Sentences with phrase «runaway youth shelters»

A group of mainline conference Democrats and members of the Independent Democratic Conference in the state Senate signed on to an effort led by Sen. Brad Hoylman to include more funding in the state budget for homeless runaway youth shelters.

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Covenant House Florida provides shelter and services to runaway, homeless, and at - risk youth under 21 including teen parents and their babies.

Even better, if there are local programs that provide food, shelter and services to homeless and runaway youth, volunteer there.

Whether it's supporting a shelter for homeless and runaway youth, a mentoring program for girls, or helping families put fresher, healthier food on the table, these awards seek to support programs that can help change lives.

During Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration, she served on the New York City Commission on LGBTQ Runaway and Homeless Youth, which made recommendations for providing more safe shelter spaces.

Cuomo's proposal will «add a new provision to authorize OTDA to designate a «Temporary Operator» for homeless shelters and OCFS as it relates to residential programs for victims of domestic violence and runaway and homeless youth programs where the current operator has been found to have significant financial, operational, or health and safety issues,» the proposal says.

«It absolutely sickens me,» said Brooklyn Councilman Lew Fidler who chairs the Council's Youth Services Committee, noting that the cuts will slash almost one in six shelter beds for runaway yYouth Services Committee, noting that the cuts will slash almost one in six shelter beds for runaway youthyouth.

School district of current location means the public school district within the State of New York in which the hotel, motel, shelter or other temporary housing arrangement of a homeless child, or the residential program for runaway and homeless youth, is located, which is different from the school district of origin.

a supervised, publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations including, but not limited to, shelters operated or approved by the State or local department of social services, and residential programs for runaway and homeless youth established pursuant to article 19 - H of the Executive Law; or

[3] The authorizing legislation for the property tax includes the following uses [RSMo 210.861.4]: (1) Up to thirty days of temporary shelter for abused, neglected, runaway, homeless or emotionally disturbed youth; respite care services; and services to unwed mothers; (2) Outpatient chemical dependency and psychiatric treatment programs; counseling and related services as a part of transitional living programs; home - based and community - based family intervention programs; unmarried parent services; crisis intervention services, inclusive of telephone hotlines; and prevention programs which promote healthy lifestyles among children and youth and strengthen families; (3) Individual, group, or family professional counseling and therapy services; psychological evaluations; and mental health screenings.

I received my Master's in Mental Health Counseling from Nova Southeastern University, and upon graduation pursued my first professional endeavor as a case manager at Covenant House Florida, a shelter for homeless and runaway youth.

Notable limitations of the study include its sole focus on shelter - residing runaway youth with primary alcohol problems, as well as the findings being based upon data collected solely from the adolescents» perspectives.

Also the study is based on a sample of convenience, focused solely on runaway youth in the shelter system, and may not generalize to other youth.