Permanent Connections

The Family and Youth Service's Bureau's Transitional Living Program and Maternity Group Homes fund community-based programs that address the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth and their families. Both programs aim to increase young people's safety, well-being and self-sufficiency, and to help them build permanent connections with caring adults.
"A Family Intervention to Reduce Sexual Behavior, Substance Use, and Delinquency Among Newly Homeless Youth." Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 50, No. 4, April 2012.
The Family and Youth Services Bureau's Basic Center Program funds community-based programs that address the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth and their families.
The Children's Bureau, part of the Administration for Children and Families, will award grants to programs that aim to increase well-being, improve permanency, and enhance the safety of infants and young children who have been exposed to a dangerous drug or to HIV-AIDs. Services provided by funded programs may include
The Department of Education's Promise Neighborhoods program funds projects that aim to significantly improve the educational and developmental outcomes of children and youth in distressed communities, and to transform those communities. Applicants are strongly encouraged to notify the Department of Education by June 8 of their intent to apply for funding. See full announcement and...
Youth Service America's Get Ur Good On Grants fund community service projects led by young people. Projects must address a demonstrated community need or issue, and must take place in June, July or August 2012. Applicants can be 5 to 25 years old. They must have an adult mentor who will help throughout the project. Applicants younger than 18 must have their parent or guardian's permission...
There’s often a special connection between animals and their caretakers. Penny Ellison, who directs the Hand2Paw Foundation in Philadelphia, sees it every day. Hand2Paw empowers young adults from Covenant House Pennsylvania to volunteer in local animal shelters and help care for homeless pets.
NCFY's new video series features seven youth workers from around the country, each sharing a time when they made a big difference in a young person's life. Up first is Linda Mascarenas from Family and Youth Services in Stockton, CA. She talks about a teen mother who eventually became a paid employee of Mascarenas' youth program.
"Resilient Educational Outcomes: Participation in School by Youth With Histories of Homelessness," Youth & Society, Vol. 43, No. 1, March 2011 What it's about: This study looks at how homelessness and extreme poverty affect young people's education. The researchers surveyed homeless youth to find out what factors made them more or less likely to stay in school and do well.
Seems like there’s never enough time to do all the things that need to be done to make the world a better place. Maybe that’s why Global Youth Service Day -- the largest and longest-running service event in the world, and the only day of service dedicated to children and youth -- is actually a weekend. Mark your calendar for April 20-22, 2012. But don't stop there. Here are three...
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