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Podcasts and Multimedia: Runaway and Homeless Youth
January 22, 2013
Dr. Carl Lejuez of the University of Maryland has spent years researching why and when people take risks. He talks with NCFY about the balloon-popping video game he uses to study risk taking, and about the implications of his findings for traumatized youth.
Time: 11:33 | Size: 10.5 MB | Transcript
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December 12, 2012
Dr. Sandra Bloom is one of the creators of the Sanctuary Model, an evidence-based practice that helps youth-serving programs address trauma experienced by their clients and their staff. Dr. Bloom spoke with NCFY about her program's origins and the importance of trauma-informed practice.
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November 02, 2012
Researcher Melanie Barwick and trainer Scott Skinner discuss their year-long collaboration with four youth programs, which centered around finding the best way to implement an evidence-based practice called motivational interviewing.
Time: 4:29 | Size: 4.1 MB | Transcript
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September 24, 2012
Gina Odom is a youth leader who has represented the Rural Colorado Collaborative at state meetings and national conferences. She explains what it takes to be a successful youth advocate, and how adults can help youth get there.
Time: 4:00 | Size: 3.7 MB | Transcript
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September 07, 2012
Jordan Ryan and Alon Coleman both participate in Youth Farm and Market Project in Minneapolis, MN. They spoke with NCFY about Youth Farm's approach to youth empowerment, and how it helps youth become leaders, step-by-step.
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June 28, 2012
Jennifer Cowles, who goes by Yeah Yeah, first encountered the Homeless Youth Alliance in San Francisco when she ran away from home as a teenager. Now employed at the alliance as an outreach counselor, she spoke to NCFY about how her past experiences help her connect with the young people she works with.
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May 18, 2012
Sandy Skelaney is a Miami street outreach worker who specializes in helping victims of sex trafficking. She talks to NCFY about how to approach sexually exploited youth and how to begin to help them.
Time: 5:22 | Size: 4.9 MB | Transcript
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March 26, 2012
Norman Hicks has devoted his life to helping the homeless, in part because he used to be homeless himself. He talks to NCFY about the two adults that changed his life when he was a teenager.
Length: 3:47 | Size: 3.5 MB | Transcript
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March 02, 2012
Forrest Vest is a formerly homeless 19 year-old who is starting a new foundation with help from a family friend, Debbie Michael. In this podcast, the two explain why youth who know the streets can be powerful advocates for change.
Time: 4:45 | Size: 4.6 MB | Transcript
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January 23, 2012
Maggie, Garney and Zach all used to be homeless, but they've now all found their own unique ways to stay healthy and happy. In this roundtable discussion, they define and explain well-being, one of the Family and Youth Services Bureau's four outcomes for runaway and homeless youth.
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December 22, 2011
Rachel Lloyd, founder and CEO of Girls Educational and Mentoring Services, or GEMS, in New York, explains why runaway and homeless youth providers are so well-suited to combating sexual trafficking.
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September 13, 2011
Meet Maggie, a 19-year-old traveling the country in her van. Refusing the label "homeless," Maggie tells her story and describes her current life. And then street outreach worker Jai Somers explains how programs can support young people in Maggie's situation.
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July 11, 2011
Three young men discuss how their past experiences as runaway and foster youth inform their current work with the programs that helped them.
Time: 4:41 | Size: 4.3 MB | Transcript
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June 09, 2011
Dr. Nik Stefanidis has been working with traumatized youth for years. He recently co-authored Trauma Informed Consequences for Homeless Youth, which distills his research on the subject. He talked with NCFY about the report.
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May 24, 2011
Y
outh Emergency Services and Subia, Inc., a Subway restaurant franchise, have been collaborating for years to help Omaha, NE's homeless youth. In this podcast, they talk about the benefits and origins of their unique relationship.
Time: 3:56 | Size: 3.6 MB | Transcript
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April 04, 2011
A member of two prominent youth advocacy boards explains how leadership opportunities can help young people overcome experiences with bullying.
Time: 3:25 | Size: 3.2 MB | Transcript
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March 29, 2011
The founder and executive director of The Rebecca Project, in Washington, DC, talks about changing the common misconceptions about sexually trafficked youth, and how youth workers can lead the way.
Time: 4:04 | Size: 3.8 MB | Transcript
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March 17, 2011
Allison Elias, a social worker and therapeutic crisis intervention trainer, talks about her research on the effects of childhood trauma on older youth who are on the cusp of transitioning to adulthood.
Time: 4:46 | Size: 4.48 MB | Transcript
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October 18, 2010
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Laurie Jackson, the new executive director of National Safe Place, discusses her plans to carry the organization’s mission forward.
July 08, 2010
A former runaway and her father discuss her struggles with drug use and childhood abuse and the relationships that helped them both recover.
Time: 6:48 | Size: 4 MB | Transcript
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June 14, 2010
The executive director of the National Runaway Switchboard answers our questions about "Why They Run: An In-depth Look at America’s Runaway Youth."
Time: 2:44 | Size: 1.6 MB | Transcript
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September 04, 2009
NCFY staff members shadow two Philadelphia street outreach workers who make contact with runaway and homeless youth and link them to services.
Time: 10:01 | Size: 9.2 MB | Transcript
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August 11, 2009
A young mother talks about the challenges of adolescent parenthood and homelessness and how she has worked to overcome them with the help of a FYSB-funded maternity group home.
Time: 11:05 | Size: 10.4 MB | Transcript
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July 10, 2009
NCFY interviews a young man who has survived hurricanes, tropical storms and floods in his native Florida.
Time: 6:51 | Size: 6.4 MB | Transcript
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August 18, 2008
NCFY talks to an adolescent girl about her life and her experiences in a summer program for at-risk youth. Visit these afterschool and out-of-school time links for more information about positive activities for young people.
Time: 08:49 | Size: 8.1 MB | Transcript
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October 25, 2007
A young man describes how a street outreach worker gave his life meaning.
Time: 11:45 | Size: 13.4 MB | Transcript
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