Sentences with phrase «for homeless youth»

In what was a campaign appearance, the speaker also vowed to fund shelter beds for homeless youth currently on waiting listings at the handful of facilities that provide appropriate space.

Young Professionals unite for one night as the next generation of advocates, raising funds and awareness for homeless youth, not much younger than they are.

The de Blasio administration can make a quick down payment on its homeless youth commitment by working to settle a federal lawsuit just filed by the Legal Aid Society aimed at guaranteeing a youth shelter bed for any homeless youth in need.

Also in his preliminary $ 73.7 billion budget, de Blasio acted on a campaign promise to eventually spend $ 12 million a year to fund programs for homeless youth, including queer youth.

«I'm incredibly grateful to Miley Cyrus for her support of our campaign to restore funding for homeless youth shelters in our state budget,» Hoylman said in a statement.

«And there's a clear way to make an impact right now: more funding for homeless youth shelter beds.»

BY PAUL SCHINDLER With the May 8 release of his final executive budget proposal for fiscal year 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio is making good on his commitment from last year's campaign to step up city support for homeless youth shelter space by 100 beds each year.

Join the movement with Sleep Out America where for one night, you can make a difference for homeless youth in your own backyard.

Cyrus sent Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos a letter pushing them to include funding in the state budget for homeless youth, a campaign led by State Sen. Brad Hoylman.

«AI tool promotes positive peer groups to tackle substance abuse: An algorithm leverages social networks to optimize substance abuse intervention groups for homeless youth.»

Ex-Wall Streeter Turney Duff live blogs the Convenant House Sleep Out, where executives and celebrities sleep on the street for a night to raise awareness and money for homeless youth.

New Moms fills a vital niche for teenage mothers, said Mary O'Brien, grant coordinator for homeless youth programs with the Department of Human Services.

For example, Covenant House's New York City shelter for homeless youth provides free diapers to the mothers and babies they serve by purchasing diapers in bulk orders.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER By unanimous votes on March 7, the City Council approved three measures aimed at strengthening shelter options for homeless youth in New York, including a long contested move to raise the age limit for eligibility in youth shelters to include those 21 to 24 years old.

Turning 21 is a milestone with a different meaning for a homeless youth in New York.

Governor Cuomo's first state budget in 2011 cut state aid for homeless youth shelters, including those that serve LGBT youth, who account for about 40 % of all homeless youth in New York City.

The researchers are continuing to work with Urban Peak, and plan to deploy the tool to optimize intervention group strategies for homeless youth in Denver in fall 2018.

Seema is a qualified administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory and serves on boards for the Minnesota chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education and Avenues for Homeless Youth, a shelter in Minneapolis.

Two nonprofits in Denver have teamed up to open a charter school for homeless youth in 2005.

Highlighted in the Public Justice Center's advocacy for homeless youth in Baltimore was the need for both residential and educational components to serve adolescent males experiencing housing instability.

Selected by Greg Darnieder, Senior Advisor to the U.S. Department of Education, as a presenter for the U.S. Department of Education's College Affinity Group on Disconnected Youth (access and success solutions for homeless youth, court - involved youth and refugees / immigrants).

Presenters from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education and the Office of Federal Student Aid will discuss financial aid policies and practices for homeless youth.

He has worked in many settings and with many types of problems, including work as an in - home therapist in a child welfare program intended to keep families together, a counselor of victims of sexual abuse, and a clinical administrator for a drop - in center for homeless youth.

The candidates agreed that funds for HIV prevention should be increased and they agreed that $ 12 million to fund programs for homeless youth, including queer youth, should be baselined, or made a permanent part of the city's annual budget, and then increased incrementally each year.

Recently, HYLN has also conducted surveys to gain deeper insight into the legal needs of youth in their community and started a listserv for attorneys and other advocates for homeless youth.

We must act now to bring these kids in from the cold by increasing funding for homeless youth shelters.»

Chief among those proposals were establishment of a Mayor's Office of HIV / AIDS Policy, funding of shelter beds for homeless youth to eliminate the current waiting list that averages 350 per night at such facilities, and capital spending for senior housing that would serve the needs of LGBT New Yorkers.

Hawkins said he would restore the funding to the AIDs Institute that Cuomo cut as well as restoring funding for homeless youth shelters.

Covenant House invites anyone to experience what it's like, while raising awareness and support for homeless youth through an inspired program called Sleep Out America (#SleepOutAmerica) where for one night, you can make a difference for homeless youth in your area by raising funds and sleeping outside in solidarity.

Singer Miley Cyrus has written a letter to Cuomo and legislative leaders backing a proposal by state Sen. Brad Hoylman, Coalition for Homeless Youth and Empire State Pride Agenda to include $ 4.75 million for homeless youth in the 2015 - 16 budget.

Also at 1 p.m., Sen. Brad Hoylman, the Empire State Pride Agenda and the Coalition for Homeless Youth will be joined by elected officials and advocates to call for increased funding in the state budget for homeless youth shelters, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Hoylman, with nonprofits Empire State Pride Agenda and Coalition for Homeless Youth, is asking for less than $ 5 million to be earmarked for 1,000 beds for homeless youth.

Teachers work with people in crisis, whether in battered women's shelters, centers for homeless youth, or with victims of human trafficking, sharing the light of yoga with these marginalized populations.

This collaborative team is testing Sain's premise with projects and interactions involving the Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic, Surfrider Foundation, the Pico Youth and Family Center, My Friend's Place, (a center for homeless youth), Homies Unidos, Berda Paradise Thrift Store, and Norco Rehabilitation / Medium Security Correctional Facility.

The Harbor has been a resource in St. Clair County since it was founded in 1978, opening as an emergency shelter for homeless youth.

Beth also worked as a social worker in Seattle where she managed a transitional living program for homeless youth and their children.

ROOF is a local agency providing safety, support and overall well - being for homeless youths and youths - at - risk, age 12 to 25, in the Waterloo Region.

Prudential Arizona real estate sales executives and employees will also make individual donations to support the hospital's Crews N Health program for homeless youth and adolescents and its offices will hold donation drives and adopt families to provide gifts during the holidays.