Pages tagged "youth"

LGBT Homeless Youth: Support Through Data Collection

Posted on Blog by · June 24, 2013 9:00 AM

Data on youth homelessness is notoriously lacking.  We need better data to understand the scale of the problem and our progress toward solving it.

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Success, Stability, & Support for Children & Families

Posted on Blog by · May 02, 2013 1:40 PM

Because of the generosity of Barbara and Al Siemer, a collaboration of 23 United Ways is sharing best practices and collecting and assessing data that will lead to a better understanding of homelessness and its impact on children.

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900 Heads Are Better Than 1: Reflections on the National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference on Youth & Family Homelessness

Posted on Blog by · March 01, 2013 9:13 AM

What happens when you bring together more than 900 of the nation’s leading players in the work of ending family and youth homelessness from the non-profit, government, advocacy and philanthropic sectors?

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Visiting Seattle: The Success of Funders Together [Video]

Posted on Blog by · February 22, 2013 12:42 PM

At this week’s NAEH 2013 Conference on Ending Family & Youth Homelessness, Funders Together hosted several events as part of our Networking Series: Where Catalytic Philanthropy Begins With Conversation. 

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Youth Homelessness: Hearing Their Stories, Sharing Ours

Posted on Blog by · February 07, 2013 9:11 AM

All of us should cringe when we hear the words “youth” and “homelessness” joined together. No society, least of all ours, should tolerate a system which allows our young to be discarded, victimized or left to live on the streets.  

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Helping Homeless Youth Realize Their Boundless Promise

Posted on Blog · January 16, 2013 1:44 PM

A few years ago I was stopped on a freeway off-ramp on my way to a meeting in downtown Seattle.  As I sat there, I noticed a group of homeless people gathered under the overpass.  Then I saw something that shook me.

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Food for Thought: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Homelessness

Posted on Blog by · March 12, 2012 8:43 AM

A seminal study established the link between childhood trauma and poor health outcomes in adulthood.

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How Philanthropy Can Help End Homelessness

Posted on Blog by · October 20, 2011 10:16 AM

Philanthropy needs to play a role in order for us to achieve the goals in Opening Doors.

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