Sentences with phrase «benefit homeless youth»

Vigil in Times Square before the Covenant House's Sleep Out to benefit homeless youth in November 2014.

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``... Up to 40 % of all homeless youth identify as LGBT,» she writes, «and of those, almost 80 % left because their families rejected them when they came out... There are more than 1100 federal benefits denied to same - sex couples... LGBT youth are five times more likely to attempt suicide than their straight peers... That's a real injustice.»

For the same reason, homeless youth can benefit from access to the same high - quality choices while their living situation is unstable.

What unites programs like these is a common idea and mission: to provide mutually positive benefits to both homeless youth and homeless animals.

Public interest work can be in any number of practice areas including: Administrative law, AIDS / HIV, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Animal Rights, Appellate, Arts, Bankruptcy, Children / Youth, Civil Rights / Civil Liberties, Community Economic Development, Constitutional, Consumer Law, Criminal Law, Death Penalty, Prisoners» Rights, Disability, Education, Elder Law, Employment Law, Environmental / Energy, Family Law, Gay / Lesbian Rights, Health / Medical, Homeless / Housing Law, Immigration, International Human Rights, Legislative, Litigation, Migrant Workers, Municipal Law, Native Americans, Public Benefits, Tax, Women.

In addition, race and their status as immigrants or refugees may make them vulnerable to discriminatory behavior by those in control of economic and social benefits including employment, education, housing, health care and legal benefits: Stephen Gaetz, Street Justice: Homeless Youth and Access to Justice (Toronto: Justice for Children and Youth, 2002) at 43 - 46.

In addition to helping homeless youth, HYLN benefits attorneys and service providers by offering them technical assistance, training, and learning opportunities.