Showing posts with label Foster Care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Foster Care. Show all posts
Monday, July 4, 2016
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
TAY DROP IN CENTER - AT RISK TEENS can HANG OUT AT VILLAGE TEEN CENTER NORTH HOLLYWOOD
THE VILLAGE TEEN CENTER
"In the past two years alone, we have served more than 3,000 children, adults and families in the San Fernando Valley and beyond.
In the past year, our Foster Care program placed more than 800 abused children and teens in loving foster-care homes. More than 600 at-risk and homeless youth accessed our Transition Age Youth (TAY) Drop-In Center. And some 400 children and teens graduate from our Mental Health program every year."
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TV – Wii – Cyber Lounge – Outdoor Patio – Group Rooms – Kitchen – Showers – Laundry
A Center for Transition Age Youth (TAY)
Empowering at-risk, foster, LGBTQ and homeless youth ages 14-24.
6801 Coldwater Canyon Avenue
North Hollywood, CA 91605
(located on the first floor of Valley Community Clinic…use rear entrance).
(818)755-8786 Main
THEY ARE WORKING ON:
A safe place to stay for homeless youth ages 18-24.
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OK so we're telling a couple kids we know, one just graduated high school and has a job lined up and is sofa hoping, the other is 16 and locked out of his parent's apartment, so he's doing a lot of sitting in fast food restaurants, about this place. It sounds good. Like all our postings though, we would like reports about your true experiences dealing with this non-profit.
"In the past two years alone, we have served more than 3,000 children, adults and families in the San Fernando Valley and beyond.
In the past year, our Foster Care program placed more than 800 abused children and teens in loving foster-care homes. More than 600 at-risk and homeless youth accessed our Transition Age Youth (TAY) Drop-In Center. And some 400 children and teens graduate from our Mental Health program every year."
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TV – Wii – Cyber Lounge – Outdoor Patio – Group Rooms – Kitchen – Showers – Laundry
TAY Drop-In Center drop-in@thevillagefs
Empowering at-risk, foster, LGBTQ and homeless youth ages 14-24.
6801 Coldwater Canyon Avenue
North Hollywood, CA 91605
(located on the first floor of Valley Community Clinic…use rear entrance).
(818)755-8786 Main
THEY ARE WORKING ON:
TAY Emergency Shelter
shelter@thevillagefs
An Emergency Shelter for Transition Age Youth (TAY)A safe place to stay for homeless youth ages 18-24.
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OK so we're telling a couple kids we know, one just graduated high school and has a job lined up and is sofa hoping, the other is 16 and locked out of his parent's apartment, so he's doing a lot of sitting in fast food restaurants, about this place. It sounds good. Like all our postings though, we would like reports about your true experiences dealing with this non-profit.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
AGE 16-24 and POOR? NEED YOUR DIPLOMA OR JOB TRAINING? ACT NOW! YOUTH POLICY INSTITUTE
"Orientations held every Tuesday at 5 PM and Wednesday 10 AM at 11844 Glenoaks Blvd, San Fernando, CA 91340
The YOUTH POLICY INSTITUTE and EDUCATION may be able to help you with some interesting PAID VOCATIONAL TRAINING. So if you are staying at a shelter, coming out of Foster Care, or just hanging at home with your parents, bored and with no hope of getting on your financial feet, give these people a call at 818 573-9030.
SOLAR INSTALLATION CERTIFICATION is the way to a GREEN CAREER.
Ages 17-24 and JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE.
Also Certified Nurse Assistant and Home Health Aid training.
(Other classes besides nurse assistant and solar installation certification available.)
GED and TEST PREP.
RESUME DEVELOPMENT
COMPUTER LAB
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
YOUTH POLICY INSTITUTE link
The YOUTH POLICY INSTITUTE and EDUCATION may be able to help you with some interesting PAID VOCATIONAL TRAINING. So if you are staying at a shelter, coming out of Foster Care, or just hanging at home with your parents, bored and with no hope of getting on your financial feet, give these people a call at 818 573-9030.
SOLAR INSTALLATION CERTIFICATION is the way to a GREEN CAREER.
Ages 17-24 and JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE.
Also Certified Nurse Assistant and Home Health Aid training.
(Other classes besides nurse assistant and solar installation certification available.)
GED and TEST PREP.
RESUME DEVELOPMENT
COMPUTER LAB
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
YOUTH POLICY INSTITUTE link
Friday, June 21, 2013
JEWEL TESTIFIES (2008) IN FRONT OF CONGRESS ON HOMELESSNESS
YOUTUBE : JEWEL ON HOMELESS YOUTH
"Consider... kicked out ... abusive and dysfunctional home..... "I moved out when I was fifteen years old. I thought I could do a better job that my parents... Spring breaks were hard.. I ended up in San Diego... One boss fired me because I wouldn't have sex with him."
"Consider... kicked out ... abusive and dysfunctional home..... "I moved out when I was fifteen years old. I thought I could do a better job that my parents... Spring breaks were hard.. I ended up in San Diego... One boss fired me because I wouldn't have sex with him."
Thursday, March 21, 2013
WEST SIDE (LA) FOOD BANK
WEST SIDE FOOD BANK link
Westside Food Bank
1710 22nd St.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 828-6016 THERE ARE OTHER SERVICES BESIDES FOOD.
Serves West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Venice, Inglewood.
"The need for food assistance in our area is up by over 75% since the start of the recession."
Good video. Healthy eating is more and more difficult.
Westside Food Bank
1710 22nd St.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 828-6016 THERE ARE OTHER SERVICES BESIDES FOOD.
Serves West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Venice, Inglewood.
"The need for food assistance in our area is up by over 75% since the start of the recession."
Good video. Healthy eating is more and more difficult.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
FOSTER CARE? LOS ANGELES CHILDRENS BUREAU
CHILDRENS BUREAU - LOS ANGELES COUNTY
In Los Angeles County more than 2,000 foster children turn 18 and leave foster care without an adoptive family. Over a third of these emancipated teens end up homeless or incarcerated during the first two years of living on their own and without the support of a family. Young adults may now remain in foster care until age 21 if desired. They may also access subsidized housing and tuition at a California college year around.
(We think they mean each year!)
In Los Angeles County more than 2,000 foster children turn 18 and leave foster care without an adoptive family. Over a third of these emancipated teens end up homeless or incarcerated during the first two years of living on their own and without the support of a family. Young adults may now remain in foster care until age 21 if desired. They may also access subsidized housing and tuition at a California college year around.
(We think they mean each year!)
Saturday, November 10, 2012
SPOTLIGHT ON POVERTY - CALIFORNIA - HERE'S THE STATS!
If you believe stats...
SPOTLIGHT ON POVERTY link
Child poverty rate: 23%
Senior poverty rate: 18%
Women in poverty: 18%
Percent of single-parent families with related children that are below poverty: 34% ...
Why Spotlight Poverty and Opportunity?
In the United States, the wealthiest country in the world, nearly 43.6 million people live in poverty, which for a family of four means an annual income of less than $22,100 a year. During the Great Recession millions fell below the poverty line for the first time. The country’s slow economic recovery and continuing high unemployment have resulted in record numbers of families struggling to put enough food on the table and pay for housing, health care and other basic needs.
American poverty disproportionately affects children, with more than 15 million now growing up in impoverished homes. Other industrialized nations do much better. Among 24 developed nations, children in America, along with those in Greece and Italy, suffer the greatest inequalities in health, education and material well-being.
Reducing poverty is not only a moral imperative, it is vital to our nation’s well-being. Children who grow up poor too often become adults who cannot contribute effectively to our economic productivity, put a burden on the public health system or enter the criminal justice system. Economists estimate that child poverty costs the nation about $500 billion a year.
SPOTLIGHT ON POVERTY link
Child poverty rate: 23%
Senior poverty rate: 18%
Women in poverty: 18%
Percent of single-parent families with related children that are below poverty: 34% ...
Why Spotlight Poverty and Opportunity?
In the United States, the wealthiest country in the world, nearly 43.6 million people live in poverty, which for a family of four means an annual income of less than $22,100 a year. During the Great Recession millions fell below the poverty line for the first time. The country’s slow economic recovery and continuing high unemployment have resulted in record numbers of families struggling to put enough food on the table and pay for housing, health care and other basic needs.
American poverty disproportionately affects children, with more than 15 million now growing up in impoverished homes. Other industrialized nations do much better. Among 24 developed nations, children in America, along with those in Greece and Italy, suffer the greatest inequalities in health, education and material well-being.
Reducing poverty is not only a moral imperative, it is vital to our nation’s well-being. Children who grow up poor too often become adults who cannot contribute effectively to our economic productivity, put a burden on the public health system or enter the criminal justice system. Economists estimate that child poverty costs the nation about $500 billion a year.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
FOSTER YOUTH : LOS ANGELES COUNTY : WRITING CONTEST
Contact Amanda Riddle at 323 938-9194
or email her at arridle @layouth.com (that's a newspaper)
EARN $100 for each story published.
WHAT'S YOUR STORY ABOUT LIVING IN FOSTER CARE?
If you are 14 to 18 and you write, this may be your chance to get published while letting other teenagers know what it's like to live in foster care!
Amanda Riddle will also welcome speaking at your school, group home, or foster agency.
or email her at arridle @layouth.com (that's a newspaper)
EARN $100 for each story published.
WHAT'S YOUR STORY ABOUT LIVING IN FOSTER CARE?
If you are 14 to 18 and you write, this may be your chance to get published while letting other teenagers know what it's like to live in foster care!
Amanda Riddle will also welcome speaking at your school, group home, or foster agency.
Friday, August 6, 2010
MALIBU HOUSE OF HOPE
MALIBU HOUSE OF HOPE directs money towards helping homeless children and youth, many who come out of the Foster Care system.
Yes this wealthy beach community does have some homeless adults, some who are camping out on the beach, many traveling north from Santa Monica, California.
Yes this wealthy beach community does have some homeless adults, some who are camping out on the beach, many traveling north from Santa Monica, California.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
ARE YOU HOMELESS BECAUSE YOUR PARENTS DON'T LIKE YOUR SEXUALITY?
Did your parents beat you, verbally abuse you, withdrawal their financial support, force you to go to church, or in any way harm you, forcing you to run away from home because you are Gay, Bisexual, Transgendering, or QUESTIONING whether or not you are heterosexual?
Saturday, June 12, 2010
SALVATION ARMY NEW YORK LOOKING FOR FOSTER HOMES FOR HOMELESS YOUTH
IS FOSTER CARE THE ANSWER REALLY?
OVER THE AGE OF 21, background check, home ownership... and they will accept an application.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
LGBT and HOMELESS
PARENTS WHO REJECT THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY ARE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, or TRANSGENDER...
We know of several gay and transgender persons who are in this situation.
CAN YOU BE A GOOD FOSTER PARENT TO A GAY YOUTH BECAUSE YOU ARE GAY YOURSELF?
We know of several gay and transgender persons who are in this situation.
CAN YOU BE A GOOD FOSTER PARENT TO A GAY YOUTH BECAUSE YOU ARE GAY YOURSELF?
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
LEFT TO THEMSELVES
In the September 11-17, 2009 edition of the LA Weekly, the still free newspaper, author Daniel Heimpel writes LEFT TO THEMSELVES (Nobody can undo the damage to kids like John, raised from infancy by foster-care profiteers) a story about what happens to kids in the foster care system who are freed from it at 18, and become homeless.
LINK TO THE STORY ABOVE...
Contact the writer at s@dheimpel.com
LINK TO THE STORY ABOVE...
Contact the writer at s@dheimpel.com
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