Posts Tagged ‘ homeless youth ’

February 01, 2011 - From member agency Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services, we have the following announcement about some affordable housing open for TAY: Harmon Gardens is an Affordable Housing Associates (AHA) housing development of 15 studio apartments for transition aged youth (TAY), ages 18 – 24 years old, who are homeless or at-risk.....Read more »

January 31, 2011 - ABC's 20/20 News Magazine (1/28/11) featured a special report on youth homelessness, following four teens struggling with homelessness in California and Oregon over a period of 14 months. One of the youth featured in the piece found shelter at Larkin Street Youth Services in San Francisco, where he earned his high school diploma and has enrolled in college.Read more »

December 09, 2010 - The California Department of Housing and Community Development has announced the release of a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for $30 million from the Multifamily Housing Program (MHP) — Homeless Youth component. Funding through this program is for development capital costs only for permanent or transitional housing developments with units targeting homeless youth. Applications will be accepted beginning February 15, 2011 and will be accepted over the counter through December 31, 2011 or until...Read more »

December 02, 2010 - Home Base presents All the Way Home: Creating Partnerships to House Emancipated Foster and Homeless Youth — Tuesday, January 11, 2011 Topics will include: working with your Continuum of Care to ensure that TAY are counted as part of the biennial homeless census, impacts of AB12, and addressing TAY in the U.S. Inter-agency Council on Homelessness and HUD’s strategic plans. Please RSVP for this meeting by emailing Ashley Hart at

November 18, 2010 - The Homeless Youth Capacity Building Program (YCBP) announces an upcoming web seminar Promising Partnerships: Public Child Welfare Agencies and Homeless Youth Service Providers — Wednesday, December 1st from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. This Web Seminar highlights case studies from a new HYCBP Issue Brief of successful collaboration between Child Welfare and homeless youth service providers, and gives insight into how your organization or agency can work towards...Read more »

July 22, 2010 - Web Seminar on California Youth Crisis Line The Homeless Youth Capacity Building Project will host a web seminar on Wednesday August 18th from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Improving Crisis Response: Using the California Youth Crisis Line to Enhance Services. For 23 years, the California Coalition for Youth has operated the California Youth Crisis Line (CYCL) 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The California Youth Crisis Line is the state's only emergency response...Read more »

May 26, 2010 - Providing Effective Financial Aid Assistance to Students from Foster Care and Unaccompanied Homeless Youth publication is now available free in PDF and hardcopy  here and here. This publication is the first to be endorsed by eleven higher education professional organizations (see back cover page) after being developed by the California Community College Chancellor’s Office, Tracy Fried and Associates, NASFAA, NAEHCY, Casey Family Programs. This guide provides important information for anyone who helps youth from...Read more »

April 01, 2010 - From Chapin Hall & Urban Institute Audio Webcast, April 8th, 2010 Runaway and Homeless Youth: Prevalence, Programs, and Policy A shocking percentage of American youth run away from home by age 18, according to a new snapshot of runaways to be published by the Urban Institute, and many do so before turning 14. Roughly half of all youth who leave home without parental permission or knowledge do so more than once, with girls more likely to...Read more »

March 18, 2010 - From The National Alliance to End Homelessness Please call your Representative today and ask them to sign on to the Dear Colleague letter written by Rep. Judy Biggert and Rep. Danny Davis. The “Biggert-Davis” letter supports increased appropriations for the FY2011 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) to $165 million and the Education of Homeless Children and Youth Act (EHCY) to $140 million. We not only need your member to sign-on to this important letter, but...Read more »

March 11, 2010 - UCSC CAMPUS MUSIC DAY - Sponsored by The Smith Renaissance Society Save the date ~ Saturday, May 22, 2010 - 9:00am - 3:30pm A DAY OF MUSIC AND FUN!!! The Smith Renaissance Society supports the success of UC Santa Cruz students who were in foster care, homeless for significant periods, or orphans without family support. Smith Society also does outreach to those who aspire to go to college. Music Day is a wonderful opportunity to get to know...Read more »