Self-sufficiency

"Finding Shelter: Two-Year Housing Trajectories Among Homeless Youth" (abstract), Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 49, No. 6, December 2011. What it’s about: This study follows 426 youth, ages 14 to 24, over two years. The researchers were interested in documenting patterns of youth homelessness. They also wanted to find out what factors might predict whether young people...
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly called SNAP or food stamps, helps bring healthy food to those who can't afford it. But many eligible people -- including homeless youth -- don't realize they qualify. "Ten Myths and Facts About SNAP for Homeless Persons" (PDF, 144KB) comes straight from the United States Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition...
Youth Service America will award 100 Sodexo Youth Grants of $500 each to support youth-led service projects that combat childhood hunger. Application instructions
The goal of this demonstration project will be to increase the employability of former offenders in technology careers. Grantees will launch programs to train incarcerated adults and youth during the three years before their release from prison, jail or a juvenile facility. Request for proposal (PDF, 150KB)
AmeriCorps funds projects that use AmeriCorps volunteers to strengthen communities. Programs are encouraged to promote one of the Corporation for National and Community Service's six focus areas: Disaster services Economic opportunity Education Environmental stewardship Healthy futures Veterans and military families Application guidelines
This Thursday, the National Center for Homeless Education will host a webinar to help youth workers support homeless youth who are thinking about or already attending college. "Supporting Unaccompanied Homeless Youth in Accessing Higher Education" will be co-presented by NCHE's Christina Dukes and Mark Delorey, director of financial aid at Western Michigan University. The webinar...
Singing for Change grants are awarded to programs that work to improve the health, education and safety of children and their families and aim to foster self-esteem, self-sufficiency, nonviolence and creative problem solving. Learn more and download the grant application form at the Singing for Change website.
It’s a common dilemma for young people looking for a first job: How to land a position when they’ve got no employment experience. Three runaway and homeless youth programs in Washington, DC, are solving the problem by hiring young people to work on their street outreach teams.
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