children and their families to
developmental services to enhance the development, behavior and learning of children birth through eight years. By calling the toll free number 1.866.GROW.025, (1.866.476.9025) or using the online link, parents, caregivers, child care providers, early educators and health care providers have a point of access to developmental services for all young children who live in Orange County.

Help Me Grow has an online link in English or Spanish where parents, service providers and health care providers can provide a child's information and a description of the issues or concerns. Within 1-2 business days, we will contact the child's parent to learn more about their needs and to provide connection to programs and services. Get started today with Help Me Grow Online! Learn how with this video

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Help Me Grow connects children and their families to developmental services to enhance the development, behavior and learning of children birth through eight years. By calling the toll free number 1.866.GROW.025, (1.866.476.9025) or using the online link, parents, caregivers, child care providers, early educators and health care providers have a point of access to developmental services for all young children who live in Orange County.

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With the inception of 2-1-1 in Orange County in 2005, a simple toll free, three digit phone number that is easy to remember, we now connect thousands of individuals and families to needed community based programs, including where to find a community clinic, dental care, immunizations, and prescription assistance, food, homeless shelters, elder and child care, legal services and other resources offered by local nonprofits and government agencies.

P.O. Box 10473
Santa Ana, CA 92711
toll free: (888) 600-4357
Office: (714) 288-4007

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Connect, Collaborate, Inform - Orange County, CA

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YES serves young people ages 16-24. While many of our clients come through the program at the time they are ready to find their first jobs, they often return through the years seeking advice, job leads, additional practice in mock interviews and updating resumes, or just to say hello and give us an update.

Address
3720 South Susan Street, Suite 110

Santa Ana, 92704
(949) 642-0474

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One way YES is expanding their program is through the new Corporate Partner Program, in which a corporation generously hosts the YES workshops for youth from YES' non-profit partners and provides corporate volunteers to conduct mock interviews. This February, Experian PLC, a consumer credit reporting agency, hosted a half-day event in which YES facilitated the Employment Skills workshop and mock interviews, utilizing Experian employee volunteers as mock interviewers. To start the day, youth from Orange County Community Housing Corporation (OCCHC), showing up dressed to impress, participated in an interactive workshop in which they learned the skills needed to feel confident in their abilities to search for and land a job. After a relaxing lunch break in the outdoor courtyard, the students participated in two mock interviews with Experian professionals who provided direct, individual feedback. After completing their interviews, students were taken on a tour of the Experian campus where they were shown the Technical Operations Center (TOC), the game room, and some of the areas in which their mock interviewers worked. Being able to experience the corporate culture first-hand, and seeing what career and internship opportunities they could potentially work in, was a great way to open their eyes to new and different career opportunities that they might not have thought about before. Julian, one of the YES program participants from OCCHC stated, "The YES program motivated me to keep doing what I'm doing and be more confident in myself. I'm really happy to have been here today!" To get involved and make a positive impact on a YES youth, providing guidance and support during their job search, sign-up as a mock interviewer, resume consultant, workshop facilitator, or get your company involved in a Corporate Partner Program. Simply click the link below to sign-up to make a difference in a young adult's life! "It is a great program and it is quite valuable to help the student succeed." -Experian Volunteer

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One way YES is expanding their program is through the new Corporate Partner Program, in which a corporation generously hosts the YES workshops for youth from YES' non-profit partners and provides corporate volunteers to conduct mock interviews.

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CPAD: Chinese Parents Association for the Disabled

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CPAD: Chinese Parents Association for the Disabled

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Chinese Parents Association for the Disabled (CPAD) is a non-profit organization dedicated to help individuals with special needs and their families (e.g. Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy… etc).  All the parent members are volunteers, and strive to help each individual achieve his or her full potential toward a meaningful and productive life, to encourage opportunities of social integration, and social inclusion into mainstream society.

Chinese Parents Association for the Disabled
P.O. Box 2884
San Gabriel, Ca 91778-2884
Phone Hotline:
(626)-600-6538

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Chinese Parents Association for the Disabled

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A group of special needs kids had a blast at the recent CPAD's social recreational program event. This weekly event, funded by East Los Angles Regional Center, was held at a local senior community center, featured a variety of activities, including art, music, and exercise. The kids were able to express themselves creatively through art...

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Home, Chinese Parents Association for the Disabled

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Support for  Families of Children with Disabilities 

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Support for  Families of Children with Disabilities 

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The purpose of Support for Families is to ensure that families of children with any kind of disability or special health care need, and the providers who serve them, have the knowledge and support to make informed choices that enhance children's development and well-being.

Office

1663 Mission Street, Suite 700
San Francisco, CA 94103

General: (415) 282-7494

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Ed Pye and Bob Harris had a 50 year marriage and created a The Pye Harris Legacy Project to do good work in the community: helping LGBT kids, children with disabilities, and environmental programs. The Pye Harris project is proud to help support the development of the website for Support for Families of Children with Disabilities.

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Exceptional Family Resource Center (EFRC)

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Exceptional Family Resource Center (EFRC)

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EFRC strives to empower families by providing emotional support, current information, resources, and strategies to collaborate, communicate and establish positive relationships with schools, service agencies and community

Address:
9245 Sky Park Court
Suite 130
San Diego, CA 92123
Phone: 619-594-7416

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Federal Resource Center for Special Education

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Federal Resource Center for Special Education

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The Federal Resource Center for Special Education supports the work of the six OSEP-funded Regional Resource Centers (RRCs) that provide technical assistance (TA) to assist states in complying with IDEA and to implement evidence-based educational practices.

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The Autism Friend Finder Program is a unique system that will allow visitors to submit basic contact information through a web-based portal. The data is then shared with anyone residing within a 35-mile radius of their postal zip code. The information will allow individuals facing similar challenges to connect with others in their community.

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College Resources for Students with Disabilities Guide

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College Resources for Students with Disabilities Guide

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Reviews several technologies and advocate groups available to students who face various disabilities and includes tips and resources to help students transition from college to career.

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Students with disabilities often require additional support to succeed in college. While many postsecondary institutions offer various college disability resources, not every school offers robust support services. However, most colleges and universities remain committed to providing their enrollees with disabilities with adequate assistance to reach their academic objectives.

This guide outlines some college disability resources and how students with disabilities can benefit from them.

Attention Deficit Disorder

What is ADHD or ADD?
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder is a mental disorder commonly diagnosed in children. ADHD/ADD can also affect adults. This disorder is characterized by a continuing pattern of inattention or hyperactivity-impulsivity. According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), up to 8.5% of children and 2.5% of adults in America have ADHD. An ADD diagnosis means the attention deficit disorder does not include hyperactive behavior.

How Can Students With ADHD/ADD Succeed in College?
Institutions offer various college disability resources for students diagnosed with ADHD/ADD, including application assistance, counseling, academic support, and financial aid. Students can choose to share their diagnosis with their school. Most colleges and universities strive to support and accommodate the special needs of students diagnosed with ADHD/ADD.

Why Are ADHD/ADD Accommodations Important in College?
Colleges and universities can support ADHD/ADD students in several ways. Some schools employ simple measures such as allowing students with ADHD/ADD to enroll in one class at a time or offering self-paced online courses. Other schools give learners with ADHD/ADD priority enrollment for classes with a low teacher-to-student ratio so they can receive the attention they need.

Resources for Students With ADHD/ADD
The website contains several current and archived articles with practical advice from adults with ADHD/ADD and parents of children with the disorder. The site also features the latest research from field professionals. ADDA unites adults with ADHD/ADD for mutual support, socialization, and networking opportunities. The association offers educational workshops, workplace resources, and volunteer opportunities. Individuals with ADHD/ADD or those living with someone with the disorder manage this site. Website visitors can explore various resources and purchase videos and books on living with ADHD/ADD.
Autism

Resources for Students With Autism

Cognitive Disabilities
Why Are Cognitive Disability Accommodations Important in College?
Transition programs allow students with intellectual disabilities to develop the skills and knowledge required for various jobs. These programs also prepare students for the application process, from writing a resume and preparing for an interview to negotiating salary and benefits.

Resources for Students With Cognitive Disabilities

Hearing Impairments

Resources for Students With Hearing Impairments
AHRF provides financial support for research focused on understanding and overcoming hearing impairment and balance disorders. The organization also promotes initiatives that educate the general population about the capabilities of hearing-impaired individuals and the support they need to reach their full potential and improve their quality of life. ASHA publishes several journals on various topics relevant to hearing-impaired individuals, including a publication that focuses on language, speech, and hearing services in schools. The association offers certifications, participates in advocacy efforts, and conducts independent and collaborative research in the field. This organization provides hearing-impaired individuals with the latest research and product innovations in hearing aids and other assistive-listening devices. BHI also advocates for patient safety and education. The institute supports various initiatives to influence public policy on improving the academic and professional opportunities for hearing-impaired individuals.

Learning Disabilities

What Are Learning Disabilities?
Individuals with a learning disability display altered brain functioning that impedes one or several cognitive processes related to learning. Examples of learning disabilities include dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, which refer to difficulties in reading, writing, and performing mathematical functions, respectively. Some individuals with a learning disability can also experience difficulty with higher functions, such as organization, time management, and planning.

How Can Students With Learning Disabilities Succeed in College?
The government mandates that all publicly funded schools at the elementary and secondary levels provide special education services for students who require it. In college, students with learning disabilities must be proactive in ensuring teachers and school administrators know about their diagnosis. Working together, they can identify the necessary support services and resources.

Why Are Learning Disability Accommodations Important in College?
Services and resources for college students with learning disabilities help them manage their condition and cope with academic and social repercussions early. This awareness and ability can contribute much to their success in school and in the workplace.

Resources for Students With Learning Disabilities
An international organization, CLD works to improve the quality of life and enhance the educational and professional opportunities for individuals with learning disabilities. The council shares research findings and promotes the inclusion of evidence-based practice at all educational levels for students with learning disabilities. LDA's website contains an extensive list of services and resources for individuals with learning disabilities from private nonprofits, government agencies, state offices, and professional organizations. The organization's website contains information, research data, merchandise, and a directory of practitioners specializing in the learning disability field. College students can access articles on how to apply, choose, get into, and succeed in college.

Physical Disabilities

Resources for Students With Physical Disabilities

Speech Disorders

What Are Speech Disorders?
A speech and language disorder refers to difficulties in communication and other oral-motor functions. The disorder can be mild (slurring or sound substitution) to profound (inability to understand or use language). Individuals with this disorder may also experience problems with eating and swallowing.

How Can Students With Speech Disorders Succeed in College?
Students' level and type of speech and language impairment often determines the services and resources their school can offer to help them succeed. Accommodations may include augmentative and alternative communication devices, extended scheduling, note-takers, and speech and hearing clinics.

Why Are Speech Disorder Accommodations Important in College?
The inability to communicate clearly impedes learning and hampers social interactions, which can lead to feelings of isolation and depression. Resources for college students with speech and language disorders can help them participate more fully in the academic and social life on campus.

Resources for Students With Speech Disorders
ASHA supports various advocacy initiatives that break down education, social, and occupational barriers for individuals with speech and language disorders. The organization's website includes information on Medicaid, private insurance, and Medicare issues related to speech and language disorders. CHC serves individuals with speech and language disorders by providing free hearing screenings, various professional audiological services, and many educational support resources. This society provides research, academic, and scientific support to the community of individuals with speech and language disorders and the different practitioners who work with them.

Visual Disabilities

Resources for Students With Visual Disabilities
A national organization governed by blind and visually impaired individuals, ACB supports privately and federally funded programs and initiatives that help people with visual disabilities to live independent, productive, and secure lives. AFB supports research and advocacy activities that expand the educational and professional opportunities of individuals with visual disabilities. The organization also supports programs for individuals who are losing their vision due to aging. The organization mainly supports the parents and families of young children diagnosed with cortical visual impairment. The website includes a directory of practitioners who specialize in this field, various educational resources, and reviews of laws and regulations impacting visually impaired individuals.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters helps children realize their potential and build their futures. We nurture children and strengthen communities. And we couldn't do any of it without you.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
2502 N. Rocky Point Drive, Suite 550
Tampa, FL 33607
Main Phone: (813) 720-8778

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of America - Youth Mentoring

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Dale Hawkins Long is a survivor of the September 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL, where four of his friends were tragically killed and twenty-seven people injured. He and his late brother, Kenneth escaped unscathed. In September 2023 Dale spent a week visiting in Birmingham where he participated in several events commemorating the 60th anniversary of the bombing.

Dale's experience in Birmingham led him to dedicate his life to volunteering. The recipient of numerous awards for volunteer service, for five decades he has been a mentor with Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Dale was honored to be named the 1989 National Big Brother of the Year. In 2007 he was the recipient of the Clifford B. Norman, National Local Board Member of the Year. Last summer he received the inaugural Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Big Brother of the Year at its 97th General Convention in Dallas.

Dale is a speaker on the national platform who has shared his role in American History as a primary source of Jim Crow, 60's era, Birmingham with organizations including the National Urban League, Congressional Black Caucus, the United Methodist Church's General Conference, the University of Michigan, Rutgers University, Texas Wesleyan University, Dallas College, Collin County Community College, the University of Dallas, Texas Southern University, Southern Methodist University, the University of Wyoming, The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, The National MENTOR Summitt, ONCOR Electric Delivery, The American Heart Association, the Dallas Black Dance Theater and the Cities of Dallas, Ft. Worth and Plano. In 1990 he shared the podium at the White House with President George H. W. Bush as the President announced one of his Youth Engaged in Service initiatives. In 2004 during the 40th anniversary commemoration of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, President George W. Bush included in his White House addresses one of Dale's childhood memories of growing up in Birmingham. For volunteer work, Dale has garnered media attention from Forbes, Essence, Time and Ebony Magazines, the Dallas Morning News, PBS, CNN, C-Span, the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Sphinx Magazine, the NBC Nightly News and is listed in the 2011 Grio 100.

Dale was born in Tuskegee, Alabama and reared in Birmingham where he graduated from high school in 1970. He accepted a music scholarship, becoming a member of the famous "Ocean of Soul" Marching Band of Texas Southern University, Houston, TX, where he earned the Bachelor of Science Degree in 1974.

He is a member of the Garland Branch NAACP, the Leadership Dallas Alumni Association, Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, a Life member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, a Life member of the Texas Southern University National Alumni Association - Dallas Chapter, Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum Suvivors Speakers Bureau, a Research Advocate with UT Southwest Medical Center, Dallas and a member of Kidsinbirmingham1963.org.

A resident of Garland, Texas he is the former Community Outreach Coordinator/Public Information Officer for the City of Dallas Public Works Department where he retired in April 2018. Previously he worked for a contractor on the NASA Space Shuttle Program, Houston, Texas Instruments in Dallas, The City of Garland, Texas and a contractor with the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Light Rail Design and Construction Project.

Dale and his wife Ellen Scott Long are proud parents of adult daughters Kendra Dale and Amber Nicole and are members of Hamilton Park United Methodist Church in Dallas. In his spare time Dale enjoys reading, music and photography. A retired marathoner, Dale now does "power walking" and practices yoga.

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Mentoring can change a child's life. Sign up with BBBS today to start making a difference. Help a child reach their full potential. Learn how mentoring programs make a difference.