Self-sufficiency

When 18-year-old Dan Wall started out as a messenger at the Seattle logistics company Expeditors in 1988, he had no intention of attending college. And he never imagined he would become the senior vice president of a Fortune 500 Company. His bosses, CEO Peter Rose and President of Sales and Marketing Tim Barber, saw what he couldn’t see. They knew he had the right attitude to go far. He...
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...
Each year thousands of young women run away from home. To survive, some girls steal. Some sell their bodies for money or a place to stay. Many use drugs and alcohol to cope with life on the streets. Eventually, many girls end up in the juvenile justice system. NCFY spoke with Lawanda Ravoira, director of the National Girls Institute, about how to keep homeless young women out of trouble, out of...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration will award about $75 million in grants for YouthBuild programs. YouthBuild programs provide education, job training and employment services to disadvantaged youth. Participants also get on-the-job training and serve their communities by building affordable housing. Read the full announcement (PDF, 168KB). If you've...
Q: I work with homeless youth who are applying for college and need federal financial aid. Can they apply for student loans or grants without a parent's signature? A: Yes. Young people can fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, as unaccompanied homeless youth if they
Toward a Needs-Based Typology of Homeless Youth (abstract), Journal of Adolescent Health, Vol. 42, No. 6, June 2008.
The Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneurs Program is looking for inspiring young entrepreneurs who are fighting poverty. Applicants must be at least 18 years old and have been no older than 29 when their business began generating revenue. The business itself must be one to five years old and must have been generating revenue for at least the past year. View the full announcement
The latest podcast from NCFY tells the story of Forrest Vest, a formerly homeless teen who got off the streets and started a youth-serving foundation in his hometown on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula.
Claire Thomas had just started Farms For Life, a program in Washington state that brings farm-fresh vegetables to homeless shelters and at-risk families and youth, when she made a delivery to the transitional living apartments operated by the Seattle nonprofit YouthCare.
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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