Employees and Associates of Youth Transport Service - Teen Interventionists

Clinton Jace Hardy
President

Clint has over twelve years of experience through both personal and professional involvement in youth programs, transports, and various kinds of intervention with youth.  He has experience also in providing foster care for youth and young adults in state's custody.  He welcomed youth and young adults into his home and provided an environment for them to gain the education, self-help tools, and motivation to become successful citizens of the community.  Working with youth has become more than a job for him; it has become a passion in his life to help troubled youth gain the opportunity of a new start in their life.  Clint has a unique personal perspective for the youth he works with.  He participated in two private youth treatment programs during his adolescent years.  He believes that through his time and participation in programs, his belief in God, and a supportive family he was able to find the strength to change the direction of his life to be on a much better path today.  He finds happiness and great satisfaction in helping youth and their families gain a new start.  He brings past professional experience of working with three former transport services.  He has led more than 400 transports and coordinated more than twice that amount with a success rate of 100%.  He is a certified trainer and instructor for CPI's NCI (Nonviolent Crisis Intervention) program and maintains his CPR and First Aid trainings as well.  
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Cynthia Lynn Strobell, RN
Board Member 

Cindy has been a registered nurse for 7 years. She has worked in the medical field for 12 years before that as a nurse's assistant. She also spent two years working in the local school district tutoring youth who struggled with academics and behavior. She is a mother to three natural children and five step-children. She has personal experience in dealing with youth programs as a parent with two troubled sons who participated during their teen years.  She assisted in the emotional and physical transport of one of her sons.   This was a very difficult event both emotionally and physically.  Her initial anxiety would have been greatly reduced if she had the resources to use a youth transport service, however, she has been able to see both of her sons change directions in their lives and become contributing members of her family and society. She believes that her sons were able to gain valuable insights in the youth programs they attended. She is proud of both of her sons' contributions to help troubled youth and their families to have a new start in their lives.

Jacob Hardy 
Training Manager  and Lead Associate

Jacob has over 8 years experience working in youth programs and the youth transport industry.  Jacob has dedicated most of his work career to helping troubled youth.  He participated in a youth wilderness program at the age of fifteen.  His mother (Cindy) and older brother(Clint) attempted to transport him alone without any outside assistance or training. The entire transport was an emotional and physical battle between him, his brother, and mother.  His experience has helped to motivate him to want to provide a service to other families that would bring a professionally trained person to transport their child to the chosen youth program. Jacob has successfully led over 250 youth transport interventions without incident.  He received his Bachelor in Criminal Justice from UNLV.  He is a certified trainer and instructor for Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI) and maintains his CPR and First Aid trainings as well.  TrustLine Registry Verification ID# 165315461 

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Sim Tiatia
Assistant Director and Lead Associate 

Sim brings over 20 years of experience in working with youth in both the public and private youth program industry.  In 1991, he received his Bachelor of Science in Recreation Management with a Minor in Youth Leadership from Brigham Young University.  Sim has sat on various youth boards and committees in both the private and public sector.  He was born in Samoa and raised in Hawaii before moving to Provo, UT to attend Brigham Young University on a football scholarship.  He is currently a state case manager for the state of Utah and a high school football coach.  He has been with New Start Transports for 2 years. Sim is also certified and trained in NCI, PCS, CPR, and First Aid.

Alicia Hardy
Executive Assistant and Assistant Lead Associate

Alicia has been with New Start Transports for two years.  Prior to New Start Transports she spent five years working with disabled and mentally ill adults in a Utah state facility.  She also took a year and a half break from college and work to serve a full-time church service mission in Northern Michigan.  Alicia is married to Clinton Hardy, President, of New Start Transports.  With Clinton, she attends many national conferences of the youth program industry.  She really enjoys supporting her husband and working with youth and their parents.  She is trained in Non- Violent Crisis Prevention Intervention (NCI), Mandt, and maintains her CPR and First Aid trainings as well.  

Abby Padovich
Assistant Lead Youth Transport Associate 

Abby has been working as a youth transport associate of New Start Transports for the past three years.  She has also worked as a counselor and mentor for the past three years.  She chose to enter into this line of work after personally participating in family therapy as a teen and losing a close friend to drug abuse.  She is trained in NCI (nonviolent crisis intervention), PCS (positive control systems), First Aid, and CPR. 

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Esperanza Tiatia
Assistant Youth Transport Associate 

Esperanza brings over 10 years of experience in working with struggling youth in both private and public programs.  She was born and raised in Kailua, Hawaii.  She is currently a youth counselor for the State of Utah's Juvenile Justice Services Division.  She is married and mother of 6 children.  She has been with New Start Transports for 3 years and is trained in the following: NCI (will be updated December 2007), PCS, Mandt, First Aid, and CPR.  She is also currently working on her Nursing Degree at Utah State University.

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Craig Beirdneau
Youth Transport Associate / Assistant Trainer

Craig brings a unique perspective to our team, as he was transported by us, New Start Transports, when he was 17 years old.  Along with supporting us, he also works in a residential treatment program and is in the process of receiving a Bachelors in Psychology from BYU.  He also served a mission for his Church in the state of Washington.  Craig has been trained in PCS, CPR, and First Aid.  He is also currently an instructor in PCS and assists in the training of our staff.

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Hala Paongo
Assistant Youth Transport Associate 

Hala received his Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology while playing football at Brigham Young University (BYU).  He is now attending UVU for a second major.  He has been involved in youth programs for the past 5 years.  He is also trained and certified in NCI, CPR, and First Aid.  Hala makes a great addition to New Start Transports. 

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Tuapasi "Tua" Uluilakepa
Youth Transport Associate 

Tua currently works in the youth corrections department for the State of Utah while assisting New Start Transports.  Tua attended college on a football scholarship at San Jose State in Southern California after completing a 2 year service mission for his church in Tonga, where he was born and raised.  Tua is now living in Provo, Utah with his wife and new born son.  Tua is trained and certified in PCS, NCI, CPR and First Aid.  Tua adds a big heart to our team.     

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Sione M.
Assistant Youth Transport Associate 

Sione, born and raised in Tonga, came to the United States on a church service mission as a young adult.  Before returning to the U.S., he worked as a youth counselor in Tonga, for American youth.  He is currently employed with the Juvenile Justice Services Department in the State of Utah and works for New Start Transports during his off days.  Sione has been trained in CPR, First Aid, PCS, and ICR.    

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Lee Edwards
Assistant Youth Transport Associate

Lee lives in Pleasant Grove, Utah with his wife and kids.  He attended college at UVSC.  He has been a leader in the Boy Scouts of America program for the last 10 years.  After seeing some of the youth he was personally familiar with gain positive experiences from treatment programs, he decided to get more involved.  He is certified and trained in NCI.